Tidying photos between devices

Hi there,
I have an iMac and a Macbook Pro (which I take away with me)... as a result, my photos are a mess! I have some that are on both, some that are on and not the other and vice versa. It would take me forever to sort through them all individually. Is there any way I can merge / sync the two libraries (my iMac was initialised and set up using a Time Machine backup of my Macbook), remove duplicates and then keep them synced. I am away from home every two weeks, so this is a frequent issue - I'd like to be able to sync them every time I come back. Is iCloud the answer? I am not really sure about using iCloud or keeping my photos on iCloud - because they are not on my machines then, or are they? TBH, I've been too scared to try iCloud in case I lose a bunch of photos.
Thanks in advance,
Sarah

If both Macs are signed into the same iCloud account and have iPhotos' iCloud preference setup as shown below, any new photo taken on either Mac will be imported into the other automatically:
Each month there's be a new Event with the photos taken that month and shared via this way:
Or, you can merge the two libraries intro one library with the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager. Once you have all ofd your photos into one library you can copy that library to both Macs so they are identical.
When you return from travels with new photos on your MacBook Pro you can use iPLM to copy the new events from your MBP library to your iMac library. Just connect the two so one Mac can access the other, i.e LAN, ethernet cable, Firewire for Target Disk Mode, etc. You will have to copy any new events on the iMac over to the MBP in order to keep them identical.

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Hi guys,
I am greatly confused and really hope you can help me out! I have searched for hours now and I am still not sure of the answer, so even though it might be answered in other threads I still hope you will help me...
I have and iPhone and a Macbook. Between these two devices I want to share and organize my photos taken with the iPhone. First of all the photos are obviously saved in the camera roll - and since I have enabled photoStream they are saved here as well.
For a while ago I read that to organize the photos I should syncronize with iPhoto, organize into albums and syncronize back to the phone. That kinda works, however now the photos are takin up space 3 times! That is very confusing and a waste of space!
What I really want is actually to have the photos in the camera roll until I have organized them into albums and then I want to be able to delete them from the camera roll. That way I ensure that I have organized all photos.
I really appreciate any tips as this is really frustrating...

And what is the difference between events and albums in iPhoto? I get that one solution is to import all photos to iPhoto and then organize the photos into albums. However they still apear in events - and with all these events ordered by dates how will I ever ensure that I have organized all images into albums?
iPhoto does not store photos. It only references photos in your camera roll, in events synced to your iDevice from your Mac, uploaded using the camera connection kit, or imported by other apps.
See the iPhoto Help: http://help.apple.com/iphoto/iphone/2.0/?handbuch#blnkbc26e276
iPhoto will not use additional space, if a photo is used in an album and also appears in an event or the camera roll.
What I really want is actually to have the photos in the camera roll until I have organized them into albums and then I want to be able to delete them from the camera roll. That way I ensure that I have organized all photos.
What kind of albums are you asking about? The albums that iPhoto creates by tagging, or the abums you create in the Camera Roll? Either way, these albums do not store the photos, they only group them differently for easy access. When you delete the photos from your camera roll, the photos will vanish from the albums as well, because they are one and the same image.
Anyway, it is no good idea to delete the photos from the Camera Roll. The Camera Roll is the central sharing place of your iPhone. Other apps can access your photos in the Camara Roll, the Camera Roll can be downloaded to your computer, the Camera Roll is backed up in your iCloud backup.
Should I rather organize only in events and not use albums?
Use the camera roll and events to store all your photos, and use albums to create selections for special purposes to easily access them and retrieve them.
First of all the photos are obviously saved in the camera roll - and since I have enabled photoStream they are saved here as well.
The camera roll stores the photos, but the Photo Stream is just a temporary buffer to share the photos. Don't rely on Photo Stream to keep the photos for ever. It will only keep the most recently added photos and no more than a thousand photos on your iPhone.
For a while ago I read that to organize the photos I should syncronize with iPhoto, organize into albums and syncronize back to the phone. That kinda works, however now the photos are takin up space 3 times! That is very confusing and a waste of space!
The general idea of that advice is to keep the photos off your phone:
Organize them on your mac, store all photos on your mac, and back them up regularly, so that you have them safe.
Then delete the photos from your phone to free space.
Now create albums on your mac with your most important photos that you want to have on your iPhone as well and regularly sync your current selection of favorite photos to your iPhone.
What may be confusing for you, is that you are trying to achieve something, that the two versions o iPhoto on your mac and your iPhone are not intended for and do not support well - two keep two photolibraries in sync. The apps support sharing of selected photos, but not syncing libraries. So have one well organized library on your mac, and share to your iPhone what you want on the phone as well, for example by setting up shared photostreams or syncing with iTunes.
Leonie

Synching photos between devices

Photos taken on my iPhone and iPad mini automatically synch between these two devices. However, I can't figure out how to get those devices to synch their photos with my Mac mini (has iPhoto 11). Shouldn't this be possible?

Jerrry wrote:
I'm not on Facebook, so I can't use that as a test. As soon as I open iPhoto it asks what library I want (although it lists none). The Choose button is grayed out. Other Library button opens finder to Desktop. Create New takes me to a Finder screen that says "Save As:" at the top. The files it shows are 2013, iPod Photo Cache and Lightroom. That's it.
Try launching iPhoto while holding down the Option key. It should then ask you what library you want to use and should show a Finder screen. From there navigate to your home folder ~/Pictures and in that folder you should find a file named iPhoto Library or perhaps a variation on that theme. Select iPhoto Library which should activate the Choose button. Click on choose and hopefully you will be back in business and you will also see Photo Stream inder WEB in the sidebar.

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I have trouble sharing photos in my iPod 4th generation with an iPad 2 user. I've sent an invitation to an iPad user to share my shared album with him but he didn't receive any email regarding on this invitation. Whereas, when the iPad user invite me to share his album, I've receive the email and joined his photostream. Unfortunately, the album didn't appear in my iPod. Can someone help me identify the problem? Thank you

Hi LCelineee,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
These tips may help if your shared photo stream invitation is not being received:
I've sent email invitations to my shared stream, but not everyone received one.
Try these troubleshooting steps:
Ask the person you're inviting to check any junk or spam email folders for the invitation.
Try resending the invitation. If a recipient still doesn't get the invitation, send it to a second or alternate email address for that person. The recipient's mailbox may be full, or either the person or the email service provider may have a filter that is preventing the email from being delivered. If you're using iOS 7, you can also send the invitation to the phone number that the recipient uses for iMessages.
If the person has received an invitation at least once in the past, that person may have opted to unsubscribe from future iCloud Photo Sharing emails. See the section on opting out of emails, below, for more details.
If none of these steps resolve the issue, contact Apple Support for further assistance.
You can find the article with these steps here:
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Photo Sharing and Shared Photo Streams
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4379
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Jeremy

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I tried iMessage and e-mailing a vCard, but neither method transfers the contact along with their photo between an iP5 and an iP4.
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True, but of course, they may not already have a photo if they don't have the contact info. I'd say that was more likly the case.
My wife, for instance, doesn't keep photos of all of our friends on her phone, but does sometimes need a copy of the contact info I have.
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