How can I put photos in an album and delete them from ’all photos’?
By putting them in albums I’m doubling the amount of space I use.
thanks
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iPhone SE, iOS 17
You're not using any extra disk space.
Photos, (like iPhoto,Aperture, Music, iTunes) is a database. This means it can be very flexible and powerful, if sometimes a little confusing. The library is the core of the app. Every image is in the library. Albums are virtual, and are just subsets of the library. In fact, Albums are not places, they are lists - instructions to the app to 'display this group of images together'. So images do not get "moved" to or "put in" Albums, they get added to that particular list. This means that an image can be in more than one album but use no extra disk space. Similarly in the Music app, all the tracks are in the Library and can be added to any number of playlists.
In a Mac:
If you're trying to organise your Library and want to find images not in albums, then a simple Smart Album
File -> New Smart Album
Album -> Is Not -> Any
will find these images. As you add them to albums they will disappear from the Smart Album.
On iPad or iPhone, which do not currently support Smart Albums:
Check out HashPhotos
https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/hashphotos/id685784609
It integrates with Photos on your iOS device and adds a Smart Album feature. Using this app a search
!#inalbum
Will find images not in an album
(Hat tip to User ukSamo for the recommending this app.)
You're not using any extra disk space.
Photos, (like iPhoto,Aperture, Music, iTunes) is a database. This means it can be very flexible and powerful, if sometimes a little confusing. The library is the core of the app. Every image is in the library. Albums are virtual, and are just subsets of the library. In fact, Albums are not places, they are lists - instructions to the app to 'display this group of images together'. So images do not get "moved" to or "put in" Albums, they get added to that particular list. This means that an image can be in more than one album but use no extra disk space. Similarly in the Music app, all the tracks are in the Library and can be added to any number of playlists.
In a Mac:
If you're trying to organise your Library and want to find images not in albums, then a simple Smart Album
File -> New Smart Album
Album -> Is Not -> Any
will find these images. As you add them to albums they will disappear from the Smart Album.
On iPad or iPhone, which do not currently support Smart Albums:
Check out HashPhotos
https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/hashphotos/id685784609
It integrates with Photos on your iOS device and adds a Smart Album feature. Using this app a search
!#inalbum
Will find images not in an album
(Hat tip to User ukSamo for the recommending this app.)
Thanks so very much. Your answer was so helpful and easy for me to understand.
How can I put photos in an album and delete them from ’all photos’?
