How can it happen that a photo can appear under Places but not under All Photos?
I notice an option for such a photo whereby you can select ‘Show in All Photos’. I can’t find an explanation for this option anywhere. It is the same on Mac, iPhone and iPad. The photos are from a year ago so are not recent. Very weird. No filters are applied as far as I can see.
Thanks for your help.
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15
There aren't. It is not possible for an item to be in the library at all if it is not in all photos. The only time something might not be seen there is if you have hidden it.
Try this: select the File ➙ Consolidate menu option iand see what the popup window says.
That makes sense. However, I tried clicking on it as per Old Toad and Richard Taylor's suggestion, and it brought up 'All Photos' with the image showing (and also others from the same day). So problem solved, although it does not explain why they didn't show up in the first place, and leaves a nagging doubt that there may be other images that are hanging in 'Places' or elsewhere but not in All Photos.
Control (right) - click on a photo in Places and elect Show in All Photos from the contextual menu. Does that find the photo is question?
So-- what happens when you right-click on that "missing" photo in Places and ask to show it in All Photos as OT suggested? Does it not appear? What pictures is it around, if it does? Sometimes the order that pictures appear in Library "All Photos" is unexpected, maybe because the file date isn't the "created date" or some other weirdness. But you are right-- it's bound to be there, somewhere.
The "Show in All Photos" command does not control whether a given item is visible in All Photos or not. It just helps you locate that item inside All Photos. It is just a shortcut for "remember the date and time of the photo, switch to the All Photos view, scroll forward/backward to that date and time, select the same photo." It can be quite helpful in a large library.
Hi Old Toad
thanks for replying.
yes, that’s exactly the situation. What I can’t understand is how that happens. ‘All Photos’ should mean exactly that shouldn’t it? It’s a bit disconcerting when a photo is not in the main library. It is not just one. There were a whole batch of them from the same day and place. I imagine if I select the option then it will appear as you indicate.
Hi. I clicked on it as per your suggestion, and it brought up 'All Photos' with the image showing (and also others from the same day). So problem solved, although it does not explain why they didn't show up in the first place, and leaves a nagging doubt that there may be other images that are hanging in 'Places' or elsewhere but not in All Photos.
Thanks for your help,
Hi
I did this after selecting the images concerned and it came up with no files to consolidate (they are already in the library). Of course, I had already clicked on the "Show in All Photos" command. anyway, thanks for the suggestion. All this is helping me to learn about Photos!
Yes that is a possibility. There are certainly some photos that have an incorrect date on them for some reason, although we have now ascertained that the images in question do have the correct date. As these images are working OK, I think it best to close this post and open another one if I can't work out the date issue. Thanks for all your help.
Hi Tony
Yes, that's what I would have thought and expected. It is actually my wife's library and it was a mystery that we could not solve. As we have now corrected the issue for these specific images we will close this thread and open a new one if we find any more images in error. Thanks for all your help.
It could be that they are not in the time area where you expected them to be.
Photos App - photo appears in ‘Places’ but not in ‘All Photos’
