Photo library albums and folders taking up more space

If you create albums and folders on photo library it appears to duplicate the pictures and take up more space. Is there any way to avoid this since you can't group pictures otherwise?

Change your import settings to 128 AAC (assuming that's what you want - I'd choose MP3s, personally, since they will work in other programs and portable devices).
The previous default is AAC encode, High Quality (128kbps)
Then you can just right-click on selections and choose "Create AAC version". It will say "Create MP3 version" if you decide to use thoe import settings.
Of course you already have an AAC version, but itunes will convert it to the lower rates. I just tried it on the free single of the week, "Boarded Doors" and the file size went down from 6.9MB to 3.2MB.
You can choose to convert an album at a time - you don't need to do it song-by-song.
I suppose you could do your entire library in one fell swoop, but frankly with the size of my library, I think itunes would crash at some point. Also my hard drive would fill up. ; )
Note - this makes a COPY and does not replace the original file. So you'll need to delete the originals and make sure they go to the recycle bin.
Still, it's faster than feeding all those CDs in the drive!
So that is another reason for doing one CD at a a time, to make sure the copies get made and that the duplciates get gone.
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I synced photos from my computer onto my iphone and they automatically went into their own album 'Photo Library'. I want to delete the photos from this album and the album itself. I cannot seem to figure out how to do it!! I'm sure it's simple. If anyone knows how please reply!!

Photo library album can be deleted
1/ create new folder on your pc desktop and call it empty
2/ open itunes and attach your iphone
3/ select the photo tab
4/ click on the sync photo option and select search folder
5/ select the empty folder from your desktop
6/ click sync iphone
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I still have the old photo album arranged in albums and folders on the old Mac.
I also have iPhoto buddy installed on old Mac and have tried transferring to new Mac with and without iPhoto installed but either way albums and folders were lost.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Would upgrading old Mac Book Pro to Mavericks and then upgrading iPhoto before transferring the library be a solution?

I tried again with iPhoto updater and this time it worked on 2 of my 3 libraries so the albums and folders were preserved. I also had not realised that iPhoto updater needed to be opened from Utilities folder nad had thought it would work automatically once downloaded (one -to -one in store trainer had not realised this either).
I then remembered that there was one .mov file shot on my " still "digital camera in an iPhoto album. Once I removed this iPhoto updater worked on the 3rd library so old folders and albums preserved.
Even then there was one small folder of images which has not transfered via Target mode. For unknown reasons when I transferred these images from camera to old MCP they were jumbled and not in normal date order. I will try transferring these images to new MBP on a memory stick.
Thanks for persuading me to persist

How can I import images from iphoto with the albums and folders?

How can I import images from iphoto without losing the albums and folders I already created?

In Organizer, you can choose File>get Photos and Videos>From iPhoto.
Importing from iPhoto'09: If in iPhoto, you organize your media using photo references, that is, the media actually does not reside inside iPhoto library package, and are referenced through original locations, Organizer does not create new copies of those media and just refer to the original location. but if your iPhoto media reside inside iPhoto library, Organizer creates a copy all media in your pictures folder, also imports albums and tags and other metadata.
Importing from iPhoto'011: In this case, Organizer always creates a copy of your photos in your pictures folder which resides inside iPohto package. It does not import the albums and other metadata like star rating, caption etc.
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Photoshop Elements Help | Organize your photos in albums and album categories

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 08:23:30 -0700
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Subject: Photoshop Elements Help | Organize your photos in albums and album categories
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I have now downloaded all the pictures in my camera directly into PSE Organiser. The pictures are all in folders listed by date the pictures were taken. Are they now safely housed in the PSE program?
PSE does not contain your photos. The photos are on your hard disk(s) somewhere, wherever they were put when they were moved from the camera to the hard disk (might be the default location chosen by PSE).
Can I delete the old Canon programs, which are still sitting on my Mac?
Yes
And if I want to back up on an external hard-drive, how do I do that? Just drag the whole lot across?
Your interest in making backups is to be commended.
There are many ways to make backups, including the way you just suggested. You can also create a backup using PSE (which I recommend) since it includes the photos and the very important catalog file. In PSE, File->Backup Catalog, and set the destination of the backup to your external HD. Remember to do this regularly.
Sometimes when I've used 'Smart Fix" or other tools in the Photo Fix toolbox, I'm not happy with the result. But how can I 'undo' a fix and revert to how it was before?
PSE should create a version set when you do any editing, including the Smart Fix. Thus, you just need to expand the version set (right-click on the photo) to see both the original and the Smart Fix. Then you can delete the Smart Fix version.
-- I want to create an album "Europe 2012", and within it categories for UK, France, Italy etc. But although I hit 'create album category' when Europe 2012 is highlighted, the category just attaches to the last listed album - something completely unrelated. How do I ensure categories are within the correct albums?
I'm going to strongly recommend you don't do this via albums (unless your intent is to share the contents of the albums online somehow, in which case use Albums). I recommend you use tags instead of albums for this purpose. You can create a tag called Europe under Places, and another tag under Europe called France. I would also recommend you not bother including year or other calendar information in the tag (or album) names. You want "Europe" as your tag, not "Europe 2012". Why? Because you can always segregate by year (or other calendar time period) using the PSE Timeline; there's no need to do extra work to segregate the tags by year (or other calendar time period).
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HT201302 how can i delete the photo library album from my iphone

I have an Iphone 5 and since yesterday appeared the photo library album yes i have tryed settings, itunes and iphotos it just won't go
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
btw I have a mac book pro so if you could explain the process un mac version I'll be thankfull

Hmmm, although I have done all above mentioned steps,
Not able to delete them somehow....
Can anyone assist as it take around 7,7 GB space usage currently....
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In iPhoto I created Albums and Folders for various subjects on the iPhoto Sidebar.
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Do you have the sidebar in Photos activated? If not use the key combination of Option+Command+S to toggle it open and closed.
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I just want to organize my photos to albums and not appear anywhere else. Photos appear in Photos and no indication if they have been dealt with.

I want to load my photos onto my MacBook Pro, sort them into albums and not have them appear in other locations. If I go to Photos all of the photos in the computer seem to appear. I can't tell if they have been put in an Album or have been edited. Is there a simpler system that I can use.

iPhoto works similarly to iTunes. In iTunes, every track is in the Library and each playlist is a sub-set of the Library.
So, in iPhoto, every image is in the Library and each Album is a subset of the Library. So, your photos will always be visible in the Library and in any album you use them in. That - of course - means that any image can ne used in a multitude of albums, and use no extra disk space. So that shot of your son, daughter and their puppy can be in the Son album, Daughter album, Puppy Album and even a favourites album.
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It's easy to find photos not in an Album - with a Smart Album:
File -> New Smart Album
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File -> New Smart Album
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Absokutely correct.
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My (empty!) photo library is using 2,6 GB of space

Earlier, on iOS 5, I synced my whole iPhoto-library from my Macbook to my iPhone 4 (32 GB). It was about 14.000 pictures, and used up almost 16 GB of space on my phone.
After the upgrade to IOS 6, my pictures got messed up. All my Events and Albums were gone, but every single picture was still on the device.
I connected the iPhone to iTunes, told it to NOT sync pictures (and delete those on the device). And ran it.
After that, I turned off Photo Stream on my iPhone.
And at last, I manually deleted those few pictures which was left on the phone.
I now confirm that its completly empty. Not a single picture left on the phone.
I have also rebooted a couple of times.
But still, my Photo Library uses about 2,6 GB of space on my phone! (According to whats shown in Settings -> General -> Use -> Pictures and Camera)
Its broken down to this:
Cameraroll : 0 byte
Photo Library : 2,6 GB
Photo Stream: 5,0 kB
(Sorry if not all menu items are written correctly - I use a different language than english)
So, whats using 2,6 GB on my phone? And how do I free that space?!?

Hello violetsareblue,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To help resolve this issue where your iPhone is showing storage space being taken up by photos that do not exist, I'd like you to please follow the directions below to reinstall iOS on your iPhone.
Make sure that you have iTunes 12 or later on your computer.
Put your device in recovery mode.
When you get the option to restore or update, select Update. This will reinstall iOS without erasing your data.
If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch doesn't respond or doesn't turn on - Apple Support
Have a good one,
Alex H.

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The iphone is not a storage/backup device. It simply mirrors the selected content of the computer to which it is synced.
Again, the photo sync is one way.
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