"shortcut key to add photo to album in photos"

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"shortcut key to add photo to album in photos"

Is there a shortcut key to add a photo to an album in photos? Not the right click trick, a single or even two key shortcut. Seems like such an important function, especially from a speed and efficiency standpoint.

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Posted on Aug 14, 2023 2:57 PM

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léonie

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Aug 15, 2023 4:15 AM in response to Chicago-AC

If you want to add many photos to the same album, you could define a keyboard shortcut for adding photos to this album.

I testet this on macOS 16.5 Ventura:

Open the System Preferences/Settings > Keyboard, then click the button Keyboard Shortcuts.
In the pane that will open go to the sidebar and click on App Keyboard Shortcuts.
Click the + to add Photos to the list of apps.
Now set the entry for App to "Photos"
Set the name of the menu entry to the name of your album
Enter a keyboard shortcut that you do not need in Photos.

For example, I just created a shortcut to add the selected item to the album "Souvenirs". I used the "@" key as a shortcut, as never need this key in Photos.

My screenshot is in German, sorry, as I currently cannot change the system language to English, but I hope you can see, where the items are in the System Preferences/Settings, that you need to change:

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