Sort by Size

[cymro]

Finally took the plunge after a decade of Aperture and now committed to RP (thanks Nik)

Is there a plan to allow sorting by size? I don’t seem to see it as an existing tool in Photos or RPower…
My database is 600Gb and trying to quickly find a way to trim some of the largest images and duplcated to lose some ‘weight’ 🙂

I could probably set up a slew of smart albums, sorted into size categories, but wondered if someone has beaten this horse before me

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi,

I’m glad you are using (and happy with the app). Sorting by size is useful feature, but the problem is that Photos doesn’t provide that information in an efficient way. Basically, I would have to download every original (if it’s in the cloud) and get the size at that point. That’s why a lot of information is only available in Edit mode or after the image has been downloaded – Photos provides only the bare minimum (they don’t even tell me whether the original file is a RAW or not).

[cymro]

OK, Thanks Nik.
It’s a real shame that Apple doesn’t provide any indication of their plans for Photos. Given that the backbone of the app is the foundation for so many front-ends, knowing what they planned for the back office would be nice 🙂

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