how do i add a photo to a folder

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how do i add a photo to a folder

I have the icloud photo app on my Surface pro that is shared with my iphone.

i have difficulty making albums and folders, sometimes I can add a folder to the albums and sometimes it will not. I have managed to make a folder - I was able to add some photos from the recent folder in library but i also had a folder with 144 photos (made and named in July) , i am not able to move the photos from the folder from July into another folder.

every thing i look up is for Mac.

When directions say shared - does that mean shared between people or devices?

thanks

Windows, Windows 10 (19045)

Posted on Oct 16, 2024 1:27 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 17, 2024 9:48 AM in response to Jennpp

"Shared" albums are shared to people in other Apple accounts or by link to others.

Vocabulary: In Photos, Albums contain pictures. Folders can contain Albums and/or other folders. Albums can't have folders, and folders can't have loose pictures.

The handling of folders is easy on a Mac, but it is rather limited in iOS, and I think that handling folders is non-existent at iCloud.com.

Here is a non-Apple site that talks about moving albums to folders in iOS:

https://www.iphonelife.com/content/add-album-to-folder-photos-app

This article is written for iOS 17, but I tried it with iOS 18, and it works. (I use a Mac, so I do all the organizing there, and I have little experience doing it on phones and iCloud. And I have no recent experience with Windows.)

Let us know what you find…

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Oct 18, 2024 9:30 AM in response to Richard.Taylor

Thank you so much that worked.

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