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The previous answer: Photos..is not...any as a smart album, but in the latest OS, Catalina, there is not an option for "any". Please help! Thanks
iMac with Retina 5K display, 10.15
See the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/phtad9d981ab/4.0/mac/10.14
Photos can also be searched using https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht64de33e5a/mac
https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht8d0ad5198/mac
I should add that I started pulling photos onto my desktop and "deleting" them in the albums, thinking that I would be left with the stuff to sort...until I realized I was just deleting them from the albums :(
You must have Photo is, not Album as I did.
VOILA!!!
Thanks so much Old Toad! The answer in the original question had photo, I believe, although I may have just not looked at it closely enough.
Anyway, you have solved my issue! Thanks so much, Gianna
Perfect solution. However, I've had a few problems where the smart album is not showing the correct photos - any idea why? I've created two smart albums with the same filter and I get different results!
Have no idea. You might try launching the library with the Option+Command keys held down and repair the library. Then see if that helps.
Also as a test launch Photos with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and test to see if the same problem persists. Does it? (This tells us if the problem is limited to your current library or is more wide spread)
You might export the photo from the two smart album into the test library and then create the smart album to see what you get.
Thanks Old Toad. Will try everything you suggest. I may also try using Power Photos to merge the existing library into a new one. I had previously used it to merge 2 libraries and I may have picked up a few errors along the way.
There is an "any" and a "not any" option for Albums:
Hi Old Toad, I've attached a screenshot of the choices where "any" should be...
I still have to checkout the message above. Thanks for replying... Gianna
Still haven't solved this... am I missing something? Thanks for the replies Old Toad and tygb!
How to find photos NOT in albums
