Photos 6.0 - Moving hidden photos to another album

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Photos 6.0 - Moving hidden photos to another album

I have found over 300 photos hidden in Photos. I want to move them to another album. I no longer want them hidden. I don't know how they became hidden.

Every time I copy or move them to the folder I want them in they remain in the hidden folder (which I have unhidden) but do not show up in the destination folder.

I have tried dragging a few photos over and sending them all over. Nothing works. I am using the latest OS Big Sur 11.1 and Photos 6.0.

If it is relevant the Photos album holds over 70,000 photos and videos (mostly photos) going back earlier versions of iPhotos and Aperture until I moved back over to Photos. The photos themselves go back to 1997 and were taken on a variety of iPhones and digital cameras.

Thanks for any help.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 11, 2021 7:57 AM

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Jan 11, 2021 8:15 AM in response to kevinleighuk

I have worked this out for myself after watching a video on YouTube by someone else about hiding photos. I am going to leave the Q & A here as I could not find this solution anywhere on the Forums and others might find it useful.

If photos are hidden and you unhide the album, the photos remain locked (or hidden from any other album). To move the photos (back) to an album I first had to select the photos, then apply the key combination "Command-L" which unlocked them all, then I simply dragged them (or moved using the menu command) to the destination folder into which I wanted them to be able to view them normally.

The photos all disappeared from the hidden folder once I had moved them. Hope this helps.

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Jan 11, 2021 8:03 AM in response to kevinleighuk

You need to unhide them first, before doing anything else.

In the hidden folder, select them, right click and select unhide (number) photos.

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kevinleighuk Author

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Jan 11, 2021 8:42 AM in response to TonyCollinet

That only gets you part way. Having unhidden them, you cannot move them until you unlock them (or whatever actually happens) by using the key strokes "Command-L".

But thanks.

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