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What is the difference between a folder and a category?
What is the difference between the category browser and outline? What is the left-most browser column for? Why are some photos not in a date category? Why are some photos in the wrong date category? How can I get more categories? How can I create new categories quickly? What are category aliases useful for? What do the category icons mean? Why can’t I add photos to some categories? Why can't I move/rename/delete some categories? Why are some photos not in a date category?
Photos are automatically added to a date category when you add photos in a folder, download them from a camera, or import them from iPhoto.
By default, photos are automatically added to a date category when you first add them to any other category. You can toggle this setting in the Category preferences. You can manually add photos to the appropriate date category by choosing Photos ▶ Dates ▶ Add to Date Category. |