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Why does the smart album not show saved images?

I used a third party app (The Knot - Guest App) and downloaded onto my iPhone shared photos from everyone at one of my events. Those photos/videos that I downloaded, are not appearing in my smart album (have it set up for date added and the date range for this whole year 2021). Any ideas how to get them to populate so I can start to weed through the photos please?

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14

Posted on Aug 10, 2021 9:11 AM

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Aug 10, 2021 9:41 AM in response to muguy

The photos are appearing in the "library section" on my Mac.


  • Smart Album 1
    • match ALL of the following
      • Date Captured is in the range of 1/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
      • ALBUM - IS NOT - ANY
  • Smart Album 2
    • match ALL of the following
      • Date Added is in the range of 1/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
      • ALBUM - IS NOT - ANY

Thank you in advance for your help

Aug 10, 2021 10:58 AM in response to Old Toad

Within the photos app I can view the date/time that the photos were originally taken, which is want I want. I cannot see the GPS on the photo, which is ok, because they were all taken in the same place and I can group them accordingly to the same album. I just can't seem to get them all in the smart album to corral them.

Aug 10, 2021 1:16 PM in response to TonyCollinet

Also - what version of macos do you have?


Is it possible the photos have been in an album, and the album has been deleted. If so, there is a bug in catalina that photos in an album that has been deleted (without the photos being removed from the album first) don't show in the "album is not any" condition, because they are still recorded as being in an album even though the album has been deleted.

Why does the smart album not show saved images?

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