why can't I select a key photo on my albums

I used to be able to access an option to select one photo as a Key Photo (or 'Make Album Cover') and now there is nothing I can do.


So am I supposed to just read the text of an album, instead of use an easy-to-recognize IMAGE in a PHOTO APP to differentiate from all the albums?


Why do I have see-through fonts but less usable features???

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Oct 17, 2025 10:21 AM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2025 12:06 PM

It used to work in macOS Monterey as well, the same way as described by Richard.

But we cannot set a key photo for every kind of album. Are you trying to set a key photo for a smart album? That is not possible. And we cannot set a key photo for Shared albums.


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