Thank you, Stephen. That will be my task for Sunday. I’ll let you know how I get on. Virginia
> On 30 Jan 2021, at 00:33, 'Stephen Watson' via Sussex Mac User Group > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use an iPad Pro too so that's a good start! > > Read all of this first. You may prefer the 2nd quicker method. 👍 > > To create an initial set of albums: > Open Photos > (Landscape is probably best) > Ensure that the sidebar is showing > At the top of the sidebar, tap edit > Scroll down so that you can see the My Albums heading > If it's not open, tap the > to the right > Scroll to the bottom of the album list > Tap New Album and name it > Tap Done at the top of the sidebar > You now have your album 🙂 > Repeat the New Album part as required > > THEN > > Tap on a single photo OR select multiple photos > Tap the Share button > Scroll down a bit > Tap Add to Album > Tap the album to which to add your photo(s) > Done > > -- OR, A QUICKER WAY -- > > Select one or more photos > Tap Share > Scroll down a little > Tap Add to Album > Under the blank album, tap New Album... > Name it > Tap Save > Done! > > > > To view an album’s contents: > Make sure the sidebar is showing > Scroll down to My Albums > Tap the > to open My Albums if needed > Scroll down to your album > Tap it to see its contents > > I hope that helps. Ask me tomorrow if it's not quite clear. > > Finally ... when viewing a single photo, if you flick it up a little there is > an area below saying Add a Caption. Type in a description of your photo. You > can then search for this later in the search box. I use this all the time. > > Also, a reminder that Photos analyses your photos when added, so if in the > search box you type celebration, parks, boats, cats, wedding, football, cars, > buildings, clouds, beach, etc, etc, etc you will find it will find about 90% > of your matching photos. This is built in, you don’t have to do it! > > Stephen > > You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung > >> On 29 Jan 2021, at 23:21, Virginia Routh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen. I’m using iPad Pro. Any tips would be much appreciated. >> Virginia >> >>>> On 29 Jan 2021, at 21:18, 'Stephen Watson' via Sussex Mac User Group >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I’m a little mystified there Virginia. 🤔 >>> >>> It’s possible to add albums on both iOS and macOS version of Photos and >>> it’s a very straightforward process. >>> >>> Having said that, I find that, generally, naming the photos makes for much >>> more usual organisation, but you can have both which is even better! >>> >>> What platform are you using for this and then I can let you know what to do? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung >>> >>>>> On 29 Jan 2021, at 14:30, Virginia Routh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> One of my lockdown resolutions was to sort out my photos. Full of good >>>> intentions! I started yesterday and was soon defeated by Apples >>>> intransigence. What I want to do is sort the photos into albums so that I >>>> can easily find a photo. It sounds such an easy task but Apple won’t let >>>> me do it. 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