Hi Janet,
The physical photos are hard to deal with. Even if you scan them in and make them digital, parting with the physical copies is tough. Remember the days of getting doubles? I, too, keep mine in boxes by year – but eventually I will need to figure out what to do with those.

Hi Sabrina,
I think we share the same ideas – a label maker would make a great gift in my book!

Hi Sabrina,
Photo organization certainly is a big project. I like the idea of a central location and making sure the family knows where to find this. It’s great that your husband has taken charge of this one. My friend’s husband has done the same thing. He set up a NAS device and has “trained” all the family members to upload photos from their phones to this storage on a regular basis – so everything is in one place, like you said.
It’s all about having a good system to handle those photos, right?
Have a happy holiday!

Hi Linda,
Yes, you nailed it! I think starting with my goals is what is going to help me out here. Otherwise it turns into a black hole. But the best time to start this project would have been yesterday – because with each passing day (birthdays, holidays) the collection just gets bigger. 😉
Have a great holiday!

Hi Seana –
It is frustrating to have both biz and family photos mixed together. When I quickly want to find a recent family photo I end up scrolling through so many process shots for my blog. I am exploring setting up Albums for my work photos in Google Photos in my Google Workspace account. Then I would just have to stay on top of moving the photos over and then deleting them from my Apple Photos on a regular basis. It’s definitely a project!

Happy Holidays!

Hi Julie,
Isn’t it crazy how the photos just stack up? As for iCloud – if you have enough space (usually with a paid account) you can go to your Photos settings on your iPhone and turn on the option to “optimize iPhone storage” which will free up space on your phone automatically if your library becomes too large.
Have a happy holiday season!