Photos now longer showing by Album when uploading to social media

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Photos now longer showing by Album when uploading to social media

When I open Photos, I have all my albums set up and they all show up fine and dandy. I upgraded iOS (Ventura 13.2.1, mid 2017 13" MacBook Pro) and now have a problem. When I am on social media (Facebook, Insta, Twitter) WEBSITES via Safari and Firefox (not via iPhone app) and attempt to upload a photo, I can navigate to my Photos, but only the main stream of photos is available. I no longer have the option to see my pics sorted by album. Is there a setting I need to change in Photos? I first noticed this in Facebook and assumed it was a FB setting that I needed to change but then noticed it was happening in other places, and then I noticed it was NOT happening in the app, only on the websites. So then I thought it was Safari, but have the. same issue when using Firefox, so now I'm convinced that there is a setting to change in Photos. I've looked through them but don't notice anything obvious to change. Can someone help me identify what setting needs to be changed? Or provide any other solution? This may seem trivial, but I have thousands of photos for my business and need to be able to get to the right pics to send to customers. Any help is appreciated.

MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on Feb 20, 2023 11:59 AM

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Kennel_and_Crate Author

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Feb 20, 2023 02:03 PM in response to Kennel_and_Crate

More details: When I go to Apple menu (  ) > System Settings > Privacy & Security > Photos, Safari isn't an option, but Firefox is, and Firefox has full access. As noted above, I have the same issue in Firefox, so I don't think this is the problem. However, if I need Safari to have full access, how do I get it on this list? There is no + key!

When I try to insert my screenshots here but using the attachment button below, I have the same problem! I can't get to the Albums in Photos, only the whole stream.

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Mar 5, 2023 03:45 PM in response to Moondancer1177

Thanks for confirming. That is a TERRIBLE change for me.

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Answer 3

Mar 6, 2023 08:57 AM in response to Kennel_and_Crate

You can just use the search field and type in the name of the album-- you'll see just the pictures from that album. Or you can search for a date. ("Recents" doesn't seem to work.)

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Feb 20, 2023 06:45 PM in response to Kennel_and_Crate

2nd update: This is also happening within Apple programs. While on my MacBook, when using iMail, iCal, iMessage and attempting to attach a photo, the finder window pops up so I can get to Photos, but when I get to Photos, there is no longer any album structure available to me - it's just the whole photo stream with no organization. There has to be a fix for this. HELP!

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Yer_Man

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Feb 21, 2023 12:50 AM in response to Kennel_and_Crate

At this time there isn't. Workarounds: make an album of the images you want to print, assign them a keyword and then use the search box to find them.

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Feb 21, 2023 09:21 AM in response to Yer_Man

Ugh! THANKS for confirming.

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Mar 5, 2023 11:18 AM in response to Kennel_and_Crate

I talked to apple support, and she confirmed that with Ventura 13.2.1 it is not allowing any sub categories to show under photos when trying to add photos to a facebook post.

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Photos now longer showing by Album when uploading to social media

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