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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
When you first use Photos, you create a new library. New photos and videos that you add to Photos are stored in this library. The library is located in the Pictures folder on your Mac.
The library automatically becomes your System Photo Library, which Photos accesses each time you open the app. Only your System Photo Library can send or receive photos and videos transferred by iCloud Photos.
You can also create additional photo libraries on your Mac and on other storage devices. You can use as many different libraries as you like. You should only use the Photos app to access the photos and videos in a library.
WARNING: To avoid accidentally deleting or corrupting a Photos library, do not manually access or alter the contents of a library in the Finder. If you want to copy, move or transfer files, first export them from the library.
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