How to manage Photos on El Capitan

I switched from PC to mac and one thing that I have problems with is the photos app. On my PC I keep all my photos in the file manager and it was never a problem when trying to get to them or place them. On mac, I noticed that he seems different. When I try to save pictures from Safari to the Photos app it won't let me choose a folder. Also how do I enter my photos from the Finder? Sometimes when an application allows me to select the photo shows the photo albums but other times it doesn't. Apple wants that too, you keep all your images in the Photos app? Its very confusing for me. It would just be easier to keep my photos in files in the Finder?

Photos is a database of photos, which manages your photos and associated image files.  By default, the original images are stored in your photo library.

When you change a photo or add meta-data, the database of Photos will create a modified version of this photo, but it will be not an actual image file, just a list of instructions how to render the edited photo in any size you want, if you export a copy of the photo.  This avoids storing, because only the original is retained, but not many different versions published, you may have, and it preserves the original, lossless quality, since all versions will always be derived from the original.

In addition, if you use iCloud original library maybe not anywhere on your Mac, but in iCloud.

This help page explains how the Photos.app manages pictures: https://help.apple.com/photos/mac/1.0/?lang=en#/pht12e7a8015

If you don't need or want a player and coach of database for photos, use the Finder and folders, no problem.

Sometimes when an application allows me to select the photo shows the photo albums but other times it doesn't.

You will need the latest versions of applications.  Only applications that have been updated to be fully compatible with El Capitan can view the library of Photos in the media browser, for example the new versions of the suite Office.

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

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