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Shortcut Action - Find Photos

The Find Photos action lets you search for photos and videos across your libraries using a wide variety of filters. You can filter by metadata such as title, keywords, date, file size, and more, and combine multiple filters to find exactly the photos you need.

You will typically want to include a Library ID filter to specify which library to search in. Use the ID property of a library returned by an action like Get Libraries, Choose Library, or Get System Library. If you don’t include a Library ID filter, the action will search your system photo library.

Performance note: Shortcuts can be very slow when working with large numbers of photos. If you need to work with many photos at once, consider collecting them into an album or smart album in PowerPhotos first. You can then perform an operation with the album instead of the whole list of photos (e.g. copying to another library). This will be significantly faster than using Find Photos to filter through an entire library.

Filters

You can combine any number of these filters to narrow down the results.

Filter Comparisons Description
Library ID is The library to search in. Use the ID property of a library.
Title is, is not, contains, begins with, ends with The photo’s title.
Filename is, is not, contains, begins with, ends with The photo’s original filename.
Caption is, is not, contains, begins with, ends with The photo’s caption.
Keywords contains Whether the photo’s keywords contain a given keyword.
Date Captured before, after, between The date the photo was taken.
Date Added before, after, between The date the photo was added to the library.
Date Modified before, after, between The date the photo was last modified.
Favorite is Whether the photo is marked as a favorite.
Edited is Whether the photo has been edited.
Referenced is Whether the photo is a referenced file (stored outside the library).
Media Type is The type of media (photo, video, etc.).
Kind is, is not, contains, begins with, ends with The localized kind string (e.g. “JPEG image”, “PNG image”).
File Size (KB) less than, greater than The file size in kilobytes.
File Size (MB) less than, greater than The file size in megabytes.
Duration (seconds) less than, greater than The duration of a video in seconds.
Width is, less than, greater than The width of the photo in pixels.
Height is, less than, greater than The height of the photo in pixels.

Sorting

Results can be sorted by the following properties, in either ascending or descending order:

  • Filename
  • Date Captured
  • Date Added
  • Modification Date
  • File Size
  • Title
  • Favorite

Result

A list of photos matching the specified filters.

Example Shortcuts