PowerPhotos Help
Example Shortcuts
These example shortcuts demonstrate how to use PowerPhotos actions to build practical workflows. Click the name of a shortcut to download it, then double-click the downloaded file to add it to your Shortcuts library.
| Shortcut | Description | Actions Used |
|---|---|---|
| Add all libraries from a folder to PowerPhotos | Finds all the photo libraries in a selected folder and adds them to the PowerPhotos library list. | Add Library |
| 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)” | Choose Library Get Albums Get Photo Metadata Get Photos Rename Album |
| Copy albums from one library to another | Allows the user to choose albums from one library, then copies those albums to another library. | Copy Albums Get Albums |
| 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. | Choose Library Copy Photos Find Photos |
| 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. | Choose Library Create Album Create Folder Select Album in PowerPhotos |
| Create a library with some default albums | Creates a new Photos library, then populates it with a bunch of albums as a starting point. | Create Album Create New Library Open Library in Photos |
| Create library backup | Choose a library to backup and a folder to back it up to. | Choose Library Duplicate Library |
| Delete all empty albums | Finds all albums that contain no photos in a given library and deletes them. | Choose Library Delete Albums Find Albums |
| Delete photos smaller than 100 KB | Finds and deletes all the photos in a library smaller than 100 KB. | Choose Library Delete Photos Find Photos |
| Export chosen albums | Choose a set of albums from a library and export them using a preset. | Choose Library Export Photos Get Albums |
| Import JPG screenshot into system library | Takes a screenshot, converts it to a JPG, and imports it into your system library. | Get System Library Import Photos Show Photo in PowerPhotos |
| 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. | Choose Library Import Photos Set Photo Metadata Show Photo in Photos |
| Merge libraries into a new library | Lets the user choose multiple libraries to merge, merges them into a new library, and opens the library in PowerPhotos. | Get Libraries Merge Libraries Open Library in PowerPhotos |
| Move photos from one album to another | Allows the user to choose a source album and a destination album, adds all the photos from the source album to the destination album, then removes them from the source album. | Add Photos to Album Get Albums Get Photos Remove Photos from Album |
| Remove all empty libraries | Finds all libraries that have no photos or videos and removes them from the PowerPhotos library list. | Find Library Remove Library |
| 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. | Choose Library Get Albums Get Photo Metadata Get Photos Set Photo Metadata |