upload photos to an online photo album from photo library

marcysd wrote: … When going to the photo icon under media, there are pictures, but not organized in the way I want

Right-- it's a mess. Three ways around that mess are:

1. Export the pictures to Finder folders as I said earlier. This gives you the most control over what you send.
2. Use the Search Fieldd with the Media Chooser in Safari and look for dates or something like that. That works if they are al the same date, or they all have a wheelbarrow in them, or whatever you can think that they have in common.
3. In Photos, attach a keyword to the pictures you're interested in, and use the Search Field in Media Chooser with that keyword. You have to think ahead, but the keyword may be something that will help in the future.

If the pictures are very recent, then they appear at the top of the Media Chooser, so that's easy. Otherwise I use which ever method above gives me the best speed and control for that project.

You can use the Media Chooser in the Safari app as Yer_Man suggests, but another method would be to export the pictures from Photos to Finder folders using Photos' File>Export>Export nn Photos. You'll get a dialog like this:

that allows you to choose the size and quality of the images, as well as to use a sequential file name to keep them in order.

I'm not sure about Shutterfly, but many sites restrict the size of pictures, and the Export dialog allows you to pick an appropriate size that will transfer faster than full sized files that won't be seen full sized, anyway.

Once they're in Finder Folders, you can upload them in the usual way.

You don't go via the Finder. You can share from the App or use the media browser in the upload window:

See the Photos icon on the left, under media.

You can typically find your photos stored in the Photos app on your device instead of the Finder. You may need to access your Photos library and upload from there to your online photo album on MyAlbum.

Haudeda wrote:…you may need to access your Photos library and upload from there

I'm not sure what you mean by this, but if you're talking about messing around inside the Photos Library package, then that is a very bad idea, and do so can irreparably corrupt the Library. Please don't suggest this.

Richard.Taylor wrote:

Haudeda wrote:…you may need to access your Photos library and upload from there

I'm not sure what you mean by this, but if you're talking about messing around inside the Photos Library package, then that is a very bad idea, and do so can irreparably corrupt the Library. Please don't suggest this.

The poster you are replying to is simply typing an AI response without any knowledge of what the OP is asking. You and Yer_Man have provided the correct information and users on this Support site deserve much more than a simple AI question/answer.

I get that this is likely the case, but I thought the warning about messing around in a Library was needed, here. I think it needed correcting before misleading people…

Then use the Search box in the dialogue to search for the month in question.