Do merged duplicates still appear in albums if

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Do merged duplicates still appear in albums if

On my Mac, in Photos, if I go to the Duplicates album and delete duplicate photos, will the retained/merged photo still appear in all the albums or folders I had put the original duplicate photos in? I often place one photo in multiple albums and want it to stay that way.

In case that is not making sense, for example:

If I had put photo 1 in albums A and B, and an identical photo, photo 2, in albums C and D, once they are merged, will the remaining photo appear in albums A, B, C and D?

iMac 27″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Feb 16, 2025 2:07 PM

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Richard.Taylor

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Feb 17, 2025 12:07 PM in response to Googleinapplemail

Googleinapplemail wrote: On my Mac, in Photos, if I go to the Duplicates album and delete duplicate photos, will the retained/merged photo still appear in all the albums or folders

Merged: yes

Deleted: no

But you can try it and see. Merge puts one of the duplicates into all their albums and sends the other to Recently Deleted. Or if you just Delete one of the duplicates, it will go to Recently Deleted and be removed from its albums. In either case, if it doesn't do what you want, you can recover the Recently Deleted picture and start over. It's fine to ask us, but even better to check it out yourself!

Also, if you can upgrade to Sequoia, then there is the option of File>Show in Album so you can see all the albums any picture is in.

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muguy

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Feb 16, 2025 3:16 PM in response to Googleinapplemail

Yes

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