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On page 10, edit last sentence of 3rd graf (it's actually a bullet point) to read:

As a bonus, iPhoto Library Manager includes PowerPhotos, which adds some slick features to Photos that it doesn’t (yet) have.

Please change 3 graf in Using Folders section to read:

You can use Albums view or the sidebar (page 18) to manage folders just like you manage albums. For example, you can rename them or drag them up and down the sidebar’s album list. You can also Control- or right-click a folder and use the resulting menu to delete it or trigger an instant slideshow from its contents.

On page 156, change last sentence of note to read:

Skip ahead to page 161 for the full scoop.

On page 161, add the following to the last paragraph or make it a tip if space permits:

To control slide duration, looping, and shuffling on an iOS device, you have to use the Settings app. Once you open it, scroll down until you see Photos & Camera. Give it a tap and then scroll down to the Slideshow section where you’ll find three easy to use controls (who knew?).

On page 161, edit 1st graf (just before the Instant Slideshows in Photos for iOS header) to read:

And that, dear friends, is all there is to an instant slideshow. You don’t have any other customization options, at least not in Photos for Mac: You can’t loop the show, change slide timing or transitions, or save or export it. To do any of that, you need to create a saved slideshow project as explained starting on page 163. (As you’ll learn in the next section, the Settings app gives you a few more instant slideshow options in Photos for iOS.)

Please replace all text in the Sharing via AirDrop section with the following:

When you need to transfer files between two iOS devices, Macs, or between a Mac and an iOS device, consider using AirDrop. It’s fast, simple, and efficient. There’s no setup or password involved, no software to install, and you don’t even need an Internet connection.

AirDrop has been around for years. You can use it to transfer files to another AirDrop-enabled device up to 30 feet away. Since it uses Bluetooth (a data-sharing technology), you can fling files to and fro in places that you normally can’t—airplanes, cruise ships, and on camping trips, to name a few.

Happily, AirDrop is easily accessible inside both Photos for Mac and Photos for iOS. Here’s how to use it:

• To transfer files between iOS devices, you need an iPhone 5 (or newer), an iPad (fourth generation or newer), an iPad mini, or an iPod touch (fifth generation or newer). In iOS 8, launch the Control Center by swiping upward from the bottom edge of the display (in iOS 7, use the Settings app instead). Tap the AirDrop icon that sits to the left of the AirPlay icon. In the resulting menu, pick who you want to share files with: Contacts Only or Everyone. (If you pick Contacts Only, then only those folks who are in your Contacts app can send you files.) Once you make a choice, your device automatically turns on both Bluetooth and WiFi (while a WiFi network isn’t required, WiFi still has to be turned on).

• To transfer files between an iOS device and a Mac (or vice-versa), your Mac has to be made in 2012 (or later) and it must be running OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or later. Use System Preferences to turn on both Bluetooth and WiFi (the latter is found in Network preferences). Next, open a AirDrop window in the Finder by choosing Go> AirDrop or by pressing Shift-@cmd-R.

• To transfer files between two Macs, they both need OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or later and both need to have an open AirDrop window.

Using AirDrop in Photos is incredibly easy: Simply select the items you want to share (pages 57–58), and then click the share icon in Photos’ toolbar or the one that appears at the upper right of a moment in Photos view. From the resulting menu, choose AirDrop and you get a window (or screen in iOS) containing icons of any nearby AirDrop users. Click the icon of the person you want to send the file(s) to and that’s it! (If you’re sending files from Photos for Mac and you don’t see the person’s AirDrop icon, try opening an AirDrop window yourself, as described earlier, which oftentimes awakens the AirDrop engine.)



If your recipient is on an iOS device, she sees a message asking her to accept the shared file. If she’s on a Mac instead, a message appears in her AirDrop window giving her the option to save or decline the file(s). When she accepts the goodies on an iOS device, they land in her Photos library. If she’s on a Mac, your digital gift lands in her Downloads folder. At this point, she can drag the files onto the Photos icon in her Mac’s Dock to add them to their Photos library (Chapter 2 has more importing options).

Please edit 2nd section to read as follows:

Depending on how many changes you make or pictures you take, it may take awhile for all that to be reflected on the other device. If nothing happens for a really long time, make sure your iOS device has WiFi turned on and that it’s connected to the same network as your Mac. If that doesn’t do the trick, try the following:

• Quit and then relaunch the Photos app on your Mac and iOS device. In iOS, double-click the Home button, and all the apps currently running appear in a swipeable row across the screen. Swipe left or right until you see the Photos app, and then swipe the miniature screen above the app’s icon upward toward the top of your device. When it disappears, you’ve successfully quit the app. Now relaunch Photos.

• Restart both your Mac and the iOS device, and then launch Photos.

• Turn iCloud Photo Library off and back on again (page 19).


A little patience goes a long way when dealing with iCloud Photo Library; though if it still seems stuck, try signing out of and back into your iCloud account on each device.