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Managing photos

When you create albums and move photos to the album, does Photos create a duplicate copy or just tag it with that album name?

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 28, 2021 10:11 AM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2021 10:32 AM

The photo just gets tagged with the album name, so you can create lots of albums without increasing the size of your library.

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The photo just gets tagged with the album name, so you can create lots of albums without increasing the size of your library.

You’re welcome.

One point to highlight, make sure you remove all photos from an album before deleting it due to a current bug.

Thanks!

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