
However, this doesn't mean there aren't some workarounds to produce at least some of the missing capabilities. And even though Photos is destined to improve with every version that comes out, years after its initial release, Photos still lacks some of the important features iPhoto already had - including “Batch Change”.
Set the Description (caption) information for your photos, with the additional option to append this new description to their existing description.Īs you're probably aware, Apple discontinued iPhoto and replaced it with Photos for macOS. You could also select whether you wanted to save this new date and time information to your original photos' files. Set the Date and Time the photos were taken to a new date and time even the ability to add a set amount of time between each photo. Set the Title to Text, Event Name, FileName, Date/Time or even make Empty. From the new window that slid down, you had a wonderful choice of changes you could make to all of your selected photos. In iPhoto, there was an easy to find menu item, with a clear name called “ Batch Change“.Īfter selecting the group of photos you wanted to modify, you then went up to “ Photos” in the top menu bar, and clicked on “ Batch Change” from the list of options. How “Batch Change” Worked in iPhoto iPhoto for macOS This is a very common need, and knowing how to do this in Photos is not as easy as it was in its predecessor, iPhoto. H ave you ever wondered how to batch change the name and even the caption of multiple photos at a time in Photos for macOS, to the same information for all of them?įor example, you would want to do this if you had a group of photos all taken on the same day, during the same event, and you want to label them in a very similar way - if not the exact same way.