I’ve taken photos since I was about 16, a lot of early prints, then slides and later digital. They are now all on my iPad and I take that just about everywhere. 📷 I have a Photos widget on my Home Screen and because of the features built in to Photos I get to see my photos in surprising ways sometimes.
I mentioned this because, due to my mum’s death recently, I have been going through all the photos from her home, hundreds and hundreds of them. Some were my gran’s and she had written on the back of many of them - who, where and when. 😊 Sadly, when I got to mum’s photos, 90% had nothing on them and those that did would say only ‘67 or some other year! There were lots I’d never seen and what was sad was that a lot were just in the envelope from Boots and these were mostly all in cardboard boxes and some piled up and jammed under a nest of tables in the lounge. Who were these people and where was that taken? Now that my photos are on my iPad I see them often, which is why I took them, and they are so quick to find. I often find that I can think of a particular photo, or event and pull up the photo I’m thinking of in about 10 seconds or so. I love that. Printed albums may be a different matter but in my parents’ case, I suspect that most of their photos got looked at around the time that they were taken and possibly never again ... Stephen You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung > On 2 Feb 2021, at 15:51, [email protected] wrote: > > Very interesting about the albums, Adam. Many thanks. > > Keep safe, everyone. > > Gilly > > > On 2 Feb 2021, at 11:26, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > This has been a really helpful thread, thanks! > > I laughed at the 'shoebox' analogy, reminding me of my parents who have > multiple such boxes with 40+yrs of memories in 6x4 format that they're now > sadly struggling to remember who's who, what's what and where's where - we're > making a start! > > As a result for the past 10yrs we've been sorting in iPhoto / Photos as > described, but also treat ourselves to an annual printed hardback album. It's > a real joy and the children too just love taking them off the shelf from time > to time and looking back. (And since Apple stopped the direct ordering, we've > used the Mimeo Photos extension and it's been great - a little dearer, but > same quality and brilliant customer service, and no, I don't work for them!) > > Adam > >> On Sunday, 31 January 2021 at 21:04:29 UTC Stephen McW wrote: >> Double bonus then Gilly! 😃 >> >> >> You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung >> >>>> On 31 Jan 2021, at 15:22, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> Stephen, your point by point instructions for Virginia have really helped >>> me too. Thank you so much. >> >>> >>> Gilly >>> >>> 31 Castle Street >>> Wallingford >>> OX10 8DL >>> 01491 825178 >>> 07943 409403 >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 31 Jan 2021, at 15:17, 'Stephen Watson' via Sussex Mac User Group >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> That’s great Virginia. 😊 >>>> >>>> I’ve got every photo I’ve ever taken in Photos and getting them organised >>>> as I want makes browsing and finding them a pleasure. If not, it’s the >>>> equivalent of looking through a large “shoe box” of random photos. 😱 I’m >>>> very pleased it’s helped you. >>>> >>>> Don’t forget too that if they were taken on an iPhone or an iPad with >>>> Cellular then you can use the Photos map to see photos taken in a >>>> particular place too. If not, you can add that information using Photos on >>>> a Mac, though I think there are now some iOS apps that allow you to add >>>> location data to your photos too. >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung >>>> >>>>> On 31 Jan 2021, at 14:34, Virginia Routh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Stephen’s point by point guidance - totally brilliant. It is easy as pie >>>>> to do, once you know how. Not immediately obvious to somebody with my >>>>> sort of brain. Thank you, Stephen and Jason, for your help. 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