Automatically Sort Pictures with Smart Albums in Apple Photos

The new Photos app included with OS X does an admirable job at organizing photos, but if you want more granular control, MacWorld shows off a few tricks to make the most out of the Smart Albums feature.

Smart Albums in Photos work similar to Smart Playlists in iTunes. Once you set up a series of parameters, photos are automatically sorted for you. You can set it up so it pulls favorites, by certain dates, and more. Personally, I found the location setting the most useful for sorting through a recent set of vacation photos. Here’s how to set it up:

1. Create a new Smart Album by selecting File > New Smart Album
2. Set the criteria to [Photo] [Is] [Tagged with GPS]
3. Add a new set of criteria and set it to [Text] [Includes] [City name]

That’s it, Photos will automatically sort all photos with GPS data for that city into a new album. Head over to MacWorld for a bunch more ideas for creating Smart Albums.

Smart uses for smart albums in Photos for OS X | MacWorld

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