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Smart photo date option missing

I would like to make a smart album based on the capture date of my photos being older than a certain date. However, date is not an option for the selection criteria!

I can see from the Help-documentation and all other documentation, that Date (date taken or capture date) should be available as criteria.

I have a mix of scanned photos, photos imported from Canon camera and photos from iPhone.

I have MacOS 10.2.2 and Photos version 6.0 (all in Danish)

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Feb 28, 2021 9:25 AM

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Posted on Feb 28, 2021 2:12 PM

Here is a screenshot of my options. It looks like it may be a problem with the translation into Danish to me. Going by position in the menu, try "Date copied" (or whatever the translation of that in Danish is) 😃

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Feb 28, 2021 2:12 PM in response to ren_hat

Here is a screenshot of my options. It looks like it may be a problem with the translation into Danish to me. Going by position in the menu, try "Date copied" (or whatever the translation of that in Danish is) 😃

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Feb 28, 2021 1:54 PM in response to TonyCollinet

Dear ToniCollinet,

yes, you are rigt: I do not have the "Date Captured" option you show in the first box. The box contains (translated from Danish):

Album
Date copied
Added date
Image text
Archive name
Keyword
Person
Photo
Text
Title

(in the above order) plus the options for camera settings below the separator line.

No "Date Captured" (or equivalent).

Very annoying since the "Date Captured" is the single most important feature for selection of images in the smart album :-(

PS Did not manage to take screen dump of the open options....

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Feb 28, 2021 9:29 AM in response to ren_hat

Surely you can set it up like this:

Are you saying you can't select "date captured" in the first box? What options do you have there? (Can you screen shot them)?

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Feb 28, 2021 9:26 AM in response to ren_hat

Sorry for typo: MacOS 11.2.2

By the way: All the photos do have a date according to photo Info

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Feb 28, 2021 2:40 PM in response to TonyCollinet

Yes Sir! Definitely a failed translation.

"Dato kopieret" does exactly what "Date Captured" should do.

I should have tried with method of exclusion.

Thank you very much for your assistance!

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Feb 28, 2021 2:41 PM in response to ren_hat

Glad you are sorted. Thanks for letting me know. 🙂

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