Hi, Yes, if they've come to your Mac via PhotoStream, which, I consider the most efficient way but do see some drawbacks, it's fairly difficult to rename via the Finder. I'll play some more when I have a minute and let you know if I figure any easier ways to do it in iPhoto.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-04-14, at 5:08 PM, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > So if the photos have come onto the Mac via photo stream in iCloud, I presume > they are automatically imported into iPhoto and can't be renamed in the > finder? > I'll try Tim's suggestion of renaming them in iPhoto. Sounds doable. Thanks > heaps. > > Lisette > > On 15/04/2013, at 10:36 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Yup. I agree. I was more going with the assumption the person is using >> image capture to take their photos/videos off their device. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Apr 14, 2013, at 3:39 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Renaming within the Finder is possible but not necessarily as easy as it >>> sounds either. It kind of depends on where the photos are to begin with. >>> If they have already been imported into iPhoto, then it's problematic doing >>> this in the Finder. I don't believe that it's worth the effort as it takes >>> more steps than previously mentioned and has the possibility of messing up >>> your iPhoto Library. If the photos are in a folder on the Mac, you could >>> rename them prior to importing into iPhoto and they should retain the new >>> filenames. Possible either way, it may just be down to whatever you feel >>> most comfortable with. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2013-04-13, at 8:52 PM, "Chris Gilland" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Oh really? >>>> >>>> Can you please give me more instructions on how to accomplish this? >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 10:39 PM >>>> Subject: Re: renaming photos on the Mac >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> You might find it easier to skip iPhoto all together then. Image >>>> capture will do just a good a job taking the pictures off your iPhone. >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> [email protected] >>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>>> www.appletothecore.info >>>> >>>> On Apr 13, 2013, at 9:02 PM, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Quite frankly, I wish that someone would do an audio tutorial on IPhoto, >>>>> as I have never had even the slightest success with that thing, and I >>>>> have photos on my phone which I really need to transfer. >>>>> >>>>> Chris. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisette Wesseling" >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 5:31 PM >>>>> Subject: renaming photos on the Mac >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Is it possible to rename photos which are in iPhoto? I don't think it's >>>>> possible from the iPhone, but surely it must possible once they are on >>>>> the mac? When I press enter on the photo name as you would normally do, >>>>> there's no edit box. 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