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Merging keywords in Photos

Is it possible to merge keywords in the Photos app?

Posted on Sep 20, 2020 2:50 AM

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Posted on Sep 20, 2020 3:10 AM

Only manually. There is no merge tool like we had in Aperture.

See: How to Merge Keywords in Photos for Mac


Basically I am using a smart album to search for all keywords I want to merge into one keyword

Match Any:

  • Keyword is "Dog"
  • Keyword is "dog"

Then I select all photos in this smart album and in the Info I apply the keyword I want to keep.

Once the keeper has been applied, I delete the keyword I do not want to keep from the Info.


Then I delete the redundant keyword from Keyword Manager ⌘K in "edit keywords" mode.




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Sep 20, 2020 3:10 AM in response to peterter

Only manually. There is no merge tool like we had in Aperture.

See: How to Merge Keywords in Photos for Mac


Basically I am using a smart album to search for all keywords I want to merge into one keyword

Match Any:

  • Keyword is "Dog"
  • Keyword is "dog"

Then I select all photos in this smart album and in the Info I apply the keyword I want to keep.

Once the keeper has been applied, I delete the keyword I do not want to keep from the Info.


Then I delete the redundant keyword from Keyword Manager ⌘K in "edit keywords" mode.




Merging keywords in Photos

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