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Photographs and photography in general. For the application, use "photos.app".

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Why don't my Photos sort correctly by date?

Using OS 10.12.4 and Photos 2.0 (3150.4.120). I imported a bunch of photos recently, and selected View > Sort > "Keep Sorted by Oldest First". Most of them appear in the correct order, but a few are out of order. If I do Get Info on them, I can see…
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How can I manually stack raw and jpeg files in Photos.app on Mac OS?

I have a number of photos from a scuba diving trip last year that were shot with a camera that does RAW+JPEG (there wasn't an option for RAW only). At one point these were imported into iPhoto and then my library was later migrated into the newer…
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How can I export albums from Apple Photos into folders with the same names?

I have a bunch of albums in Apple Photos. How can I export them as folders so that I have a structure like the one below? All photos - album 1 -- photos of album 1 - album 2 -- photos of album 2 What I've tried so far: Export photos with…
Sam Debruyn
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Photos Library Space Usage

I started cleaning up my Mac and I've noticed that the Photos App's Library was using roughly 72,5GB (info I see in ~/Photos). Long story short, I had around 8.000 items in there from the last 2,5 years; and, in there, there were duplicates, failed…
Dragos Rizescu
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Is there a before/after edit view in OS X Photos' Editing view?

I've used photo editing apps before that show a before/after split view, so you can see the original image and the edited image either side by side or overlaid. Like this: Is there a similar editing view in OS X Photos?
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Stop Photos.app from opening when any device is connected

I know there are thousands of iterations on this question, but I can't find one dealing with Photos.app from 10.10.3+. I just want to stop it (or anything else) from opening ever. None of the answers I've found for Image Capture or iPhoto work…
Caleb Fidecaro
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Faces and shared album

My wife and I share all the pictures of our family in an iCloud shared album. I then have several smart albums which include different members of the family. The problem is that there is no faces metadata in the shared album and I only find photos…
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How can I adjust the sequential numbering scheme when exporting Photos?

I'm trying to export ~200 or so photos from Photos.app to setup on a digital picture frame. These photos are in an album, in sequence, and I can export them in numbered order from Photos. However, Photos exports using the following format: "Filename…
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MacOS Photos seems to import two copies of each picture

Not every single picture, but it seems the majority of pictures that I imported into MacOS Photos have a duplicate. I am not sure why. Is it some interaction with Photo Streams? Does it have to do with having both a RAW and Jpeg? Is it a bug? Have…
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How do I combine a JPEG and MOV into a Live Photo?

I received a Live Photo in the form of a JPEG and MOV files. How do I combine the two into a proper Live Photo that I can use on my lock screen?
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Deleting photos off of my iPhone but leave photos in the cloud

Is there a way to delete photos from my iPhone without deleting photos from iCloud photos?
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Photos vs iPhoto events

Should I be using Events or Albums? Say I go to the Zoo with my family, take some pictures and then import into Photos. Is that an Event or an Album? I always used Events with iPhoto.
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How are edited photos stored in new Apple photos app?

In Aperture I understood the process to be that changes made in post processing where stored as "instructions" (not sure of real term) to be applied to the original and in that way saved space for storage over iPhoto where it appeared to me that a…
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Easy solution to resize, crop and print a passport photo of 35x45mm?

What is a simple solution, and preferably free, for cropping and printing a photo to 35x45? Somethink that would ease the generation of a photo that does…
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How to stitch several photos into a single one using Mac OS X in 360 mode or simple?

Microsoft made the PhotoSynth application for iPhone but forgot to create one for OS X. How do I stitch several photos into single one, free apps would be preferable.
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