iPhone Shortcut for smart album in Photos

[jedimasterkyle]

Apologies if this has been asked before or if this is posted in the wrong place but I need some help with a shortcut idea I have...

Later this summer, I'm traveling to Alaska for a week long cruise and I thought it would be nice and useful to have an album on my iPhone specifically dedicated to any photos/videos I take during that trip. While it's not difficult to just create a new album/folder myself and manually transfer photos to it, I figured I could have my iPhone do the work for me...

Apparently, creating smart folders in the photos app in iOS is NOT a thing (really Apple?) so I'm trying to see if there is a way to basically have a shortcut do it for me.

What I need it to do is this:

1. Look at all photos/videos between a certain date range
2. Create a new folder/album in iOS photos labeled "Alaska"
3. Move/copy all photos/videos within that date range to this folder/album

I'd like to think it can be done. I just dont know HOW to do it in shortcuts or if it's even possible.

 

[sparksd]

You might check out the Hashphotos app. It has a wide range of capabilities and operates on photos in the Photo library.

https://www.hashphotos.app/guide/5.0/index.html

 

[NoBoMac]

Two Action Shortcut, if already have the Album defined/created.



ADD: and then can use that in an Automation, to run a certain times of the day to automagically add the Photos to the album in question.

 

[Abazigal]

@jedimasterkyle Maybe this might help?

How to Use Shortcuts to Easily Add Photos to a Specific Album – The Sweet Setup

Using Shortcuts, you can quickly share photos that you took today or between any custom timeframe, making it incredibly easy to share albums with friends and family after events.

thesweetsetup.com

 

[jedimasterkyle]

Two Action Shortcut, if already have the Album defined/created.

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ADD: and then can use that in an Automation, to run a certain times of the day to automagically add the Photos to the album in question.

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for!! Many thanks @NoBoMac 👍