Screenshot of Photos settings showing an error message reading “817 low-resolution items will be removed from this Mac”.

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   Nick Heer (nickheer@c.im)'s status on Friday, 13-Mar-2026 01:44:27 JST Nick Heer

   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.