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In photos how can I search on a keyword when category exists by same name?

In photos how can I search on a keyword, only, when category exists by same name? I am trying to eliminate albums by using keywords, but search brings up categories with same name giving me more photos than existed in my album.

MacBook Air

Posted on Aug 21, 2020 12:43 PM

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Aug 21, 2020 12:59 PM in response to garyfromnewburgh

Which version of MacOS X do you have installed?


In MacOS 10.14 or 10.15 you could simply add the keyword to the quick group of the keyword manager and then filter the album by this keyword.

While viewing an album, click the "Showing ..." filter and set the checkmark for the keyword you want to search for. Now you will only be seeing the photos from the album with the keyword. For example, filtering by the keyword "Bird":


Or, if you are searching by entering a text into the search field, scroll down to see the search results being split up by results according to the category, keywords, or text, or album, for example:

In photos how can I search on a keyword when category exists by same name?

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