Transferring photos between albums

I want to transfer photos to other albums on my Phone without having multiple copies of the photo

Photos in albums transferred from your computer via the iTunes sync/transfer process are stored in the Photo Library. Photos in the albums below include a pointer to original photos stored in the Photo Library. Photos in the albums are not duplicated as in taking double the storage capacity.
The same applies to photos in the Camera Roll that are placed in a user created album. If you delete the original photo stored in the Camera Roll, the photo in the album is removed as well. Photos in albums include a pointer only to the original photos stored in the Camera Roll.

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My iPhoto stopped letting me move photos between albums.

i used to be able to move the photos i uploaded to my iphoto between the different albums i have and now it wont let me. does anyone know why or how to fix it?

What version of iPhoto do you have?
as to moving photos between albums just open the source album and drag the photos to the destination album in the source pane on the left
And you do not "upload" photos - you import them - typically an import does not create an album - it creates an event - how are you importing your photos?
LN

How to transfer photos between albums?

I am a new user, I loaded many old photos and want to move them into smaller albums,

Albums are just lists of picture files. They are similar to a playlist for audio files, which means you can include a given picture file in as many albums as you want. So, you don't 'move' files between albums, you add or delete those picture files. Let's say you have a big album you want to 'split' into smaller ones. First create the destination albums. Select your big album. Highlight the files you want to transfer to the small album, and drag and drop them on that small album. That will copy the files (add them) to the small album. If you want to delete them from the big album (it's your choice), right click and choose 'delete from album' and specify which album you want to delete from. Remember that pictures can be included in different albums and that 'moving' files between albums is a bad metaphor. You add, you delete, you don't move.

Unable to move photos between albums in search mode

I am unable to move picture between albums when I have done a search for a title etc. eg. search for 'Leeds' brings up 20 pics one album and 15 in another, but the two albums are several years apart (possibly 100's of rolls!).
Why am I unable to then drag the pics from one roll to another? Is this a known issue? Very annoying when dealing with various project over various years and the only way is to drag the pics all the way down, often getting lost!!
Any advice?
Thanks

You may be able to do it as follows:
1 - assign a unique keyword to each of those files. Something like "AAAAAAAA" will stand out when you're looking for it.
2 -set the view options to View keywords only.
3 - set the sort option to sort by keyword.
4 - now look for that unique keyword, select them all and create a new roll. To see the new roll you'll have to reset rolls to be viewed.
If there are more than one keyword for those photos, the the first keyword assigned to that photo will determine where it falls in the listing of photos. So it's best if there are no keywords other than the unique one.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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How do you move pictures between albums not juat copy? Presently when moving a photo a copy is left behind.

You may be able to do it as follows:
1 - assign a unique keyword to each of those files. Something like "AAAAAAAA" will stand out when you're looking for it.
2 -set the view options to View keywords only.
3 - set the sort option to sort by keyword.
4 - now look for that unique keyword, select them all and create a new roll. To see the new roll you'll have to reset rolls to be viewed.
If there are more than one keyword for those photos, the the first keyword assigned to that photo will determine where it falls in the listing of photos. So it's best if there are no keywords other than the unique one.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Moving Photos between Albums

When I drag a photo from Album 1 to Album 2, it copies the photo while leaving it in Album 1. Then I have to open Album 1 and delete the photo, so that it resides only in Album 2.
How can I move (not copy) a photo from Album 1 (delete it) to Album 2 ?

When I'm in an album and drag a photo to another album I'm still in the first album where I can then delete the photo when the drag is completed. Dragging a photo to another album in the Source pane does not put me in that second album. I have to click on the second album to get there. Not sure what you're experiencing. Here's what it looks like for me dragging from Album PDF to Profile test. I'll remain in the PDF album until I click on the other one.
10.4.5, G4 DP-1G, 1.5G RAM, 22 Display, 2-80G HD, QT 7.0.4P Mac OS X (10.4.4) Canon S400, i850 & LIDE 50, Epson R200, 2G Nano

My iPad is mixing up photos between albums

Hey there
iPad2, iPhoto 11, 10.6.7
I'm syncing a bunch of smart albums from iPhoto to my iPad. The smart albums are based on events, with photos that are 5 star rankings.
Anyway, in iPhoto, they all work great. But when I load the albums on the iPad, they're about 90% right. 10% of all albums have photos mixed in from other albums. It's frustrating as **** - I want to show people my photos, but I can't because they're not in any order!
Help!
-- james

I got it - go to where your iPhoto library file is (typically
~/Pictures/iPhoto Library
Right click on the iPhoto Library, click Show Package Contents
DELETE the iPod Photo Cache
Next time you sync your device it will take a very long time (recreating the photo cache) but the photos should be correct
-- james

Transferring Photos between catalogues

Now that I've gotten everything on my new computer, I've been left with a bit of a mess. Some of the files which were not in the proper folders before the change, are now in the wrong catalogues as well. I set up two catalogues; My Catalogue and My Work. So, if I have photos in the wrong catalogue, how can I get them to the new one? I can delete them from the current catalogue and have the new one GET them, but I don't always know where they really are. Is there any easier way to do this? Such as opening both catalogues and dragging and dropping? (PSE3.0)

You can only have one catalog open at a time so dragging/dropping does not seem to be an option.
I am assuming you have the images in certain folders and wish to keep them in these folders outside of Elements.
Open Organizer and click File>Catalog>Open>My Pictures (assuming you want to put the pictures there).
Click Get Photos from Files or Folders. Assuming My Pictures is your top level folder, click the first sub folder, hold the Shift key and then click the last folder. Be sure Select From Subfolders box is checked.
Those photos that are NOT in the Catalog will be imported; those that are ALREADY IN the Catalog will be ignored.
I would then open the Work Catalog and delete from catalog (Do NOT check the Delete From Hard Disk box) any images you want to remove from this catalog.
Once you get the images in the right catalog and the unwanted images removed from the catalog, you can use the Organizer Move command to change images to the correct folders.
The secret is you need to keep the underlying MS Access database in sync. This is why you need to use the Organizer's move and delete commands.
Because I tend to be over cautious and Access seems to have a mind of its own sometimes, my workflow for each catalog would be this after all changes and moves and made. I'm sure many users will believe this is overkill, but I like this workflow after mass changes.
Open the catalog
File>Recover>All Missing Files (just to check if something got orphaned in the process)
Go to your top level folder in Organizer and do Select All, right click and then Rebuild All Thumbnails. Warning-this can take some time if you have large number of photos. Do this only when you can leave the unit on and Elements does not need to be used for a period of time (maybe 30 minutes or more).
File>Catalog>Recover-does "housekeeping" on the MS Access database.

Transferring photos between a laptop and desktop

I am using Lightroom 3 on a laptop and desktop. I am trying to export photos with adjustments that I have made to my desktop. I have selected the photos as tried to export as a catalog and have checked the boxes for export negative files and include available previews. I saved the files to a portable hard drive and then tried to import the files into lightoom on my desktop. Only the original photos (with no adjustments show up). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Instead of importing the files try importing the catalog. The catalog contains your information about the adjustments. The catalog you exported can be moved to your desktop machine and you can use your master catalog on you desktop to import the record from it.

How to move photos between albums

Simple question, I know. I'm embarrassed to even ask. I tried Command key to select several images, then dragging the photos to targeted folder. No dice. Help?

You have to drag by the image, not by the border.
Hal

Transfering songs between albums on itunes

on my itunes library, I was preordering an album when somehow, one of my old albums re-downloaded itself, so now I have three versions of the album, but not all of the songs are in just one album. I want to be able to transfer one song on an album to a different album. How do I do this?

Perhaps my previous post on Grouping Tracks Into Albums has the solution you seek.
tt2

Transferring photos between ipad and macbook air (not photo stream)

Photos were originally on my IMac 10.6.8. Put them on my Ipad (I think it's the 2nd one). Now I want to put the photos from my ipad to my macbook air. I have photo stream set up on both but I think because they were not taken on my ipad or originally downloaded from a camera to my ipad photo stream doesn't send them to my macbook via photo stream. How do I get them from the ipad to the macbook air 10.8.4?
Thanks, Kate

You can also use 3rd party apps like Photo Transfer App.
https://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/photo-transfer-app/id365152940?mt=8

Transferring photos between iPad and MacBook Air

I've been trying to copy photographs from my iPad to my wife's MacBook Air and I can't find a way to do it. Is it possible to use AirDrop to move stuff from an ios device to an OSX device? Using DropBox is painfully slow, and BEAM doesn't work. Surely it must be possible? Airdrop on the MacBook doesn't see the iPad and vice versa, though they're both on the same wi-fi network and sitting centimetres from each other.

You cannot do it with AirDrop. Following quote is from iOS: Use AirDrop to wirelessly share content
You can't use AirDrop on iOS to share with OS X users, and OS X users can't use AirDrop to share with iOS devices.
You can do it via Photo Stream iCloud: My Photo Stream FAQ
Or as I do, via USB cable: iOS: Import personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer
And there are 3rd party apps such as http://www.photosync-app.com

Sorting photo's between albums in iphoto

I have a huge photo library that I am trying to sort out. There are photos that have been included in more than one album on my source list, how can I identify these and the albums they are in? I have run a duplicates anhilator already so know there are no duplicates in iphoto it's purely between albums in my source list that I am sorting.

There's no fix, there's nothing broken.
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
(Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
There's a similar option in Outlook and many, many other apps. If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running:
For users of 10.6 and later: You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu.
Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
For Users of 10.4 and 10.5 Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
Other options include:
Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
File -> Export: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
Show File: a. On iPhoto 09 and earlier: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected. 3.b.
b: On iPhoto 11 and later: Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Reveal in Finder -> Original. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.

Difference between Photos label at top of screen and all photos under albums?

Just wondering what the difference is being the box at the top left hand side of screen that is labelled 'Photos' and the one just below 'Albums' that is called 'All photos'.
I can see that the 'Photos' area seems to be all photos on your mac, like the events stream was on iPhoto before and the camera roll on IOS iPhoto.
I had expected 'All photos' under albums to be just those you had placed in albums, but I added and deleted a few photos to test this and could not see any difference between the effect on the two areas.
I suspect all the previous 'events' have been folded together in one folder so that it is easy to see what was there on conversion, but before I start dismantling this folder to suit the new layout I just want to make sure I understand how the deleting of photos from albums/the whole program works. I have been prompted a couple of times if I am deleting from album or deleting altogether but deletions seem to affect both these streams?

Photos is sorted based on the date of the photo.
All Photos is based on date added. Don't know how it imported at first, but every photo you add from now on will be shown in the order added to the All Photos album no matter what date is in it metadata. And it will be placed in date order in Photos moments.
If you import 100 photos and delete 20, you will have 80 photos left from the import. The 50 you put in an album doesn't affect the total amount you added to the library. It just means that you chose not to put 30 in an an album you created. You can put the same photo in as many albums you want to create. The actual photo still resides in the library.
Don't confuse the system created albums with the user created albums. You can choose to remove a photo from a user created album without deleting it from the library. Or, you can choose delete from a user album which will delete from all albums and the library. But you can only delete from the system album.

Transferring photos between albums

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