Can I see the date a photo was added to my photos library (not the date it was taken)?
I want to know if this is possible because I am currently importing lots of photos into my library and it is all a big mess. Old backups and copies of backups and backups of copies as well as non compatible iPhotos libraries and so on and so forth.
So I sometimes want to see when the photo was added as well as taken.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.6
You may want to get yourself the free trial version of PowerPhotos, if you do not yet own PowerPhotos.
It is supporting several nice ways to view our Photos Library, particularly the list view is great. In the list view we can display the currently viewed photos as a table with the dates and other metadata neatly arranged in column, so we can compare them.
And we can sort the photos by any column, just click the header of the column.
For example, sorting by the date added in PowerPhotos:
I am using PowerPhotos mainly for moving photos between Photos Libraries, but also for sorting photos by the filename or the size or the dimensions.
A link to the site http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/powerphotos
You may want to get yourself the free trial version of PowerPhotos, if you do not yet own PowerPhotos.
It is supporting several nice ways to view our Photos Library, particularly the list view is great. In the list view we can display the currently viewed photos as a table with the dates and other metadata neatly arranged in column, so we can compare them.
And we can sort the photos by any column, just click the header of the column.
For example, sorting by the date added in PowerPhotos:
I am using PowerPhotos mainly for moving photos between Photos Libraries, but also for sorting photos by the filename or the size or the dimensions.
A link to the site http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/powerphotos
Yer_Man wrote: … File -> New Smart Album -> Date added is in the first dropdown
You know, I've never used that, even though I've wanted to know which one of a pair was the newer version. Thanks!
By the way-- it's the 3rd choice:
Searching on Date Added can be done with a Smart Album
File -> New Smart Album -> Date added is in the first dropdown
I have been using the "Date added" rule for the smart albums a lot, Richard. When I want to find the new photos that need to be backed up, I am using a smart album with the two rules "match any:
This way I can find easily all fotos that have been added after a certain data and can copy them to my archive library and export them to my collection of originals.
léonie wrote: …You may want to get yourself the free trial version of PowerPhotos, if you do not yet own PowerPhotos.
You can also now edit Titles, Captions, and Keywords, though I've just played with that a little, so far.
I have not yet tested it thoroughly either, Richard, but it is very useful. PowerPhotos is getting better and better with every update - the best companion to Photos that I know. It is now particularly useful for managing iCloud Photos Libraries, when we want to copy or move selected albums from our iCloud Photos Library to a different library.
View photo added date in Photos library
