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Table of Contents
Photos User Guide
Welcome
Bring in photos and videos
Overview of importing
From iCloud Photos
From a camera or phone
From storage devices, DVDs and more
From Mail, Safari and other apps
Import photos from another library
Where are the photos I imported?
View photos
Browse your photos
View individual photos
Add titles, captions and more
Interact with text in a photo using Live Text
Use Visual Look Up to learn about a photo
View photos others have shared with you
Delete photos or recover deleted ones
Hide photos from view
View photo bursts
Play video clips
View memories
View memories
Personalise memories
View photos by who’s in them
View photos by location
Find photos
Show specific types of items
Find photos by text, content or date
Find photos by keyword
Organise photos in albums
What are albums?
Create albums
Create Smart Albums
Group albums in folders
Improve photos
Editing basics
Crop and straighten photos
Use a filter to change a photo
Adjust the look of a photo
Adjust a photo’s light, exposure and more
Retouch photos
Remove red-eye
Adjust a photo’s white balance
Apply curves adjustments
Apply levels adjustments
Adjust definition
Apply changes to specific colours
Reduce noise
Sharpen a photo
Change the lighting of a Portrait mode photo
Apply a vignette
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
Shared albums
What are shared albums?
Turn on Shared Albums
Create a shared album
Add, remove and edit photos in a shared album
Add or remove subscribers
Subscribe to shared albums
Use Messages and Mail to share photos
Use AirDrop to share photos
Share photos using other apps and websites
Export photos, videos, slideshows and memories
Create slide shows and projects
Create slide shows
Create projects using third-party apps
Print your photos
Order professional prints
Print your own photos
Manage the Photos library
System Photo Library overview
Create additional libraries
Back up the Photos library
Restore from Time Machine
Repair the library
Change where photos and videos are stored
Change Photos preferences
Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
Copyright
Create projects using third-party apps in Photos on Mac
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