iCloud Photo Library.
One convenient home for all your photos and videos.
iCloud Photo Library gives you access to your entire Mac photo and video library from all your devices. If you shoot a snapshot, slo-mo or selfie on your iPhone, it’s automatically added to iCloud Photo Library as well — so it appears on your Mac, your iOS devices, on iCloud.com and your PC. And since your collection is organized the same way across your Apple devices, navigating your library always feels familiar.
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When you make changes on your Mac like editing a photo, marking a Favorite or adding to an album, they’re kept up to date on your iPhone, your iPad and iCloud.com. And vice versa — any changes made on your iOS devices are automatically reflected on your Mac.
Fill your library, not your device.
iCloud Photo Library can help you make the most of the space on your Mac. When you choose “Optimize Mac Storage,” all your full-resolution photos and videos are stored in iCloud in their original formats, with storage-saving versions kept on your Mac as space is needed. You can also optimize storage on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, so you can access more photos and videos than ever before. You get 5GB of free storage in iCloud — and as your library grows, you have the option to choose a plan for up to 1TB.
The moment you’re looking for, always at hand.
The beautiful design of the Photos app uses Moments, Collections and Years views to automatically organize your photos and videos by when and where they were taken. With dramatically more screen space devoted to your photos, you can easily scan your entire library at a glance and quickly find the content you’re looking for. A new, streamlined toolbar puts the right controls at your fingertips, giving you instant access to the photos you’ve shared, the albums you’ve made and the projects you’ve created. And you can use gestures to browse your entire photo collection with just a touch.
The Moments view groups photos and videos taken around the same time and place, like an afternoon hike. You can also easily add or adjust a location in your photos. And Live Photos taken on an iPhone come to life when you hover over them with your cursor.
Collections are made up of distinct Moments that were taken at the same place, such as your four-day trip to the Southwest.
View your entire library in a beautiful mosaic of all the photos and videos you’ve taken each year. Click and hold any thumbnail to bring up a preview, and scrub over the collection to see previews of every image. Just release the click to open up the picture.
With iCloud Photo Sharing, you can get an overview of the photos and videos you’ve shared with friends and family, and the ones they’ve shared with you. And it’s easier than ever to see Likes and Comments that have been posted.
View the Albums and Smart Albums you’ve created, as well as preset Albums, which automatically group your photos into Favorites, Videos, Panoramas and more. You can sort your albums — and the contents inside them — by date, title and more. And you can name your favourite people in the Faces album faster than ever.
View the books, cards, calendars, print orders and slideshows you’ve created. You can keep working on existing projects or start new ones with ease.
Perfect your best shots with powerful editing tools.
Create standout photos with a comprehensive set of powerful but easy-to-use editing tools. Choose Enhance to improve your photo with just a click. Use a filter to instantly give it a new look. Or use new Smart Sliders to quickly edit like a pro even if you’re a beginner. Smart Sliders intelligently adjust multiple elements of your photo at once — so it’s easier than ever to lighten a dark image, get the colour just right, or create a beautiful black and white.
Take control of the finest details.
Photos makes it simple to apply more advanced adjustments to your image. You can make precise edits by enabling the histogram, adjusting levels, adding definition and more. You can even add a vignette for a final artistic touch.
Click through these editing tools to see how they work:
Perfect your exposure, finesse highlights and shadows, adjust contrast and more.
Make your photo stand out by adjusting saturation, colour contrast and colour cast.
Add some drama by taking the colour out. Fine-tune intensity and tone, or add grain for a film-quality black-and-white effect.
Adjust midtones, highlights and shadows to perfect the tonal balance in your photo.
Choose between Neutral Gray, Skin Tone and Temperature/Tint options to make colours in your photo warmer or cooler.
Increase image clarity by adjusting the definition slider.
Add shading to the edges of your photo to highlight a powerful moment.
Download third-party editing extensions from the Mac App Store to add filters, texture effects, use retouching tools, reduce noise and more.
When you’ve made an edit, you can quickly compare it to the original by pressing the M key. If you don’t like how it looks, simply revert to your original shot.
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Light
Perfect your exposure, finesse highlights and shadows, adjust contrast and more.
- Color
Make your photo stand out by adjusting saturation, colour contrast and colour cast.
- Black & White
Add some drama by taking the colour out. Fine-tune intensity and tone, or even add grain for a film‑quality black‑and‑white effect.
- Levels
Adjust midtones, highlights and shadows to perfect the tonal balance in your photo.
- White Balance
Choose between Neutral Gray, Skin Tone and Temperature/Tint options to make colours in your photo warmer or cooler.
- Definition
Increase image clarity by adjusting the definition slider.
- Vignette
Add shading to the edges of your photo to highlight a powerful moment.
- Editing Extensions
Download third-party editing extensions from the Mac App Store to add filters, texture effects, use retouching tools, reduce noise and more.
- Revert
When you’ve made an edit, you can quickly compare it to the original by pressing the M key. If you don’t like how it looks, simply revert to your original shot.
Add filters for striking effects.
With just a click, you can add a filter to make a photo pop. Click through eight built-in filters to audition a look and choose the one you like best.
Give the photos you love to the people you love.
Making special gifts for loved ones is easier than ever with Photos. Simple tools and new Apple-designed themes help you create beautiful photo books, cards, calendars and prints that your friends and family will always cherish.
Learn more about Print ProductsProfessional‑quality photo books.
Fresh new designs and streamlined tools make it easy to build beautiful custom photo books. Add full-bleed, two-page spreads and include your own captions, maps and more. You can create square books in new 10-by-10-inch or 8-by-8-inch sizes.
Auto‑Sized and square prints.
Order gorgeous prints of the iPhone panoramas you’ve taken. Just choose Auto-Sized to print your photos with no cropping in sizes up to 36 inches wide. Or choose from a variety of new square sizes.