As of OS X Yosemite, Apple is encouraging everyone to use its new Photos program for managing pictures in OS X. While Photos has a number of pros and cons, it does share a limitation of its “iPhoto” predecessor, in that while it uses a library system for managing photos and offers an option to create multiple libraries, it can only have one open at a time. This means that if you wish to consolidate libraries, you might find yourself jumping through hoops; however, there is a relatively simple way to get this done.

No, that is not the problem. The problem is, that iPhoto has no built-in features to merge photo libraries; the advanced Pro version 'Aperture' has, but not iPhoto. In iPhoto you will have to export the photos from your old library to a set of folders and then to import these folders in your new library. Mar 18, 2020 If you're sure that you've exported all of the photos and videos that you want to keep from the source library, you can delete it to save disk space on your Mac. First, open the Finder and find the source library that you want to delete. By default, photo libraries are stored in your Pictures folder. PowerPhotos lets you organize your Photos libraries on the Mac. You can split a library into smaller ones, merge libraries together, find duplicate photos, and more.

First, the classic way of doing this would be to use an export/import option:

Open Photos while holding the Option key
Select your desired Library to open
Select all items and export them to a folder
Quit and re-open Photos while holding the Option key
Select a second library to open
Import all of the items into this second library.

This approach will undoubtedly take a long time, and will require you essentially duplicate your library contents more than once to consolidate them import them all into the second library. While it may be doable for those with only a few libraries to manage, for those with a number of different libraries, the following approach may be more streamlined:

Open Photos to load your current library (or open with the Option key held to choose a different or new library to use)
Open the Terminal utility (in the Applications > Utilities folder)
Type the following command, then hold the Option key immediately after pressing Enter to execute it:

When you do this, a second instance of the Photos application will open, and will request you select a library. Do this for a different library, and you will now have two Photos windows on your screen with different libraries open. Now you can select some or all the photos from one library, and drag them into the second Photos window to add them to that library. You can do this for individual photos, entire moments, or custom selections as you browse through your photos.

Note that copying in this manner may cause Photos to briefly hang and show your cursor as a spinning beachball, but do not interrupt the process. After a short while, your photos will be copied and show up in your second library. You will also see a notification that confirms the number of photos imported.

This window will pop up if you held the Option key at the appropriate time when launching an instances of Photos (if not, then quit Photos and try again). Use it to select a photo library other than the one open in your primary instance of Photos.

When done, close the second instance of the Photos application, and then repeat the Terminal command (press the Up arrow to quickly load the previously-entered command–be sure to hold the Option key after pressing Enter), to load a new library and copy your files into your main library.

https://treejoomla.amebaownd.com/posts/20583686. One quick warning with this approach, is that you should not load the same library in two separate instances of Photos, as this may lead to conflicts in how data in the library is handled, and could corrupt the library. Therefore, just be sure you load separate libraries in separate instances of Photos, and you should be good to go. https://treejoomla.amebaownd.com/posts/20583712.

We take a lot of photos with our iPhones and even DSLRs and other cameras. Photos are great for capturing memories with others, or when you just want to get a snapshot of something beautiful. Photos on Mac can help you keep all of your photos in one place, and even help you organize them.

As an iOS file manager, this tool can easily export all media files, including songs, movies, TV shows, ringtones, podcasts, etc. From the iTunes Library on PC and Mac to an external hard drive. How to move itunes library from mac to new mac. Tips: How to Move iTunes Music/Movies to External Hard Drive for PlaybackTo selectively move music, playlists, movies, ringtones, and more from the iTunes Library to an external hard drive, we need the tool called. Quit iTunes, connect the external hard drive and reopen iTunes to fix. Conversely, it can by transferring music, movies, playlists and more from iPhone to iTunes.Let's see how to move the media files from iTunes library to external drive.

How to add pictures and videos to albums

If you have a lot of photos and videos, one of the simplest and easiest ways to start organizing everything is to make use of albums, especially when you give them good names. And if you use iCloud Photo Library, all of your albums in Photos for Mac get synced to your iOS devices too.

Launch Photos on your Mac.
Click on Photos in the sidebar, under the Library section.
Pick out the photos you want to add to an album, either new or existing.
- Hold down the command key on your Mac and click to select multiple photos.
Right-click on your chosen photos and videos.
Move the cursor to Add to.
You can choose an existing album, or create new album.
- If making a new album, give it a good, easy-to-remember name.

Optionally, you can make a new album at any time by clicking the + button that appears in the sidebar next to My Albums. Drag-and-drop the albums in whatever order you want to rearrange them in the sidebar.

How to organize albums and folders

When you have a lot of albums, it may be better to clean it all up by organizing albums into folders, which are like collections of albums. It's easy to do.

Launch Photos on your Mac.
Either right-click on My Albums in the sidebar, or hover above and then click on the + button that appears next to My Albums.
Click New Folder.
Give your folder a name.
Drag the albums that you want into that folder.

How to use Smart Albums

Smart Albums are like regular albums, but smarter, obviously. They're great for helping you quickly organize images without the need of manually adding each one to an album because it's all automated.

Launch Photos on your Mac.
Right-click on My Albums or click the + button that appears next to My Albums.
Select New Smart Album.
Give your Smart Album a name.
Choose the parameters for your Smart Album.
Click OK to confirm.

Smart Albums have a large number of different parameters, such as photos, faces, aperture, ISO, Live Photo, RAW, Portrait, and more. With all of these options, you can create many different Smart Albums to suit whatever it is you need.

If you're not satisfied with the Smart Album, you can always tweak the settings by clicking on the gear icon that's next to the Smart Album's title, then re-select the parameters you want to use.

Unfortunately, Smart Albums do not sync to your other devices through iCloud Photo Library, as they're only available on your Mac.

How to navigate Photos for Mac faster with the sidebar

The Sidebar in Photos is a great way to quickly jump between various areas in Photos quickly and easily. Plus, it helps you find albums that may otherwise be hidden, so this was a design choice made by Apple.

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