Oct 09 31
By default if a folder in Apple iPhoto contains albums and you delete the folder, the photos in its contained albums will be deleted with it. There’s a warning dialog about this but there’s no option for you to tell iPhoto to get rid off the folder but keep the albums.
To achieve this you need to drag the album from the folder you want to delete to the top level ‘Photos’ folder. iPhoto will move the album from your folder to the top level ‘Albums’ section. Repeat this for each album in the folder. Once it’s empty you can safely get rid of it.
In contrast, if you delete an album that is not inside a custom folder the warning dialog tells you that the album will be removed but not the photos.