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search for a photo in Photos

I'm looking for a particular photo among about 15,000 photos. It will take too long to scroll through them carefully. Is there a way to search using a word in the photo or another way? I think this photo is a screenshot I dragged into photos, if that matters.

Posted on Sep 6, 2019 6:34 PM

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Posted on Sep 6, 2019 9:35 PM

Do a File/New Smart Album to create a Smart Album with the rule Photo>is>Screenshot. That will collect all of your screenshots in the smart album. That should narrow down your search considerably.


-- Rich

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Sep 7, 2019 10:19 AM in response to cindyjj

If the word "tree" is in the file name, title, keyword, album, or description you can search by typing in "tree" in the search bar in the upper right hand corner of the screen when you are in Photos view in the Photos app. That will give you a drop down display of the various locations of photos involving the word "tree".


-- Rich

search for a photo in Photos

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