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I am trying to label and sort into albums my monthly photos. When I do a search for say January 2025 I don't get all my photos for the month. I get albums, memories, top results, results that don't have all my photos. I simply want to to see all my photos for January. How do I do that? thanks
iMac 24″, macOS 15.2
Assuming the date is set correctly on the image, the easiest is to use a smart album:
Create Smart Albums to group photos and videos automatically on Mac - Apple Support
Assuming the date is set correctly on the image, the easiest is to use a smart album:
Create Smart Albums to group photos and videos automatically on Mac - Apple Support
As you've found, the Search field is for very general searches, and you get results with "January" anywhere associated with a picture, including from text within a picture. This can be either very useful or infuriating.
So Keith Barkley is right, Smart Albums are the way to go. You can use something like this:
You can be even more specific if you want:
Unfortunately, Smart Albums don't work for iOS or iPadOS so, if you want the results to show on an iPhone or iPad, you have to copy the pictures to a standard album.
"and you get results with "January" anywhere associated with a picture"
Maybe even just a picture that has snow!
Sorting and labeling my photos on iMac Sequoia 15.2
