Shortcut Action - Choose Library

Presents a list of photo libraries and returns the one you choose. If you only have one library, returns that library without displaying the list. This is useful as a starting step in shortcuts where you want to interactively pick which library to work with, rather than hardcoding a specific library.

Parameters

Result

The chosen library.

Example Shortcuts

• Create a folder with a bunch of albums — Creates a folder inside an existing library, then populates the folder with a number of sequentially numbered albums.
• Delete all empty albums — Finds all albums that contain no photos in a given library and deletes them.
• Copy the last week’s worth of photos to another library — Finds all the photos added in the past week to one library and copies them to another library.
• Delete photos smaller than 100 KB — Finds and deletes all the photos in a library smaller than 100 KB.
• Export chosen albums — Choose a set of albums from a library and export them using a preset.
• Add date range to album title — Lets you select one or more albums and renames the album to append the date range of the photos it contains, e.g. “My Album” -> “My Album (3/14/2023-5/12/2025)”
• Set photo titles to capture date — Allows the user to select one or more albums, then goes through every photo in each album and sets the photo’s title to its capture date.
• Create library backup — Choose a library to backup and a folder to back it up to.
• Import photos and set date to today — Lets you select a bunch of photos, import them into a specific library, and set their capture date to the current date and time.