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Smart Album Criteria - "Text" Criterion?

In the MacOS Photos Smart Album setup, when choosing from the first dropdown (below "match the following conditions"), what exactly does choosing "Text" do?


I'd love it if it was a general catch-all that searched for a text phrase within any of the text-based values (filename, title, caption, keyword, etc), but that doesn't seem to be the case.


(In case it's not clear, I'm talking about the dropdown that has these as choices:

Album, Date Captured, Date Added, Caption, Filename, Keyword, Person, Photo, Text, Title

MacBook Pro

Posted on Sep 22, 2022 1:32 PM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2022 3:02 PM

That "Text" option lets the smart album search for the entered text in titles, file names, captions and locations. It works much better than the search field at the top right hand corner of Photos window.


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Smart Album Criteria - "Text" Criterion?

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