Sorting photos on iPhoto by device

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help with sorting photos on iPhoto on a MacBook Air. I have synced photos from two separate iPhone 5 devices that were under the same iCloud account and I would like to sort them by the devices. I cannot exactly remember which photos are from which device and I cannot used the Smart Album method as they are both iPhone 5 cameras
I do not mind how tedious it is as long as it gets the job done! Thank you very much

No - you can not do that in iPhoto (or probably in any software) - in iPhoto smart albums can collect photos by camera type but not by specific device - on by camera type
LN

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When I transferred my photos from iphoto to my new computer last fall, I did something wrong, and the ones I put on were very low resolution. So I transferred them on again, this time the correct way, but the problem is, I have many duplicate photos. Is there a way to sort through them so I can discard the low resolution duplicates?

Back up your library and run duplicate annihilator - http://www.brattoo.com/propaganda/
LN

Sorting photos on IPhoto

I wish to combine my own photos and my sons photos of the same holiday on Iphoto (latest version). I have renamed my sons photos numerically to fit into my required sequence. When I place them into a Folder on the HD or onto a CD they are in the order I want them - all together in a logical sequence. When I load all these photos to IPhoto my photos separate out from my son's yet retain my numerical numbering. How can I merge them in Iphoto in the required sequence and as they appear in my folders on the HD?

I am just trying to build an Event which shows the best of his and mine as one Event.
That is no problem - but by default they will be intermixed by time since that is how events display
You can assign them different keywords ( make a smart album based on camera and select all photos in it and assign an appropriate keyword) and sort by key words (view menu ==> sort photo ==> by key words) or titles if that does it for you (view menu ==> sort photo ==> by titles)
LN
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What is the easiest way to sort photos within an album. I have photos from a trip but they are all mixed up. Photos from one part of the trip are showing up in other parts. Please help.

I have a MacBook Pro laptop and am trying to use iPhoto. I uploaded pictures but they uploaded out of order. Photos taken from different locations on my trip are all mixed up and I would like to sort them in chronological order. Things I have tried have been time consuming and often take several attempts before the moved photo "takes" to its new location within the album. If anyone can provide step by step instructions for this senior, it would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

following article tells how to sort photos in iphoto:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2397
also
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2388
article on smart albums in iphoto as well:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2389
these should help answers your questions, also in every apple application if you look on the main menu bar they all have a help section that is very useful in getting basic how to instructions.

Sorting images in iPhoto?

What is this issue with sorting photos in IPhoto? My process so far: I import photos from my iPhone. They appear in the 'Last Import" folder. (Or Last 12 Months - this happens from both folders.)
After the import from the phone is complete, I open the "Last Import" folder, select individual photos and drag them to the correct named albums that I've created under "Albums". Once the pics are moved to the albums, (and I check by opening, closing, and reopening those folders to be sure they're there) I then delete them from the Last Import" or "Last 12 Months" folder, to keep track of what's been filed and what hasn't.
This process seems to works fine. When I check the created albums, all images are filed correctly. And then, at some point, I go back and check - and all of the moved images from the entire work session are gone from their named albums. ?! These files HAD been in those albums! now are gone. ?
I check the Trash file in iPhoto, and all photos seem to be there - I think. But now - the new **** is that I cannot sort the images directly from the Trash file back into the correct named albums, or any folder in iPhoto. All photos have to be dragged out from the Trash and into a file on my desktop. Then laboriously re-imported BACK into iPhoto, to start the whole lengthy, stupid, opaque process over again.
Obviously I'm missing a step, or something - but what?? I thought I was being very methodical. I have to say this is really annoying and counterintuitive for Apple. But please let me know what the correct process is. My greatest concern is that I have actually lost some images - but can't tell that without going through a much longer search of every album and folder…is it possible that some images have been permanently deleted?
Thanks in advance. Please excuse my frustration and exasperation.

You're confusing a list with a place.
The only place in iPhoto that contains your actual photos is the Library. The Library has several ways of viewing:
Events: broken into chunks based on date and time
Photos: The whole thing as a single entity
Faces: Those photos you've categorised by people you've identified
Places: As above but by locations on the planet.
Every Photo is in the Library. This is like iTunes, every song is in the Library. Playlists reference songs in the Library. So it's an user selected list of songs "that I would like played together".
An Album is a list of photos I would like to view together. Albums reference the Photos in the Library to make the list. They're not duplicated, just referenced. So it's the same photo in the Library as in the Album.
Because it's the same photo when you delete from the Library you also delete from the Albums.
Last Import, Last 12 Months, Flagged etc are all Lists not places. But they are a little different in that they reference the Library directly. When you delete from them you're deleting from the Library. So the photos are deleted from all the Albums as well.
Last Import, Flagged etc are also Smart Albums. A Smart Album is - basically - a Saved Search. Think of it this way: Last Import is the answer to a Question: 'What are the last Photos I imported?' Flagged: 'What are the Photos I have Flagged' etc.
The only way to get photos out of the 'Last Import' is to have a different answer to the question: Import more photos.
So there is redundancy - several ways of doing things - in iPhoto, but no duplication.
So, import your Photos. Find them in the Library (Events or Photos View, doesn't matter) and drag from there to the Album of your choice.
And remember there are several ways to achieve the same thing.
You can restore photos from the iPhoto trash by right clicking on them and selecting 'Restore to Library'
To actually lose photos from iPhoto via the trash you would need to empty the iPhoto trash and thereafter empty the System Trash. Each time you will get a warning. At each step they are recoverable.
Regards
TD

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If you want to sort manually, use albums. Albums can be arranged freely. Events only allow basic sorting.

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In what mode, Events, Photos or in an Album, are you when you select View ➙ Sort ➙ By Title?
As a first fix attempt try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder (Snow Leopard and Earlier).
or with Mt. Lion from the User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto/
Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder
3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE 1: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
NOTE 2: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and hit the Enter button - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
OT

When ordering enlarged photos from iPhoto, must I purchase them one at a time and pay a shipping fee for each and very one of them. Sort of a ripoff but I can't figure how to purchase many and pay one shipping fee.

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iPhoto 9.5.1
iOS 8.0.2
Mac Mavericks 10.9.5
Using iTunes, when I sync my selected iPhoto albums (on the Mac) to my iPhone and iPad, new photos added to those albums on my Mac are no longer added to the albums on those devices, but rather are orphaned as loose photos. Or, if they ARE added, it's only through half a dozen trial-and-error tricks I've tried. I never know for sure what trick is working, so I have to ask if there's an easier, dependable way to get albums or folders from my Mac to sync into what's on my devices. I don't want every single photo I have on my Mac on those devices. JUST selected, categorized photo albums so that I can show off categories of my paintings and sculptures to clients.
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Use the rebuild function in iPhoto Library Manager. That does not require a purchase. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
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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.

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I have moved my iPhoto to an external hard drive. so now I have to have the external hard drive connected to my laptop to view the photos. Now when I want to import photos into iPhoto from my media card, I don't have room to connect both devices at the same time as the usb ports are side by side. How do I import my photos from the media card to the external hard drive now?

First transfer the photos to a folder on your MacBook using Image Capture in your Utilities folder. Then move them to iPhoto.
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Hey William Dofflemyer,
Thanks for the question. I understand you would like to move some photos in your iPhoto library to free up space. The following article may help you with that:
iPhoto '11: Move your iPhoto library to a new location
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506
Also, I understand you have some questions about iDVD. The following video may provide more information:
Apple - Find Out How - Movies - iDVD ’08
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/idvd.html
Thanks,
Matt M.

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For some reason that I have yet to divine, iphoto 11 jumbles the order of photos in any album I create. For example, I have an album called 'Family', and rather than display the photos by the date they were taken, it jumbles them into a mish mash of images. I took 50 pics yesterday and imported them last night. I opened iphoto today to make some edits, and the photos have been dispersed throughout an album of thousands of images. I know I can go and examine the images in 'Events' or 'Photos', but I'd like to see them in context with the rest of my family photos.
Is there some way to get albums to sort photos by date taken like the older versions of iphoto?
Thanks in advance,
Peter

I may be getting confused with what you need here but does going to:
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Andy.

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Hello.
I'm having a difficult time copying photos from my library and then transferring them to my NAS device once I've edited my photos in iPhoto. It seems as though I can only transfer/move the iPhoto library file and not my actual photos. I use iPhoto 11 to edit photos and then would like to move those edited photos to my NAS device so I can view these photos on all my network computers. I have a new Macbook Pro Retina Display and my NAS device is a Synology ds212J. This device is a media server so I can view these photos on my tv and other connected devices. Does anyone know how I can accomplish the above? I'm new to the Mac environment and need some help with this problem. I'm sure there has to be a fix for this as it seems so seemless for my Windows computers to do the same.
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Think of it this way:
Open a file in a photo editor - say Photoshop, Acorn, Graphic Converter, whatever...
Fix Red eye.
Save.
What happens? The file containing the photo is edited. The Modification date is changed. There's no way back to the photo before the fixing of the red eye.
Try do that in iPhoto (or similar apps: Picasa, Ligthroom, Aperture)
Open a file... Well you can't. You have to import it to a database first. So, that done, now you view the photo.
Fix red eye. Okay. There's no 'Save' you just move to the next picture.
Now look at the file you imported. Notice anything about the modification date? It hasn't changed. Open the file in another app. Notice anything? Like the Red-eye isn't fixed...
iPhoto will never edit the original file. It's called version control. It means that you can always revert back to the original. It preserves the original like a film shooter preseves the negative.
You don't want that. You want to edit the original. So, use a photo editor, something that edits the original file, uses no database and works the way you want.
In order of price here are some suggestions:
Seashore (free)
The Gimp (free)
Graphic Coverter ($45 approx)
Acorn ($50 approx)
Pixelmator ($50 approx)
Photoshop Elements ($75 approx)
There are many, many other options. Search on MacUpdate or the App Store.

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