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photos not in any album

I recently converted most of my albums in my photo library to "smart albums"


When i smart search "albums not is not any" to determine which photos are not in any Album.

It appears that the app does not recognize smart albums as "albums" because it returns a number in the '000's.


Hope i am doing something wrong, because its a useful feature.

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 14, 2023 5:10 AM

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Mar 14, 2023 7:11 AM in response to dmw6868

It would create a logical paradox, if we could define smart albums with rules relating to smart albums. Then we could specify smart albums that cannot be computed and make the computer crash, when trying.It would be similar to the famous mathematical problem of the "set of all sets that do not include themselves" which cannot exist.


photos not in any album

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