Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing album management regarding an external storage device for a user are provided. The external storage device is positioned outside of an electronic device and is coupled to the electronic device to be an accessory of the electronic device. The method may include: utilizing a processing circuit of the electronic device to scan all pictures of multiple pictures in at least one internal storage device within the electronic device and analyze respective picture contents of the multiple pictures to perform classification, and establish an index database of each picture of the multiple pictures according to multiple classification tags respectively corresponding to multiple types of classification; and utilizing the processing circuit to control at least two stages of backup, to generate multiple classified albums respectively corresponding to the multiple types of classification within the external storage device.