07-04-2023, 04:12 PM
jh,
I think your best bet is to find an app specifically designed to manage a collection of photos and vids, i.e. Apple Photos, Google Photos, Adobe Bridge (which is available free of charge via an Adobe account _without_ creative cloud), etc..
If you're interested in Adobe Bridge, here are free ways to get it:
Keeping your photos organized as a collection within a single app _isn't_ futureproof. What happens when the app is discontinued? Too expensive to upgrade? No longer compatible with the current OS? Or, you lose access to it (as you've experienced with Filemaker)?
So, a key to this is making sure it's easy to backup your photos within the confines of the app _and_ back them up as photos _outside_ of the app. That way, in one of the above scenarios, you can always import them easily into another app.
FWIW, I use Apple Photos with both local and cloud backups of all my pics. Hate to say, I generally don't organize much of anything unless they are taken for a special occasion or during a specific period of time like on a trip. Typically, if I want a particular photo, I scroll around until I find it.
Robert
I think your best bet is to find an app specifically designed to manage a collection of photos and vids, i.e. Apple Photos, Google Photos, Adobe Bridge (which is available free of charge via an Adobe account _without_ creative cloud), etc..
If you're interested in Adobe Bridge, here are free ways to get it:
Keeping your photos organized as a collection within a single app _isn't_ futureproof. What happens when the app is discontinued? Too expensive to upgrade? No longer compatible with the current OS? Or, you lose access to it (as you've experienced with Filemaker)?
So, a key to this is making sure it's easy to backup your photos within the confines of the app _and_ back them up as photos _outside_ of the app. That way, in one of the above scenarios, you can always import them easily into another app.
FWIW, I use Apple Photos with both local and cloud backups of all my pics. Hate to say, I generally don't organize much of anything unless they are taken for a special occasion or during a specific period of time like on a trip. Typically, if I want a particular photo, I scroll around until I find it.
Robert