How can I find the naked pics in my apple photos library?

November 22, 2024 5:59 PM

I've got close to 60,000 photos in my library. As I keep learning there are nude ones in there that have been sent to me over the years and somehow synced into it. And I keep finding them at inopportune moments. Short of going through each pic, is there any other option for searching for them? If you search DOG you get all the dog pics. Is there ANYTHING out there that helps me narrow this down?
posted by rileyray3000 to Technology (6 answers total)

Have you tried searching for “person” or “human”? At least that would narrow it down.
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 7:34 PM on November 22, 2024 [1 favorite]

On iOS 18: In the upper right corner of your library, you should see an icon associated with your Apple ID. If you tap that, it shows your iCloud photo settings. The first thing on the screen is “Shared With You”, which shows photos that have been sent to you and added to your library. I’d start there.
posted by bluloo at 7:38 PM on November 22, 2024 [3 favorites]

The app Orga will scan your photos for whatever you ask, including nudity.
posted by zippy at 2:05 AM on November 23, 2024 [4 favorites]

Came back to add, if you want to cut the issue off at the head, you can turn off shared photos from being displayed in your library altogether. On iOS 18, in the settings menu, scroll to the bottom to the Apps tab. Open the Messages settings, then select Shared With You. You can disable automatic sharing for all apps, or just turn off Sharing in Photos specifically.
posted by bluloo at 11:05 AM on November 24, 2024

also, the IOS photos app (even non 'apple intelligence') keeps learning more about what stuff is. You could just try doing a search for "naked" or "nude" and see what pops up. (amusingly, i just did that on my own phone and found a text hit for a "Naked" brand beverage cooler.)
posted by bitterkitten at 9:15 AM on November 25, 2024

In iOS 18's Photos app, in the Utilities section, you can find a "Recently Saved" album which has saved photos, screenshots, but also things that got added to your library from other apps like What's App and Messages. I'm assuming that is where your photos are coming from.

I did notice that the image searching does seem to be doing some filtering and doesn't seem to work for things that _should_ return nudes.
posted by advicepig at 9:05 AM on November 26, 2024