In this example I've created an Album called 'InstagramMe' (You don't have to create an Album, you can import directly into the Photos library). In Photos from the File menu choose: New Empty Album. Step 1: Start by going to Photos and creating the Album that you want to use. It's fairly easy to set up and I'll walk you through the steps below.įor this example I'm going to create an Album to use for photos that I want to later post to Instagram.

You can also set it to import directly into an Album. In El Capitan Photos now comes with Automator and Applescript support so it's easy to set up a watched folder that will automatically import anything you put into it into Photos. (Please note that this is currently somewhat buggy - but I'm giving you the details if you want to try it for yourself) However, there's no way to import directly into photos from other applications such as Lightroom.

Importing is easy enough, you just drag photos into. Because your photos library is the default repository for most imaging apps on iOS, if you want to get photos into an application on your iPhone or iPad it's useful to put them into Photos on the mac and let it sync across. While I don't use Apple photos that much, other than for syncing with my iPhone and other devices, it is handy for that very purpose. Here's a really useful tip I came across over the weekend.

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