how to delete photos that are not in an album

Hi

I just noticed that when I delete photos from albums, they are actually not deleted from Photos application. I have created a smart album to identify them (1200) but cannot delete them from the app

How should I do this ?

Thanks

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jul 13, 2015 11:19 AM

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Jul 13, 2015 3:33 PM in response to tanakaPblue

Deleting Photos from a Photos Library


1 - regardless of where you are in the library, i.e. Moments, Collections, albums, smart albums or projects, select the photo(s) you want to delete and use the key combination of Command+Delete to move the photos to the Recently Deleted smart album.


2 - use the File ➙ Show Recently Deleted menu option to go to the Recently Deleted smart album.

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3 - in the Recently Deleted album you and opt to let the photo automatically delete after the 30 day waiting period is up, delete them immediately or restore them to the library.


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NOTE: deleting a photo from an album, slideshow, book, etc., with only the Delete key only deletes that photo from that item. Deleting a photo from a Moment or Collection deletes ALL occurences of that photo in the library.

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