Nick Heer on Nostr: Is there a clever way (maybe a smart album) to see which images in Photos are stored ...
Is there a clever way (maybe a smart album) to see which images in Photos are stored only as low-resolution thumbnails? De-selecting iCloud Photos in Settings throws this error despite having “Download Originals” turned on for years, and no other related errors are present.
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2026-03-12 16:10:56 UTCEvent JSON
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