Photos conundrum

Thank you for answering. That may do it. This happened in 2018 , and I was new to iMacs , though I’d been using iPhones and iPad for awhile . I’d been using Windows since the late ‘90’s . Perhaps being new to the Mac , I caused the issue in the first place . 😀 I’ve just been cautious about trying it again. I believe this time , I’ll only load one year at a time on a usb stick, and see what happens.

Again , Thank you

Well, thanks for the answers . I think I’ve run into the same issue I had in 2018. I have a usb stick , with photos , that I want to add to a specifically named folder in the shared folders , but I cannot move them directly from the usb stick to that folder . I don’t want them in the general photos , unless I can bulk change the date to when they were originally taken , I.e. a photo from Jan 9, 1954 . And because there are hundreds , sometimes several thousand pictures in a single year , they will cause problems if all are added with a current date .

Thank you Tony , Keith , and you, Old Toad . Keith , I’m afraid I didn’t quite get what you were saying. I appreciate all three of you coming to my rescue .

Old Toad , your solution worked , and was easy . I was able to move the file into my albums . I couldn’t drop the file into my shared folder , but perhaps after a restart I’ll be able to move , or copy that file there , with the same name .

Again , Thank You all.

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