Photos For Mac

Take a photo on your iPhone and it appears automatically in Photos on your Mac. How to turn on iCloud Photos. Make good photos great. You don’t have to be a pro to edit like one—use the Photos editing tools to give your pictures just the right look. You can crop and straighten, remove red-eye or blemishes, improve light and color, and more. Adobe Lightroom. The ability to work with RAW files is the main advantage of Lightroom usage. PowerPhotos works with the built-in Photos app on your Mac, providing an array of tools to help you get your photo collection in order. Create and manage multiple libraries Instead of being limited to putting all your photos in a single library, PowerPhotos can work with multiple Photos libraries, giving you many more options for how to organize your ever growing photo collection.

• macOS Mojave or Catalina

Where you can use it: Mac. Why we love it: We thought we’d start with the OG of Mac.

The ultimate toolbox for Photos on your Mac

PowerPhotos works with the built-in Photos app on your Mac, providing an array of tools to help you get your photo collection in order.

Create and manage multiple libraries

Instead of being limited to putting all your photos in a single library, PowerPhotos can work with multiple Photos libraries, giving you many more options for how to organize your ever growing photo collection.

Splitting your photos between multiple libraries helps Photos open more quickly, lets you archive older photos, store some of your collection on an external hard drive, and reduce storage space used by iCloud Photo Library.

Copy photos and their metadata

You can split your library by copying albums and photos with a simple drag and drop. PowerPhotos will take care of copying the photos and retaining their metadata, including keywords, descriptions, titles, dates, and favorite status. Read more about what PowerPhotos can copy.

Merge Photos libraries

Got a whole bunch of libraries you want to consolidate into one? PowerPhotos lets you merge your libraries together while weeding out duplicate photos in the process. You will be shown a preview of what your merged library will look like before any modifications are done, to ensure your merged library looks how you want.

Find duplicate photos

It's easy to have multiple copies of the same photo creep into your photo collection over time. Use PowerPhotos to find duplicate photos in one or more libraries, view them side by side, and separate them into albums where you can easily delete them from your library.

Browse and search

Use PowerPhotos' image browser to quickly view your photos without having to open Photos itself. View detailed photo information using List View, and search for photos across all your libraries at once.

Migrate your iPhoto/Aperture libraries

If you have a lot of existing iPhoto or Aperture libraries that you want to migrate over to Photos, PowerPhotos will help automate your migrations so you don't have to spend time babysitting this lengthy process.

Links and reviews

'PowerPhotos is an extremely useful addition as an enhancement for any Photos user trying to perform tasksthat fall outside of Photos restricted purview.' – Macworld

'PowerPhotos may lack the punch of its predecessor, [iPhoto Library Manager], but it’s indispensable for those making the transition to Photos.' – Mac|Life

Video tutorial: Remove duplicate photos in Photos for Mac – PC Classes Online

'PowerPhotos was just what I needed… Two features make it a must-have: merging multiple Photos libraries into one, and finding duplicate photos' – Bob Levitus, Houston Chronicle

Edit photos on your Mac

Learn how to edit like a pro with the intuitive editing tools built into Photos for macOS.

Edit photos on your iPhone or iPad

After taking pictures with the camera on your iPhone or iPad, make the moment look just right with the editing tools built into your device.

Transfer photos from your iPhone

You can move photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or PC. And with iCloud Photos, your photos are available on all your devices.

Keep your photos up to date

With iCloud Photos, your collection of photos and videos is safely stored and available on all of your devices. Or you can sync your library manually with iTunes.

Organize your photos and videos

Learn how to use the Photos app’s built-in features to keep your growing collection in order. And see how the powerful search function lets you find people, places, and things fast.

Move your Photos library

Is your Mac running low on disk space as your collection of photos and videos expands? You can move your Photos library to an external drive to free up storage.

Photos For Mac Catalina

iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos works with the Photos app to keep your photos and videos securely stored in iCloud, and up to date on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and iCloud.com

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