iPhoto Airdrop to iPhoto with All Photos Data for multiple photos not working

Solved! My original post was about how multiple photos/videos selected then Shared via AirDrop from iPad to Mac with the "All Photo Data" option on should allow me to "Accept" and then choose "Open in Photos," but while such was offered via the process, it wasn't working. It would then just not do anything. (It would work for single photos/videos.)

After some experimentation, it turns out this was because the Photo Library I had open on the Mac was an external library and not the "System Library." (I think an external library can be selected to be the System Library, but mine was not. Typically the System Library is on the internal hard drive.)

My goal was all about how to have Albums on the iPad that I can save off to an external Photos library and still maintain my edits and timestamps and captions. But Albums are not seen via the simple connecting of the iPad to the Mac via usb to then import from within the Mac Photos. No Albums are shown for the Connected Device, just scads of photos/videos.

So using the Mac Photos that is the System Library does let the Share/AirDrop method work with multiple photos/videos, which can let me maintain my Albums organization. (Ultimately my goal is to clear space on my iPad while keeping my Album categories.)

thx

Thank you Sean, but I was using the word "Focus" in an old usage - meaning which open window on a computer has focus - meaning is the active window. I was just trying to add the info that when in the AirDrop accepting procedure it offers to "open in photos," (which it does when you have the All Photos Data turned on), it must try to do something with the open (but not active window) Photos program, because Photos does then become the active window. And yes, even if Photos is minimized on the Mac, the Open In Photos for multiple photos or videos, does bring it forward. Just doesn't get or do anything with any AirDropped photos or videos.