Find photos in iphoto6 without KeyWords

I am cleaning up my iphoto library and have been using keywords. I am near done and I want to find photos that I have NOT added a keyword to. Is there any way to just sort and view only photos that do not have a keyword?

cats89
File -> New Smart Album
Keyword -> Is -> None
Regards
TD

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Hello,
I'm reviewing all the photos under the 'Without Keywords' smart collection.
I want to apply multiple keywords to a photo but after I apply the first keyword, the photo disappears since it no longer is 'Without Keywords'.
Any way to deal with this?
Thanks.

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- Add all the photos to a collection or the Quick Collection.
- Assign the keyword "No Keywords" to all the photos, then filter on that keyword.

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How do I find photos without a keyword tag?
And by the way a further question regarding keyword tags remains unanswered...Why is there a difference between the number next to the keyword and the actual index number in the keyword folder?

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I selected to show the "Index Number" under "Library View Options".
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If I open the Europe keyword I have a list of countries each of them with a number next to them.
Next to Spain there is now showing the number 46.
I open "Spain" by clicking on the arrow to the right of the number.
Now all the photos with the Spain tag is shown but there are only 23 photo. Under Portugal there is 80 shown but only 40 photos is shown. Under Ireland the keyword only 11 is shown but once open there are 1132 photos.
There is not one keyword with the correct number next to it.
As a fairly new LR user it just appears to me that the two function don't "speak" or "correlate" with each other.

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How do I see my pictures that are in my aperture library in finder? I would like I be able to select photos in finder when I am making photo books online without having to export them first from aperture jinto a new folder. Is there any way to view and download my pictures directly from finder? [Emphasis added.]
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HTH.
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If you need to access photos from an album it is very difficult for a third party application to navigate the iPhoto Library in order to find the photo you need. You will have to know the date of import in order to find the photo.
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Change the comments to text. In the text field I put the name of the Album.
Do this for each album.
Close iPhoto.
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In the spotlight search results. click on "show all"
Under "Images" click on the "xx more" to show all the images in the album.
Make sure you have it in icon view, the icon view box is the last one on the blue images line.
Now you can control click on the image to "reveal in finder", open in iPhoto or Mail, etc.
I am not sure if this is going to make you happy and it is a little more work, but you can find images in albums and even view them in a slideshow (by clicking the play arrow at the end of the Images highlighted blue line) using Spotlight, all without opening iPhoto.
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