How to see what album (if any) a Photo is in

I'm in the Photos app, clicked on "Photos" in the sidebar under "library," and then "showing all items." From there -- which is the display of all the photos I have -- I was looking for an easy way to tell if each individual photo is already in one of my Albums, if any. I thought this was showing before I but I can't sem to get it back. I have over 10,000 items that I want to make sure are put into albums and I don't want to waste time moving photos into Albums if they're alrterady there.


MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 25, 2019 11:37 AM

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Posted on May 25, 2019 12:53 PM

You can use this AppleScript to do that: How to find out the albums a photo is in: Jacques Rioux's Script, version 2019.


The script compiled as an application can be downloaded from this tutorial site:  P01 - Applescripts from Photos’ User Tips Compiled as Applications


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May 25, 2019 12:53 PM in response to gindun67

You can use this AppleScript to do that: How to find out the albums a photo is in: Jacques Rioux's Script, version 2019.


The script compiled as an application can be downloaded from this tutorial site:  P01 - Applescripts from Photos’ User Tips Compiled as Applications


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May 26, 2019 8:54 AM in response to gindun67

Another way would be to open each album and group assign all of the photos in it a keyword with that album's name. The thumbnails of the photos will then bear a keyword tag in the upper right hand corner that you can click on to see which albums the photo is in.


-- Rich

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