Photo descriptions not in shared albums

When I share a photo album the descriptions to each photo that I've entered do not appear during playback. I've checked the settings area for the album before and during playing and the "show descriptions" checkbox is checked on but still no descriptions during playback. Any suggestions?

The only description from iPhoto that gets added to a shared photo stream is the one that is entered in this window when adding the photo or photos to the stream:
So to get a different description for each photo they must be added separately one at a time.

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How to include photo descriptions in iCloud sharing?

When I share photos to iCloud, I find that the online album (stream) does not include any photo descriptions I have added in iPhoto (or any other "metadata" for that matter). As a workaround I have manually added a comment to each shared photo, with the text description being the description pasted from iPhoto, but that's a huge pain.
Has anyone found a better way to include photo descriptions in their iCloud shared photo streams?
I know iPhoto (I'm using version 9.5.1) does export this info, because if you export a photo and view its attributes in Finder, you'll see the metadata. It's pretty annoying because if you spend time adding custom titles, descriptions, tagging faces and places, it would be nice for some of this to be included in photos you're sharing with friends and family.
Thanks!

I'll close this thread by mentioning the more drastic workaround I'm going with: not using iCloud for sharing when I need a lot of descriptions and other metadata. I'm planning to export from iPhoto, including title and keywords, and then post on Google+, which seems to read the metadata from the JPGs.
If you are going to export from iPhoto anyway, you can send the photos using the Photo Stream as well. When you are sharing via PhotoStream, the Photo Stream will transfer the EXIF and IPTC tags embedded in the original file. Only, there are two problems with the embedded EXIF and IPTC tags:
The way you are seeing the photos in the PhotoStream album is misleading. The Info panel in the Photo Stream view simply is not showing the tags that are embedded in the photo. The only visible metadata are the filename. You will see the embedded metadata however in the Info panel, when you import the photo from the Photo Stream album to an event.
And the Photo Stream will not add cations and titles to the shared images, that are not yet part of the original image file and only part of the edited version. But any tags embedded in the original file will transfer.
As a simple work-around to share the titles and keywords, export the images and use the titles as filenames. Then reimport and send via Photo Stream.

Photo descriptions not showing on Facebook

I thought the descriptions I give my photos would show up in Facebook when I share them. I'm not seeing anything in Facebook.

I too seek a fix for this iPhoto 2011 bug, but unfortunately it is now July 2011 and no fix appears to be forthcoming, despite of all the info on it in Apple's won forums. Therefore, the best I can suggest is that all reading this do as I did -- file a bug report with Apple at the following URL:
https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/wa/signIn
You just need an Apple ID and 5 minutes of your time. Be sure to generate an Apple System Profile report and upload that along side your bug report, otherwise Apple will just bother you about submitting it 3 days later.
And yes, it is important that you too file a report even though I have, since Apple seems to give priority to bugs based on how many people file the same report. You unfortunately cannot reference an existing bug report. You have to file a new report. But Apple keeps track of them and gives them priority accordingly.
In the meantime, until this bug gets fixed, we are forced to type photo descriptions in the photo TITLE field in iPhoto (which I agree is really frustrating because it is non-intuitive).

How to determine which photos are not in an album?

I have @ 5500 photos in V2.01 vor Os 10.2.8. I would like to determine which photo's are not in an album. I know I can write a perl script to do print this information, but it might be nicer if done from within iTunes.

Billy,
There is a way that will take a little time but will give you the results.
Write down the name of all your Albums and number them.
In iPhoto add the new numbers (corresponding to the albums) as keywords.
After all the number keywords have been added you need to give the images in each album that numbered keyword.
Highlight an album in the source column, select all, then assign them the number keyword for that album.
do this for all the albums.
Make sure your view is set to view keywords.
You should be able to see any photo that does not have one of those number keywords.
there might be a simpler way, but I don't have iPhoto 2 to test for you.
Lori

Help please: Large photos do not appear in album...

I am having difficulty viewing the large photos in iphoto. All of the photos appear in the "thumbnail size", but when i want to view them "screen size", only the small size photos appear - when i try to view a larger photo, nothing but white screen...is there a "blanket approach" i can apply that wil let me view all my photos? i have about 4000 photos scanned, large and small.
Thank you in advance.

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

Photos do not appear in albums.

I've used iCloud to stream 50 photos (.png files) to "My Photo Stream" on my iPhone 4S. They get there. Selected 4 of those photos, created new album, saved. The New album gets created, but only contains 1 photo. ?
I then go back to "My Photo Stream" and select the missing 3 images and save to existing album, select the same album name and it appears to save them into the album, but when I go there, still only the one.

AncaM
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
If they're in an Album then they're in the Library somewhere. One common reason for this problem is that the pics are not where you expect them, as the date on the camera is wrong.
If you want to track down the specific event a pic is in, then simply select the pic in the iPhoto Window and right click on it. From the resulting menu select 'Show File' or 'Show Original File' if that's available. A Finder window will pop open and you'll be able to trace the Event name from that.
Regards
TD

Can I delete ALL photo's not used in Albums?

Hi,
So, my iPhoto Library has become too big to manage. about 40 gigs. My albums are filled with my selected photos. Is there I way I can delete everything else, not used in an album? Do I have to click on the photo tab and delete manually?
I hate to burn all the albums, delete everything, then re-import.
Anyone use Media 100 Editing software? There is a great feature that allows you to remove all media not being used in a bin or project. I'm wondering if there is something similar in iPhoto.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks
Ethan-

Try creating a smart album with the following criteria: *+Album is not any+*. Then apply a new keyword to those photos in the smart album.
Next check your other albums to see if that keyword appears in any of them. If not then you can be assured that deleting the photos in the smart album will leave only those in the other album. Of course to be on the safe side backup you library before deleting the photos.
Also don't delete more than about 100 photos at a time. iPhoto has a know disposition to choke when trying to delete large number of photos at one time.
OT

Can't add photos to a new shared album

I created a new shared library in the new Photos app to share photos with my daughter. She can now see the library, but I cannot add photos to it. I can select photos and press the Add button, but no photos appear in the library. I've tried a number of times. Anyone else had this problem?

If it's a new Library then File -> Import would be the way to get things into it.

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Then you need to connect your iPad to your computer and open iTunes. Assuming you have been backing up your computer to your computer and iTunes, it will tell you there is an update available for your iPad and ask if you want to update. Choose yes. But be advised, upgrading to iOS 5.1.1 is a lengthy process. Make sure you have enough time. Turn off your Anti Virus/FIrewall software. And even when you see the Apps rebuilding back on your iPad screen, do not disconnect your iPad from your computer and iTunes until you are told the entire process is complete.
This link is from when iOS5 was first released. While the current iOS version is 5.1.1, you should read this as it still would be applicable to you since you are going to the new OS for the first time. http://www.macworld.com/article/1162925/how_to_upgrade_your_ios_device_to_ios_5. html

Search for photo's NOT in Album

Is there a way to search for photo's not in an album?

Huh? Not sure at all what you are saying.
Camera Roll photos are photos that were taken with/saved from the iphone itself. Those are not part of the sync process at all. You import those as you would with any digital camera.
Photos/albums that you sync ( via itunes) from your computer to your will appear under photo library and the individual albums that you selected under "photos" in itunes
iPhone User Guide (For iOS 4.2 and 4.3 Software)

Find photos that aren't shared

Aperture photo sharing (via iCloud) is easy to setup but it seems really difficult to maintain.
- it's well-established, it seems, that there is no way to have shared photos automatically pick up subsequent edits.
- not all the photos I selected to share actually got shared. I can't just select the same set to be shared, because then duplicate images of the ones already shared will be added. Is there a way to find photos that are in a given album/project but not shared? At least that way I can just re-add the ones that, for whatever reason, didn't make it the first time (though, it does seem like some photos stubbornly refuse to be shared).
I tried creating a smart album based on photos in a given project but not in project path "icloud" (the shared photos indicate they are in project path "icloud"), but that didn't work. Which makes sense, since they are basically separate photos.
Since it seems shared photos are treated as separate copies in their own "project" I don't think there is a way to figure out which photos are not already shared, unfortunately.
All my photos are jpgs. Aperture 3.5.1, OS X 10.9.2.

Are you asking about photos in shared Photo streams or about My Photo Stream?
Photos that have been shared successfully are not marked in a special way. The only way to mark them in your Aperture library would be to manually tag them. When browsing the Shared Stream, use the "Show in Library" button, to show the original in your Aperture library. Then add a keyword, or flag, or coulour label it, so you can set up a filter to exclude it.

I have a shared photo stream, are those shared photos taking up space on the i devices of the people I am sharing with?

I am getting conflicting answers about this question, which to me it seems like a simple no since these photos sit on another server. Now if the person I am sharing with decides to download some photos then yeah it's taking up space on their i device. But if they dont and are simply viewing my shared photo stream my though is that those photos do no eat up space on their i device.

How much space depends on the size of the photos and how many there are.
Settings > general > usage > photos & camera. The shared albums will be included along with other photos.

When I updated to iOS 8.3 I lost all shared photo albums on my iPad Air. Other devises which I shared to still have access to photo albums but my iPad does not, therefore I can no longer add or delete to shared albums. I can create new shared albums.

When I updated to iOS 8.3 I lost all shared photo albums on my iPad Air. Other devises which I shared to still have access to photo albums but my iPad does not, therefore I can no longer add or delete to shared albums. I can create new shared albums.

Hello JimS19,
I'm sorry to hear you are having these issues with your iPad. If you are having issues accessing your Shared Albums from your iPad (but not from your other devices), you may want to double-check your iCloud Photo Sharing configuration as outlined in the following articles, just to make sure it hasn't changed:
iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ - Apple Support
Get help using iCloud Photo Sharing and shared albums - Apple Support
Sincerely,
- Brenden

Turned on sharing in iPhoto on my iMac. My MacBook sees all the photos but not all events or albums appear. I have many albums in several folders. Any suggestions?

Turned on sharing in iPhoto on my iMac. My MacBook sees all the photos but not all events or albums appear. I have many albums in several folders. Any suggestions?

Hvaing the same problem on my iPad since iTunes and ios5 upgrade - hoping for some updates from Apple to resolve problem - research has shown we are not alone!

Shared albums not shown in Photos for Mac

I upgraded my iPhoto library to Photos yesterday and the main photo content migrated fine. I have two OS X devices - a MacBook Pro and a Mac Mini.
On my MacBook Pro, if I enable the sidebar in Photos, I see:
Photos
Shared
Activity
<Other shared albums - both my own and from another iCloud user>
Albums<Various Albums>
On my Mac Mini, I only see:
Photos
Albums<Various Albums>
So Photos on the Mac Mini is not picking up on existing shared albums. If I go to View | Shared it prompts me to "Start Sharing" (as if I haven't done this before). If I click Start Sharing and then create a test album the sharing dialog just vanishes after I select and email address to share with.
Anybody else seeing this? Any ideas?

Ok. I followed another suggestion and tried restarting the computer. It seemed to bring up the libraries. At first, I saw no pictures from the shared photos as they reported zero photos when they came up. However, leaving it open for a while seemed to bring back more and more of the libraries, and that was only after restarting the computer a 2nd time. I did get almost all my shared photos back, but each time it seems to stop and not bring all the photos back. I'll try restarting another time as it seems to be the big thing here.
The syncing activity in Yosemite seems to have some internal limit, where it stops attempting to grab photos from the stream and/or share, and then Photos only tries looking again after a computer restart, not a restart of the application.

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