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Apple’s Photos app on macOS Sierra and iOS 10 lets you view photos on a map and search for images based on location, but your images won’t be included if they don’t have location data assigned. iPhones assign this data when shooting, but most standalone cameras can’t collect location by default. Fortunately, Photos lets you easily discover images in your library with missing location data so you can map out all your shots.
Click on the one you want and click 'Choose Library' to import it. If you don't see the library you want to import, click 'Other Library' and navigate to the library you want to import. (Pro tip: Photos expects your iPhoto and Aperture libraries to be inside your Pictures folder in your Home folder. Jan 13, 2017 After you select your image or images, click Window from the menu bar, then select Info (optionally, you can select your image or images then type Command+I to bring up the Info pane; it’s also an option when secondary clicking a photo).
I recently ran into this issue myself after taking more photos with my Sony A6500 mirrorless camera. I definitely take the majority of shots with my iPhone 7 Plus, but some occasions are worthy of a dedicated camera. I typically use a standalone camera on vacations and work trips when location data is especially useful to have later since it’s not just my home.
Mirrorless and dSLR cameras aside, even the iPhone will miss out on capturing location data if you’re in Airplane Mode or you have Location Services disabled for Camera in the Privacy section of the Settings app. These steps are also useful for scanned or downloaded images that you import.
Launch Photos to start
Click File from the menu bar, then select New Smart Album
Set these rules: Photo – is not – tagged with GPS and give your album a name like No Location (this collects videos as well)
Find your new smart album from the Albums section, then double click it
Select the image you want to assign location to (you can drag and drop your cursor over multiple images to select in bulk, or shift+click the first and last image in a series) Mini mac 2200 chain saw manual.
After you select your image or images, click Window from the menu bar, then select Info (optionally, you can select your image or images then type Command+I to bring up the Info pane; it’s also an option when secondary clicking a photo)
Click Assign Location from the Info pane then type in the correct location and click Return to input the data (it can be as specific as a street or as general as a city)
Done! As you assign location data to your photos and videos, they will disappear from this new smart album and appear in search and the Places map, and iCloud Photo Library syncs this data to all your devices
With Photos for Mac, all the pictures and videos you've taken on your iPhone or iPad, or imported into iPhoto or Aperture, will always be available to you on any of your Macs, as will any future pictures and videos you take or import, including your DSLR images, even in RAW!
Add to that automatic, intelligent grouping based on time and place, and face detection, non-destructive editing, and the ability to order prints, books, and more, and Photos for Mac makes for the ultimate picture and video app for the mainstream.
Here's your ultimate guide to setting up and using it!
How to get started with Photos for Mac
Photos is your one-stop shop for just about everything you'd want in a photo organization app. You can store, edit, share, and more in Photos for Mac, and all you have to do is dive in and get started. Here's how!
How to get started with iCloud Photo Library
iCloud Photo Library aims to deliver on the promise of having all your photos available on all your devices all of the time. To accomplish this, iCloud Photo Library works with Photos for Mac as well as with Photos for iOS and iCloud.com, as the glue that holds everything together. Shoot a video on your iPhone, take a picture with your iPad, import from your DSLR on your Mac, and all of it goes up to Apple's servers and is made available on all your other devices. Part backup, part sync, part storage optimizer, if you let it, iCloud Photo Library can make micromanaging your pictures and videos a thing of the past.
How to find and manage your pictures and videos in Photo for Mac
Photos for Mac uses the same hierarchy as Photos for iOS — intelligently grouping images and videos into moments, collections, and years. That lets Photos for Mac show you small moments in time and space, like yesterday at the park, but also collections of moments marked by larger changes, like that party across town or that week at the beach, and even an entire year all at once. That way you can quickly zoom out, drill down, or scrub through to find exactly the photos and videos you want to look at, edit, or share. And all it takes is a few clicks and swipes! Of course, you can also find by faces, location, keywords, and more!
How to edit your pictures and videos in Photos for Mac
From magic wand, to basic color, light, and black & white tweaks, or full, granular control over exposure, saturation, intensity, and more. You can also rotate, flip, crop, and straighten, remove redeye, touch up blemishes, and more. Photos for Mac has everything you need to make your pictures look exactly how you want. What's more, all the edits are non-destructive, so if you don't get something perfect the first time, you can change it again whenever you like, or even go right back to the original. Combine that with the large screen, and editing photos on the Mac isn't just easy, it's accessible to everyone.
How to share pictures and videos from Photos for Mac
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Share directly via iCloud, Mail, Messages, or AirDrop, or socially with Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, or Flickr. Either way, you can do it quickly and easily right from Photos for Mac. Simply find the picture or video you want to share — or multiple pictures or videos — choose the way you want to share them, and you're good to go. Thanks to sharing extensions, other services can plug in as well. It's the fastest, easiest way to get your pictures and videos from where they are to where you want them to be.
Questions?
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