Smart Album based on metadata

How do I create a smart album based on metadata content. I want to have one that has all my geo-tagged (latitude/longitude not blank) photos in it.
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You can't. Smart albums can only search by album, any text, comments, date, filename, keyword, rating, roll, title, aperture, camera model, flash, focal length ,iso and shutter speed. You'll need to use another way to group them together.
However, you can use the demo version of iView MediaPro to catalog your library, find all photos with or without a GPS location, add a keyword to it and then write that keyword to the original file. Then you can copy those files, from the iView catalog window to a folder on the desktop for imorting into iPhoto as new fileswhich will then recognize the new keyword. (While you're at it, you should sync all the metadata to the original files with iVMP as described in Tutorial #1. This will preserve the keywords in case the library gets damaged and you have to create a new one and import the original files from the old library. Then you can delete the un-keyworded files from the library with a smart album: keyword is not xxxx.
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TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. No, that won't work A smart album can only search one album to display a specific rating photo in that album. That is, the criteria would be Album is A and rating is 5 star with the "all" selected.
That's because the All or Any criteria prevent you from trying to find only the 5 star photos in Album A and B. If you use the "all" criteria you'll get no hits and if you use the "any" criteria you'll get all of the photos in both A and B.
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I dont understand.
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