How to Create and Use Smart Albums in iPhoto and Photos for Mac

Create Smart Albums to group photos automatically in Photos on Mac

1. In the Photos app on your Mac, choose File > New Smart Album.
2. Choose your criteria in the dialogue that appears. You can set one condition or many. ...
3. Click OK. Your new Smart Album appears with your other albums.

1. What is the difference between an album and a smart album in iPhoto?
2. How do I use smart albums in iPhoto?
3. What is the difference between an album and a folder in Mac photos?
4. What's a smart album on Mac?
5. What is the difference between folders and albums in photos?
6. How do I organize iPhone photo albums?
7. How do I organize my photos on Apple?
8. How do you create a smart album on iPhone?
9. How do I sort photos into albums on Mac?
10. How do I put pictures in a folder on a Mac?
11. How do I put photos in an album?

What is the difference between an album and a smart album in iPhoto?

iPhoto albums let a user drag and compile images from events and manually add distinctions; iPhoto Smart albums let the user set conditions for automatically doing the same. ... Both the iPhoto Album and the iPhoto Smart Album do not actually contain the images; the images remain in the Events in the iPhoto library.

How do I use smart albums in iPhoto?

Define Smart Albums in Photos

1. Choose File > New Smart Album (Command-Option-N).
2. In the dialog that appears ②, name your smart album. ② The basic Smart Album dialog.
3. Define the rules of your album as described ahead in this chapter.
4. Click OK.

What is the difference between an album and a folder in Mac photos?

Albums allow you to organize your photos and videos, while folders allow you to organize your albums. Folders can have folders within them, and can have nested albums too. But albums cannot have child elements. The folder structure comes in handy for managing collections of collections around a certain theme.

What's a smart album on Mac?

A Smart Album automatically gathers and displays photos in your library that meet criteria you specify. For example, you can create a Smart Album that automatically collects your favorite portrait photos. Note: Smart Albums that you create on your Mac don't appear in Photos on your iPhone or iPad.

What is the difference between folders and albums in photos?

While every image must be in a folder, albums allow you to have a secondary organization. ... Adding a photo to an album does not duplicate the image, but simply makes a reference to the image in its folder.

How do I organize iPhone photo albums?

Organize albums in folders

1. Tap the Albums tab, then tap .
2. Choose New Folder.
3. Name the folder, then tap Save.
4. Open the folder, tap Edit, then tap. to create new albums or folders inside the folder.

How do I organize my photos on Apple?

The Best Way to Organize Photos in the Apple Photos App

Open the app and tap the Photos tab in the bottom left corner. If you have iOS 13 or later, you'll see a new menu bar. It offers the option to sort by Years, Months, Days, or All Photos.

How do you create a smart album on iPhone?

To create a smart album, choose File > New Smart Album; a dialog displays: By default, the new smart album starts with the condition photo is favorite; this album will collect all the photos that you have marked as favorites.

How do I sort photos into albums on Mac?

How to organize albums and folders

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

How do I put pictures in a folder on a Mac?

Export photos to a folder in the Finder

In the Photos app on your Mac, select the photos you want to export. Drag your selection to a folder in the Finder or choose File > Export > Export Photos.

How do I put photos in an album?

Add photos

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app .
2. Sign in to your Google Account.
3. Open the album.
4. At the top right, tap Add to album .
5. Select the items you want to add.
6. At the top right, tap Done.