How do you organize thousands of old photos?

How to organize old photos

1. Clarify the “why” of why you’re doing this.
2. Start with physical photos first, apply what you learn to your digital library.
3. Get all of the photos in one place.
4. Sort chronologically, by person, or by theme.
5. Finally, sort into 3 subcategories, and put the winners into your album.

What is the best way to store photos on a Mac?

Best ways to back up your photos on Mac

1. iCloud.
2. Time Machine.
3. Google Photos.
4. External hard drive.

How do I manage large photo library on Mac?

In Photos > Preferences > iCloud, you can enable Optimize Mac Storage, which swaps the full-resolution images for smaller versions, saving a boatload of space. In other words, this allows the thumbnail of your photo to display, but keeps the larger full-sized image in the cloud.

What is the difference between a folder and an album 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.

What’s the difference between an album and a folder?

Folders are what you see, and Albums are what the public sees. When you change a folder to public, that folder is displayed as an album on your public page and is then available for anyone to see.

What do you do with so many family photos?

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3. 3 Finally print out your favorites.
4. 4 Make a photo book or calendar (or mug or pillow).
5. 5 Turn them into wall art.

How do I store photos on my Mac without iCloud?

How to make a photo backup on Mac using Finder

1. On the Mac, open a new Finder window.
2. In the sidebar, under your Devices, click on your iPhone.
3. Click Photos at the top of the window.
4. Check Sync Photos.
5. Choose the app or folder you want to sync to.
6. Choose to sync all photos and albums or just selected albums.
7. Click Apply.

How do I free up space on my Mac photo library?

Free up storage space in other ways

1. Manually delete unneeded files by moving them to the Trash, then emptying the Trash.
2. Delete unneeded email in the Mail app.
3. Connect an external storage device to your Mac, then move files to that device.
4. Compress files so that they use less storage space.

How many photos can Mac Photos handle?

“Your iPhoto library is designed to hold up to 250,000 photos, depending on your computer’s memory and available hard disk space.”

What’s the difference between pictures and photos on Mac?

Originally Answered: What is the difference between the pictures folder and the photos app on a mac? Pictures is a folder. Photos is a desktop app that lets you look at a local photos database and synchronized iCloud photos account.