Can I sort photos or videos by size in Mac OS X Photos?

Can I sort photos or videos by size in Mac OS X Photos? I would like to sort the files in Photos, but it seems like this is not possible... There are several reasons why I would like to do this, one of which is that I would like to delete the biggest (video) files to decrease the size of the total library. If anyone knows how to do this, I would love to know!


(To be honest, I have not been very pleased with Photos so far and am actually considering using a different program to organize and edit my photos and videos...)

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Oct 18, 2015 1:39 PM

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Feb 9, 2016 11:40 PM in response to Ethan Honnell

Create an album with the videos, for example a smart album with the constraint "Photo is movie"


Then ctrl-click the album/smart album and select "Keep sorted by ".

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The video will not have a "Capture time" tag, but Photos will use the file modified tag for the date. And you can use the command "Image > Adjust Date and time" to adjust the date, if the file dates are wrong.

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