DJMc wrote: … So, should I leave that folder of albums & graphics in my iCloud Drive, move it to Documents, Or move it to Photos folder?
I certainly have pictures in my iCloud Drive that I don’t need in Photos. These include some temporary storage, graphics, screenshots that I use in answers on this site, and so on. I don’t see why anyone would imagine that these folders should be in the Documents folder. If you want these files synchronized through iCloud, then put them anywhere that helps you find them in iCloud Drive.
Documents is just a folder, but it is one that some apps expect to use, and those apps look in Documents to find their files. Most apps may start with Documents as the default location, but they’re happy if you change that. Lightroom Classic seems to want to keep its catalogs some place–I don’t remember where, and I don’t mess with that. But I put my pictures where I want– not on iCloud. (Lightroom does keep warning me about something, but I ignore it, and I’m fine)
iCloud Photos is great for organizing pictures so you can find them by date, location, activity, title, caption, keyword, etc. If you don’t need all that help in organization, then you may not need to put pictures in Photos. Graphics that I use in presentations, for me, don’t seem to fit Photos all that well. But I have some presentations with pictures that I keep in Photos– especially if I think that’s the first place I’ll look for them.
As far as iCloud Photos goes, there are two reasons to use it. First, it synchronizes with all your devices, so you can look at your pretty pictures on your iPad, your Mac, or your iPhone. Second, it allows you to Optimize Storage so lots of pictures can be viewed on lots of devices without taking up lots of storage. If graphics, for instance, aren’t something you need to see on all your devices, why would you use iCloud Photos for them?
By the way, on a Mac you can have more than one Photos Library, so I have a separate Photos Library for presentations, and another for pictures at work– these make some sense to keep in a Photos Library–keywords, captions, etc are useful for them, but they are not for sharing, and they have no business in iCloud.
So, it all probably depends on what you want to do…
