Select And Deselect Photos In Photos On Mac - Apple Support (JO)

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Photos User Guide

• Welcome
• Get started
• Import photos and videos
  • Overview of importing
  • Use iCloud Photos
  • Import from a camera or phone
  • Import from storage devices
  • Import from Mail, Safari and other apps
  • Import from another photo library
  • Where are the items I imported?
• View and find photos
  • Browse your photo library
  • Browse photo collections
  • View photos and videos
  • View photo bursts
  • See photo and video information
  • Find photos and videos
    • Find photos and videos by date
    • Find and name people and pets
    • Find group photos and videos
    • Find photos and videos by location
    • View photos and videos you recently saved
    • Find your travel photos and videos
    • Find receipts, documents, recently edited photos and more
    • Find screenshots, Live Photos and more by media type
  • Filter and search for photos
    • Filter your photo library
    • Search for photos and videos
  • Use Live Text to interact with text in a photo
  • Use Visual Look Up to learn more about a photo
  • Isolate and share a photo’s subject
  • Delete photos and videos or recover deleted ones
  • Remove duplicates
  • Hide photos and videos from view
  • Add titles, captions and more
  • Add keywords
• Enjoy your photos in albums and memories
  • Organise photos in albums
    • Create and work with albums
    • Group albums in folders
    • Create Smart Albums
  • View memories
    • Watch memories
    • Personalise memories
    • Feature certain people and content less
• Edit photos and videos
  • Editing basics
  • Crop and straighten photos and videos.
  • Adjust the look of a photo
    • Add filters
    • Adjust light, exposure and colour
    • Remove distractions and imperfections
    • Remove red-eye
    • Adjust white balance
    • Apply curves adjustments
    • Apply levels adjustments
    • Adjust definition
    • Adjust specific colours
    • Reduce noise
    • Sharpen a photo
    • Apply a vignette
    • Change Photographic Styles
    • Change a Portrait mode photo
  • Write or draw on a photo
  • Use other apps when editing in Photos
  • Change a Live Photo
  • Change a video
  • Edit a Cinematic mode video
• Share photos and videos
  • Share photos and videos
  • Shared albums
    • Turn on Shared Albums
    • Create or join shared albums
    • Add, remove and edit photos and videos in a shared album
    • Add and remove people in a shared album
  • iCloud Shared Photo Library
    • What is iCloud Shared Photo Library?
    • Set up or join a shared library
    • View a shared library
    • Add photos to a shared library
    • Remove photos from a shared library
  • Export photos, videos, slideshows and memories
  • Export a Live Photo as an animated GIF
  • Export a still photo from a video
• Create slideshows and projects
  • Create slideshows
  • Create projects using third-party apps
• Print your photos
  • Print your own photos
  • Order professional prints
• Manage your photo library
  • Photo library overview
  • Create additional libraries
  • Back up your library
  • Restore from Time Machine
  • Repair your photo library
  • Change where photos and videos are stored
• Photos settings
• Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
• Copyright and trademarks

You can select and deselect photos in a variety of ways.

Open Photos for me

1. Go to the Photos app on your Mac.

2. Do any of the following:

   • Select a single photo: Click the photo, or press the arrow keys to quickly navigate to and select the photo.

   • Select a group of adjacent photos: Click the first photo, then press the Shift key while you click the last photo. You can also press the Shift key while you press the arrow keys, or drag a selection rectangle around the photos.

   • Select photos that are not adjacent to each other: Press the Command key while you click each photo.

   • Deselect specific photos: Press the Command key while you click the photos you want to deselect.

   • Deselect all photos: Click an empty space in the window (not a photo).

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