lizjutila
Level 1
(8 points)
Q: how do I see and search in Photos by photo number
I recently upgraded to El Capitan, and with the upgrade was forced to change from iPhotos to Photos. I take photos on at least for different devices. Under iPhotos I was able to see at a glance in the thumbnail what the photo number was; and the photo number tells me which device I used (because I know what each code means). Now the metadata is hidden from the thumbnail. In Photos I can no longer see or search on the photo number. How do I restore that as a default (being able to see the photo number in the thumbnail, and be able to search on the photo number?)? I saw that I can search on keywords, but I don't want to add keywords to thousands of photos that are already numbered; I want to be able to see or search on their existing numbers straight out of the camera. Thanks.
MacBook (13-inch Mid 2010), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), null
LarryHN
Level 10
(85,697 points)
You can run an apple script to set the photo title to the file name - Script: Changing the Title to the Filename without Extension
or you can make a smart album for each device which will show all of the photos from that deviee - file menu ==> new smart album - Camera is [selected desired camera from the drop down list]
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