Photos User Guide
- Welcome
- Get started
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- Browse your photo library
- Browse photo collections
- View photos and videos
- View photo bursts
- See photo and video information
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- 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
- 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
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- Editing basics
- Crop, extend, reframe, and straighten photos and videos
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- Add filters
- Adjust light, exposure, and color
- Remove distractions and imperfections
- Remove red-eye
- Adjust white balance
- Apply curves adjustments
- Apply levels adjustments
- Adjust definition
- Adjust specific colors
- 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
- Photos settings
- Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
- Copyright and trademarks
Where are the items I imported into Photos on my Mac?
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 photo 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.