Finding large videos in the OSX Photos app

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Is there a way to find all videos above a certain size using the new Photos app so that they can be selected for Export or put in an album?

I'd like to move large videos off to an external drive, but I can't find a way to select them (or indeed, to find them at all).

Best Answer

  1. Navigate to Pictures folder
  2. Right click on Photos Librar and Show Package Contents
  3. Open the originals folder (prior to macOS 10.15 / Catalina, the 'originals' folder was named 'Masters')
  4. In search bar, type mov, then choose Type 'Movie'
  5. Make sure 'Masters' is still the search target
  6. Right click the column headings and tick 'Size'
  7. Click Size column header to sort

Do not change anything in Finder. Just use it to identify the videos, then go back to Photos to make changes.

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