How can I find my Hidden Photos on MacBook Pro?

I am using macbook pro 2019

plzzzzzz help me with this

i am on the latest OS a few months back i hid my private pics in the photos app by using the “Hidden” feature but now i cant find them whenever i unhide them it says there are no photos!!! Plzzz someone help me in locating them i am fairly new to macos





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MacBook Pro 15″

Posted on Jan 4, 2025 4:29 AM

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Posted on Jan 5, 2025 10:02 AM

Hashemtahir wrote:… how can they jst disappear like that !!

When you identify a picture as "Hidden," the picture carries a "hidden" mark. Then, wherever a picture is, if it has this hidden mark, then it's not shown on the screen. It isn't removed from the Library or removed from an album, it's just marked to not be shown. The "Hidden" view in Utilities shows every picture with the "hidden" mark.


Your "Hidden" view says that no pictures in your Library carry the "hidden" mark. If a picture is deleted, it won't have the hidden mark, so you should look in Recently Deleted. If they were deleted from there, then they are gone. Otherwise the pictures should appear in the same places they were before you marked them as "Hidden."


If you know the dates, you may be able to find the pictures by sorting the Library by "date captured" and looking among other pictures with similar dates. You can also search by date, location, objects, etc.

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Jan 5, 2025 10:02 AM in response to Hashemtahir

Hashemtahir wrote:… how can they jst disappear like that !!

When you identify a picture as "Hidden," the picture carries a "hidden" mark. Then, wherever a picture is, if it has this hidden mark, then it's not shown on the screen. It isn't removed from the Library or removed from an album, it's just marked to not be shown. The "Hidden" view in Utilities shows every picture with the "hidden" mark.


Your "Hidden" view says that no pictures in your Library carry the "hidden" mark. If a picture is deleted, it won't have the hidden mark, so you should look in Recently Deleted. If they were deleted from there, then they are gone. Otherwise the pictures should appear in the same places they were before you marked them as "Hidden."


If you know the dates, you may be able to find the pictures by sorting the Library by "date captured" and looking among other pictures with similar dates. You can also search by date, location, objects, etc.

Jan 4, 2025 9:46 AM in response to Hashemtahir

Hashemtahir wrote:

I am using macbook pro 2019

i am on the latest OS a few months back i hid my private pics in the photos app by using the “Hidden” feature but now i cant find them whenever i unhide them it says there are no photos!!!

Plzzz someone help me in locating them i am fairly new to macos


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see if there is anything here—

Hide photos and videos from view on Mac



if no insight check your backups


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