The list of user tips in the ASC Communities is continually changing, when user tips are added or updated. Apple's list of Photos User Tips is currently not available with a universal link. Try to use the My Subscription view and filter it by "User Tip"
To make it easier to find back to certain user tips, I have made a list, that is sorted thematically:
A. User Tips
General Usage:
- Photos Overview
- léonie: How to avoid the accidental deletion of i… - Apple Community (April 20,2025)
- Old Toad: Moments in Photos are the New Events
- léonie: New to Photos? Some Considerations on How to Design your First Photos Library in Photos 5.0 (February 21,2020)
- léonie: When should we repair a Photos Library? - Apple Community (February 13, 2020)
- léonie: Does a large Photos Library make Photos slow? Should we split the library? - Apple Community (September 10, 2020)
- léonie: The Drawbacks of Delete Items After Import When Importing to Photos (June 7, 2020)
- léonie: Corrupted Originals, the Insidious Danger - How to Protect our Photo Libraries - Apple Community (January 5, 2020)
- léonie: How to Split a Photos Library and Preserve the Albums, Metadata, and Adjustments - Apple Community (January 28,2020)
- léonie: Disadvantages of a Referenced Library in Photos - Updated for macOS 10.15 Catalina (April 29, 2020)
- léonie: How to use the free DNG Converter to convert RAW files that are not supported by Photos (December20, 2020)
- léonie: Raw Support Versions on iOS and MacOS - Apple Community (Jan 18,2023)
- léonie: Avoid Night Shift when Adjusting the Colors in Photos (Mar 31, 2017)
- a brody: Using Photos and iPhotos on the same Mac
- léonie: How Photos Handles Time Zones when Importing Photos in Photos 5 on Catalina - Apple Community (June 19, 2020)
- Alley_Cat: Official Apple Feedback link for Photos
- Terence Devlin: The Curse of All Files and All Images and False Duplicates… - iPhoto
- Keith Barkley: The Big Three: Setting your camera for the Best Aperture RAW Results
- Matti Haveri: Movie dates and Photos.app
- leonie: New in Photos 9 on macOS 14 Sonoma: Exporting Photos or Videos from Photos is now saving them with the date taken as the creation date (May 7,2024)
- Tony Collinet: What does Apple Photos for Mac show as a Panorama - Apple Community
- léonie: If Photos cannot play a video - Apple Community (March 17, 2023)
Versions:
- Versions:
- léonie: Changed keyboard shortcuts in Photos 4.0
- léonie: Changed Keyboard Shortcuts and Gestures in Photos 5.0 - Apple Community (December 9, 2019)
- New in Photos 9 macOS 14 Sonoma:
- léonie: New Features in Photos 9 on Sonoma - Apple Community (December 2, 2023)
- léonie: If you are seeing the error message "The Library could not be opened. The Library is on iCloud Drive… - Apple Community (December 2, 2023)
- New in Photos 8 macOS 13 Ventura:
- léonie: An Ubituary of My Photo Stream - Apple Community (July 3, 2023)
- léonie: How to check My Photo Stream in Aperture and iPhoto (July 4,2023)
- léonie: Here's how we can replace My Photo Stream with iCloud Photos… - Apple Community (July 5,2023)
- léonie: How to remove suggested Duplicates from the Duplicates album - Apple Community (February 17, 2023)
- léonie: How to search for Categories with Smart Albums - Apple Community
- How to search for Categories with Smart Albums… - Apple Community (March 6, 2023)
- léonie: Migrating an Aperture Library as a Library is no longer supported on macOS 13 Ventura - Apple Community (October 30, 2022)
- léonie: Things to consider when setting up the Shared iCloud Photos Library in Photo 8 on Ventura (October 25, 2022)
- léonie: If Photos 8 on Ventura cannot open Nikon Z9 RAW files… Tromp1's solution - Apple Community (December 24, 2022)
- New in Photos 7 macOS 12 Monterey:
- léonie: Importing photos directly from another Photos Library into the currently open Library Importing photos directly from another Ph… - Apple Community (November 9, 2021)
- How to extract a still frame from a video in Photos 7 on macOS 12 Monterey https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250004312 (November 9, 2021)
- New in Photos 6 Big Sur
- léonie: How to extract a Still Frame from a Video Clip in Photos 6 on Big Sur… - Apple Community (December 4, 2020)
- léonie: How to Organise the Hidden Photos in Photos for Mac (macOS 11 Big Sur) - Apple Community (January 20, 2021)
- léonie: How to prevent Photos for Mac from Shortening the names to the First Name only How to prevent Photos for Mac from Shorte… - Apple Community (April 23, 2021)
- léonie: Keywords in Photos 6 on Big Sur - Discrepancy between the Search Results in Smart Albums and the Filter for Hierarchical Keywords Keywords in Photos 6 on Big Sur - Discrep… - Apple Community (April 23, 2021)
- New in Photos 5.0 Catalina:
- léonie: New to Photos? Some Considerations on How to Design your First Photos Library in Photos 5.0 (February 21,2020)
- léonie: Photos on Catalina: If the Photos View vanishes from the sidebar, check if the Mac is in Safe Mode - Apple Community (February 9,2020)
- léonie: How to prepare the Photo Libraries before upgrading to Catalina - Apple Community (December 5, 2019)
- léonie: Implications of shooting HEIF on the iPhone or iPad and How to Control the Format - Apple Community (August 15,2020)
- léonie: Batch Changing Options in Photos 5, macOS 10.15 Catalina (June 24, 2020)
- léonie: About the Duplicate Detection in Photos 5 - Apple Community (December 1, 2019)
- léonie: Changes to the handling of RAW & JPEG pairs - Apple Community (March 25, 2020)
- léonie: Changes to Searching for Text in Photos 5 Catalina (May 22, 2020)
- léonie: How to back up an optimized iCloud Photos Library - Apple Community (December 2, 2019)
- léonie: Managing Hidden Photos in Photos 5 on Catalina (May 15, 2020)
- léonie: How to Simulate Star Rating in Photos 5 on Catalina - Apple Community (May 21, 2020)
- léonie: Photos 5 to Photos 5.3: A work-Around for the changed Smart Album Rule - Person is not ... (January 9, 2020)
- themask: Change Year cover image in macOS Photos (October 13,2020)
- léonie: Problem in Photos 5.0: Referenced Photos do not show in the Places Album - Apple Community (December 23, 2019)
- léonie: Problem in Photos 5 on Catalina: Grey Filenames in the Media Browser - Apple Community (May 11, 2020)
- léonie: Limitations when Using Videos in Slideshows in Photos 5 - Apple Community (June 19, 2020)
- léonie: Photos 5 on macOS 10.15.4 Catalina does not reconnect referenced files fully after moving the originals to a different folder (April 29, 2020)
- léonie: Disadvantages of a Referenced Library in Photos - Updated for macOS 10.15 Catalina (April 29, 2020)
- léonie: Problem in Photos 5.0: The adjusted date is not correctly embedded in the EXIF when exporting from Photos - Apple Community (December 23, 2019)
- léonie: Problems with the Smart Album Rule: Album is not Any in Photos 5.0 - Apple Community (December 2, 2019)
- léonie: How to delete photos while viewing an Album in Photos 5.0 on Catalina - Apple Community. (November 10, 2019)
- léonie: How to display the Date and Time Zone in the Info in Photos in Catalina (November 2, 2019)
- léonie: How to view Moments in Photos 5.0 - Apple Community (October 31, 2019)
- léonie: How Photos 5.0 on Catalina Manages original Files and Filenames. (November 3, 2019)
- léonie: How to find all Unnamed Face in Photos 5 Catalina (November 7, 2019)
- léonie: Work-Around: What to do, when the Faces Circle is jumping around - Apple Community (April 10, 2024)
- léonie: How to use Keywords to Back Up the Named Faces in Photos and Improve the Search for People … - Apple Community (January10, 2020)
- léonie: How to view the titles or filenames below the thumbnails in Photos 5.0 - Apple Community (December 23, 2019)
- léonie: How to Correct Merged People Albums - Apple Community (December 28, 2019)
- léonie: Sorting Albums by Title in Photos - Changes in Photos 5.0 on Catalina (June 7, 2020)
- léonie:
- léonie: Photos 5.0 on Catalina: How to get a list of all albums - Apple Community (April 4,2020)
- léonie: How to find out the albums a photo is in: Jacques Rioux's Script, Monterey version for Photos 7 or later - Apple Community (September 23, 2022)
- léonie: How to find out the albums a photo is in: Jacques Rioux's Script, Catalina Version for Photos 5 - Apple Community (April 4,2020)
- léonie: Script: Find Photos not in Any Album, for Photos 5 on Catalina (May 28,2020)
- léonie: How to Weed out Legacy Media in Photos for Mac - Apple Community (July 4, 2020)
- xsedna: How to find items with missing originals in the library: http://xsedna.de/Sedna/PhotosGetMissingItems.html (I found this nice script in the German forum - removing photos with missing originals helped to get Photos syncing again with iOS devices: Big Sur 11.3 synchronisieren Fotos mit iO… - Apple Community))
- Migrating from Aperture or iPhoto to Photos
- léonie: Thematic Index to the Aperture User Tips - Apple Community
- léonie: How to access Media in iPhoto Libraries … - Apple Community (May 18,2023)
- léonie: How to access the Photos in Aperture Libr… - Apple Community (May 18,2023)
- Old Toad: Photos 4.0 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capatibilities
- LarryHN: Links to User tips re migrating from iPhoto to Photos
- léonie: Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac
- léonie: Notes on Migrating an Aperture Library to Photos for Mac, 2019 version (May 7, 2019)
- LarryHN: Details of how Photos handles the migration from iPhoto to Photos
- Barney-15E: Can't Update iPhoto because it is not available in the AppStore - Apple Community
- Browsing, Filters, Searching, Smart Albums, Keywords:
- léonie: For what purpose should we use Titles, Keywords, caption - Apple Community (March 13, 2023)
- léonie: How to view Moments in Photos 5.1 - Apple Community (October 31, 2019)
- léonie: If Photos are apparently missing from an album, check the filters (December 5, 2018)
- léonie: How to Merge Keywords in Photos for Mac (May 9, 2020)
- léonie: How to use the Filters in Photos 4.0 - Apple Community (December 5, 2018)
- léonie: How to organise the Photos by the Camera … - Apple Community (June 19,2010)
- GregBZH35's Script: Create Standard Albums from Smart Albums to Sync with iCloud to iOS Devices (February 16, 2019)
- The Photos Library and iCloud Photo Library:
- Storing the Library on external volumes:
- léonie: Where is it safe to store a Photos Library - 2019 Version (March 10, 2019)
- léonie: How to avoid the Error -36 when copying a Photos Library - Apple Community (February 3, 2020)
- léonie: APFS: How to Fix the Error: iCloud Photos is only available on macOS Standard, macOS Extended and APFS formatted volumes (June 7, 2020)
- léonie: Why is iCloud uploading my entire iCloud photo Library Again after I moved its Location? (August 10,2018)
- Using (an optimised) iCloud Photos Library:
- léonie: Using the Shared iCloud Photos Library to have two separate libraries on all devices - Apple Community (January 22, 2024)
- léonie: Three Good Reasons for Using iCloud Photos Library and when not to use it - Apple Community (May 18, 2020)
- léonie: iCloud Photos Library: Keep regular backups of your iCloud Photos Library - Apple Community (April 26, 2020)
- léonie: How to back up an optimized iCloud Photos Library - Apple Community (December 2, 2019)
- léonie: How to force Photos for Mac to Optimise the Storage Immediately (February 15, 2020)
- Repairing, Rebuilding, Downgrading, Merging, Importing:
- jeffnles1: If the search for keywords is not working… - Apple Community
- Old Toad: Importing a Photos Library into Another Photos Library: PowerPhotos vs Photos (May 10, 2023)
- léonie: When should we repair a Photos Library? - Apple Community (February 13, 2020)
- léonie: How to Repair a Specific Photos Library in Photos for Mac - Apple Community (May 9, 2020)
- léonie: How to Rebuild Thumbnails in a Photos Library (December 16, 2018)
- léonie: Rebuilding a Photos Library by downloading a new Copy from iCloud - Apple Community (February 15, 2020)
- léonie: Downgrading a Photos Library to a Previous Version of Photos with the Help of iCloud Photos (December 16, 2018)
- léonie: Notes on Merging Photos Libraries, 2019 Version, (March 3, 2019)
- coffee donuts: How to recover missing albums from the SQLite files https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251758161?answerId=253497024022#253497024022
- iCloud Photos Library on Several Devices
- léonie: How to keep the iCloud Photos library small and archive other photos locally on a Mac… - Apple Community (August 12, 2023)
- léonie: How to check, which Items are currently being uploaded to iCloud Photos - Apple Community (March 25, 2020)
- léonie: Use Photos and iCloud Photos on multiple Mac Computers (December 1, 2018)
- gail from maine: Clearing up some iCloud and Photos Questions
- léonie: If iCloud Photo Library cannot be turned on again because of lack of cloud storage after moving or restoring a Photos Library (December 16, 2018)
- léonie: Some Notes on iCloud Photo Library on a Mac (October 24,2018)
- gail from maine: iCloud Deconstructed - Apple Community
- Storing the Library on external volumes:
Scripting Photos
- Batch Changing: Scripting Date and Time
- léonie: Script: Batch Change the Date and Time to a Fixed Date (December 16, 2018)
- léonie: Script: Lift and Stamp all Metadata from one Photo to All Other Selected Photos (Dec 14, 2018)
- Steven Weyhrich's Script: ApplesScript to batch change date of scanned photos based on filename - reformatted (May 29, 2020)
- PhillipU: Script to automate setting dates in Photo from the Filename - Apple Community
- Batch Changing: Scripting the Title
- Old Toad and léonie: Script: Batch clear the Title of selected items - Apple Community (June 12, 2023)
- léonie: Script: Batch Change the Title of selected Photos to the Description/Caption - Apple Community (January 3, 2021)
- léonie: Script: Batch Changing the Title to the Capture Date 2018, old version: Script: Batch Changing the Title to the Capture Date (December 23, 2018)
- Old Toad: Batch Change Title to Capture Date-Description-Padded Sequential Numbers
- léonie: Batch Change Title to Capture Date-Location-Description-Padded Sequential Number (July 7, 2020)
- Old Toad: Batch Change Title to Text w/Padded Sequential Numbers
- léonie: Script: Batch Changing the Titles to the Filenames with Extension (Dec 19,2018) (old version: Script: Batch Changing the Titles to the … - Apple Community)
- léonie: Script: Batch Change the Title of a Photo to the Filename Followed by the Existing Title (May 25,2020)
- Ken: Script: Changing the Title to the Filename without Extension
- léonie: Script: Batch Change the Titles to a Given String
- Old Toad: Append Keywords to Title Field - Léonie's Script
- VikingOSX: How to change a photo TITLE to date captured… - Apple Community
- Batch Changing: Scripting the Description/Caption
- léonie: Script: Batch Change the Description to the Title plus the Current Description (Caption) (July 7, 2020)
- léonie: Script: Batch Change the Descriptions - Apple Community
- léonie: Automator Service: Photos: Batch Append Text to the Description of Photos
- léonie: Script: Batch Append Text to the Description of Photos
- Niko Silver and Michele Percich: Script for setting the date from the filename: Script requested for changing dates - Apple Community
- Scripting GPS Locations:
- léonie: Script: Assign the Same GPS Coordinates to Several Selected Items in Photos (Nov 23, 2020)
- léonie: Script: Assign GPS Coordinates to an Item in Photos (Nov 23, 2020)
- severinsen: Severinsen's Script: Interpolate Location Between Photos Using an Apple Script
- léonie: Script: Extract the Numerical GPS Values using an Apple Script 2018 (Dec 14, 2018, old version: Script: Extract the Numerical GPS Values … - Apple Community)
- léonie: Script: Copy GPS tags from one Photo to Other Photos (Dec, 14 2018, old version: Script: Copy GPS tags from one Photo to O… - Apple Community)
- Aardvark_Phlegm: Script: Interpolate GPS locations between… - Apple Community
- léonie: Major circles of Latitude: Searching for … - Apple Community
- léonie: Script: Split a set of selected photos by the Altitude Exif Tag into two albums - Apple Community
- xsedna: sedna's script to set the GPS coordinates to the originals as well (when I enter a location for a picture, Ph… - Apple Community): PhotosSetCoordinates
- Scripting EXIF tags with Finder Quick Actions in MacOS 10.14 Mojave or newer:
- léonie: Quick Action: How to add the HDR Media Type Badge to Photos with ExifTool on Catalina (May 14, 2020)
- léonie: Quick Action: How to change the dpi tags with exiftool, 2019 version (March 1, 2019)
- léonie: Modifying EXIF tags of Originals Using exiftool: camera, lens, gps
- VikingOSX's Script: Scripting exiftags of image files by calling Swift Hander from an AppleScript… - Apple Community (January 14, 2023)
- Writing Metadata to a file:
- léonie: Apple Script: How to write Photos Metadata to a text file - Apple Community (September 21, 2020)
- Scripts for Searching:
- léonie: Script: How to Find Photos Without any Keywords (January 29, 2019, old version: Script: How to find photos without any keywords)
- léonie: Script: Sort Panoramic-Landscape-Portrait-Square Photos 2019 Version (February 17, 2019, old, deprecated version: Script: Sort Panoramic-Landscape-Portrait-Square Photos)
- léonie: Script: Sort Landscape-Portrait-Square Photos 2019 version (February 17, 2019, old, deprecated version: Script: Sort Landscape-Portrait-Square Photos)
- léonie: Script: Search for Photos by the Dimensions in Pixel Size 2025 Version for Sequoia (May 18, 2025
- Old version for Catalina and later: Script: Search for Photos by the Dimensions in Pixel Size, 2019 version (May 14, 2019)
- Old version for Sierra: Script: Search for Photos by the Dimensions in Pixel Size
- léonie: Script: How to find videos and photos by file size 2019 version (January 19, 2019) (old, broken version: Script: How to find videos and photos in your Photos Library by size)
- léonie: Script: Find all items in Photos for a given day and month (February 16, 2021) - do no longer use this older version, the formatting has been broken old, broken version: Script: How to search for photos from yearly recurring events
- Léonie: Script: Find all Photos Taken at a Certain Hour (February 21, 2021)
- léonie: Script: On this Day - Find all Photos (June 7, 2020)
- Scripting Albums:
- léonie: Script: Find Photos not in Any Album, for Photos 5 on Catalina (May 28,2020)
- léonie: Photos 5.0 on Catalina: How to get a list of all albums - Apple Community (April 4,2020)
- léonie: How to find out the albums a photo is in: Jacques Rioux's Script, Catalina Version for Photos 5 - Apple Community (April 4,2020)
- léonie: How to find out the albums a photo is in: Jacques Rioux's Script, Mojave version 2019, January 21, 2019 (old, broken version: How to find out the albums a photo is in: Jacque Rioux's Script)
- Old Toad: Export Albums to Folders - Jacques Rioux's Script
- Old Toad: Import Folders of Image Files into Library as Albums
- léonie: Script: Search for albums with a certain phrase in the name and combine them into a new calbum
- 4711c: How to add Album name to keywords
- léonie: Photos for Mac: An example for an Apple Script to Search for Keywords and Add Keywords to Selected Photos (August 12, 2020)
- léonie: A variation of the script above: Script: Add the Album Name as a keyword t… - Apple Community (March 10.2019)
- GregBZH35's Script: Create Standard Albums from Smart Albums to Sync with iCloud to iOS Devices (February 16, 2019)
- Scripting Slideshows:
- léonie: Script: A Slideshow With Titles and Locations And Dates in Photos (February 11, 2020). (old Version Script: A Slideshow With Titles and Locations and Dates in Photos)
- léonie: Script: Shuffle Photos for an Instant Slideshow 2018 (December 29, 2018)
- léonie: Script: A Randomly Shuffled Slideshow in Photos with Titles as Notifications (August 23, 2019)
- léonie: How to turn an Album into a Slideshow and preserve the Sorting, 2019 Version (April 12, 2019)
- Videos:
- Matti Haveri: Movie dates and Photos.app
- léonie: If Photos cannot play a video - Apple Community (March 17,2023)
- Compiled versions of the scripts are here: http://www.oldtoad.net/TT/No.P01.html
Importing and exporting, Printing.
- Importing:
- léonie: Automator Service for an Auto Import Folder
- thunderzzz: How to Change Screenshot Save Location
- léonie: Photos for Mac: Importing Raw and JPEG pairs, Catalina Version (April 26, 2020)
- léonie: Photos for Mac: Separating raw+jpeg files
- léonie: How Photos Handles Time Zones when Importing
- Exporting, DVDs
- Karsten Schlüter: How to create a video-DVD? (Macs without iDVD)
- Klaus1: Why is there no iDVD on my new Mac?
- Printing:
- léonie: How to Print Multiple Copies of the Same Photo on One Sheet of Paper, December 15, 2018
Faces and Places:
- Faces:
- léonie: How to create a custom People album that can be sorted - Apple Community (May 7, 2022)
- léonie: How to Reset the Named People Album in Photos
- léonie: How to use Keywords to Back Up the Named Faces in Photos and Improve the Search for People … - Apple Community (January10, 2020)
- léonie: If the Add Faces Button seems to be unresponsive - Apple Community (September 21, 2020)
- léonie: Photos for Mac: Why is it only showing the first names for some people
- léonie: Searching for all unnamed people in Photos 3.0 and 4.0 (December 15, 2018)
- léonie: How to find all Unnamed Face in Photos 5 Catalina (November 7, 2019)
- léonie: Photos 5 to Photos 5.3: A work-Around for the changed Smart Album Rule - Person is not ... (January 9, 2020)
- léonie: How to Correct Merged People Albums - Apple Community (December 28, 2019)
- Places and Maps:
- léonie: How to open the location where a photo has been taken in Maps - iOS version… - Apple Community (April 12, 2024)
- léonie: Photos for Mac: How to view the Locations of Photos as Pins in the Maps.app (December 14, 2018)
- léonie: How to copy a GPS location from one Photo to other Photos using the Maps.app (December 14, 2018)
Editing, Extensions, External Editors:
- Editors, extensions:
- Old Toad: External Editors in Photos Are Here
- léonie: Photos Project Extensions Are Here
- léonie: Photo Editing Extensions for Photos for Mac
- léonie: How to search for third party application that offer extensions for Photos 2019 Version (February 27, 2019)
- léonie: How to Use the Google Nik Collection With… - Apple Community
- léonie: How to check your External Editors for 64-compatibility … (February 3, 2019)
- Effects:
Print projects
- Photos 4.0 or newer:
- Photos 3.0 or older:
Trouble Shooting
- Photos Problems:
- léonie: Bug: Exporting Images with "Filename: Use Title" can export invisible files
- LarryHN: Photos Bug causing multiple photos to have their description changed when you change one
- léonie: Bug: Locations not showing in the Year View (Photos 1 to Photos 4) (November 3, 2019)
- léonie: How to Fix the Error: iCloud Photos is only available on macOS Standard, macOS Extended and APFS formatted volumes (June 7,2020)
- léonie: If Photos keeps crashing or Hanging - Trouble Shooting (June 7, 2020)
- How to trouble shoot "Photos keeps crashing or hanging on a Mac with fusion drive Community
- What to do, if a Live Photo is Silenced and the Sound is missing - Apple Community (April 27, 2024)
- Mobile Devices:
- léonie: Photos iOS 17: If the time displayed for a photo is different from the time we adjusted (May 2, 2024)
- léonie: If you cannot download some media files from the iPhone into Photos for Mac - Apple Community (July 7, 2020)
- léonie: Things to Consider before using Optimise Storage on the iPhone or iPad for Photos (October 10, 2020)
- léonie: Implications of shooting HEIF on the iPhone or iPad and How to Control the Format - Apple Community (August 15,2020)
- léonie: How to back up an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch be able to Recover Accidentally, Permanently Deleted Photos - Apple Community (July 31,2020)
- MrHoffman: How to Unlock an iPad or iPhone? - Apple Community
- Dogcow-Moof: iPhone Photography and Depth of Field iPhone Photography and Depth of Field - Apple Community
- léonie: How to change the key photo on the Places album on iOS17 or later… (April 12, 2024)
- Videos:
- AJL: If Videos wan't play: Import video to Aperture library on Mount… - Apple Community
- System wide issues:
- Tesserax: Mac Basic Startup Troubleshooting Steps - Apple Community
- Kappy: A Troubleshooting Procedure that may Fix Problems with El Capitan Or Later
- a brody: iTunes/Mac OS/iOS compatibility - Apple Community
- a brody: System cache cleaning - when is it safe, and when not? - Apple Community
- Urquhart1244: How to test an issue in another user account… - Apple Community
- MrHoffman: Scam Pop-ups, Scam Viruses, Scam Receipts… - Apple Community
- Other User Tips:
- Photos for iOS devices:
How Tos
- léonie: How Photos Handles Time Zones when Importing Photos
- léonie:How to get a list of the known categories for P... | Communities
- How to Simulate Star Rating in Photos 5 on Catalina - Apple Community (May 21, 2020)
- léonie: How to Simulate Star Ratings in Photos 1 to 4
- léonie: How to create an "All Photos" Album sorted by the Capture Date in Photos on the Mac
- léonie: How to Rebuild Thumbnails in a Photos Library
- léonie: How to Reset the Named People Album in Photos on High Sierra and iOS 11
- léonie: How to Extract Still Frames from a Live Photo in Photos for Mac
- léonie: Photos: How to Move a Master-Version Pair between Photos Libraries
- léonie: How to Access the Info Panel While Working on a Book
- léonie: How to create an album from the photos used in a slideshow
- léonie: Dealing with the Inconsistency of Keywords Case Sensitivity in Photos for Mac
- léonie: Deleting RAW files from RAW&JPEG pairs in Photos for Mac
B. Useful user Guides and Knowledge Base articles:
- User Guides and Support:
- Photos 5.0 User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
- Photos 4.0 User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
- Photos 3.0 User Guide on the wayback machine: (Apple's Photos 3.0 guide link is now pointing to Photos 4.0) https://web.archive.org/web/20180910110840/https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide /photos/welcome/mac
- Photos 2.0 Help: https://help.apple.com/photos/mac/1.2/?lang=en#/
- Photos 1.0 Help: https://help.apple.com/photos/mac/1.0/?lang=en#/
- Support Page for Photos: Photos - Official Apple Support
- Trouble Shooting: Get help with the Photos app on your Mac - Apple Support
- Raw Support:
- Photos 8.0 Raw Support (macOS Ventura, iOS 16, iPadOS 16)Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura - Apple Support
- Photos 7.0 Raw Support (macOS Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15)Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey - Apple Support
- Photos 6.0 Raw Support (macOS Big Sur, iOS 14, iPadOS 14): Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur - Apple Support
- Photos 5.0 Raw Support (macOS Catalina, iOS 13, iPadOS 13): Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and macOS Catalina - Apple Support
- Photos 4.0 Raw Support (Mojave, iOS 12): Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 12 and macOS Mojave - Apple Support
- Photos 3.0 Raw Support (High Sierra, iOS 11): Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra - Apple Support
- Photos 2.0 RAW Support (Sierra, iOS 10): Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 10 and macOS Sierra - Apple Support
- Photos 1.1 Raw Support (El Capitan): Digital camera RAW formats supported by OS X El Capitan - Apple Support
- Get help with the Photos app on your Mac - Apple Support
- iCloud Photos (www.icloud.com): https://help.apple.com/icloud/?lang=en-us#/mm8b32f3ae27
- iCloud Help: https://help.apple.com/icloud/#mmd0558ce3
- MacOS X User Guide: Welcome to macOS - Apple Support
- System Information: Welcome to System Information on Mac - Apple Support
- Video Tutorials:
- Full List of Playlists: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYFQ33UIPERYx8-ZHucZbDA/playlists
- Photos for Mac Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIl2EzNYri0fcECWGwTIlzZfrAm4hadvc
- MacOS X Playlists: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIl2EzNYri0ft32loZqEkeI9A6kqVmGqW
- Knowledge Base Articles
- iCloud Photo Library:
- If your iCloud Photos aren't syncing to your device - Apple Support
- If you can't connect or sign in to iCloud - Apple Support
- iCloud: Use iCloud Photo Library on your Windows computer
- Check the status of your library in Photos for macOS - Apple Support
- Wayback machine version: Use Photos and iCloud Photo Library on multiple Mac computers - Apple Support (User Tip: Use Photos and iCloud Photos on multiple … - Apple Community)
- Wayback Machine: How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture https://web.archive.org/web/20190515155043/https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204478
- Keep your photos safely stored and up to date on all of your devices - Apple Support
- Get help with iCloud Photos - Apple Support
- Get help with your iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support
- iCloud Photo Library FAQ- Apple Support
- iCloud storage plans and pricing - Apple Support
- Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud - Apple Support
- What's the difference between device storage and iCloud storage?
- Photo Library:
- Updating from iPhoto to Photos for macOS (archive copy) (broken link: Updating from iPhoto to Photos for macOS - Apple Support)
- Migrate your Aperture libraries to Photos or Adobe Lightroom Classic - Apple Support
- Find your pictures or albums after you migrate a library to Photos - Apple Support
- How Photos displays Smart Albums from iPhoto or Aperture https://web.archive.org/web/20160702021201/https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204487
- Control access to your photos on Mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/control-access-to-your-photos-on-mac-mchl244f2895/mac
- Restore a library from Time Machine in Photos on Mac - Apple Support
- Back up the library in Photos on Mac - Apple Support
- Combine libraries in Photos - Apple Support
- Get help with the Photos app on your Mac - Apple Support
- If Photos can't create, upgrade, or open your library because of file system issues - Apple Support.
- If Photos can’t copy or create a library - Apple Support
- How to use the Photos library repair tool - Apple Support
- Sharing photo libraries among multiple users - Apple Support (Archived 2016-09-24)
- (Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20190212080805/https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204476) (no longer available: Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support)
- Using third-party apps to remove duplicate photos might damage your Photos for macOS library - Apple Support
- Get help with missing photos - Apple Support
- Using the iPhoto Library Upgrader tool - Apple Support
- RAW Support
- How the Photos app and iCloud Photos handle RAW images - Apple Support
- Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and macOS Catalina - Apple Support
- Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 12 and macOS Mojave - Apple Support
- Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra - Apple Support
- Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 10 and macOS Sierra - Apple Support
- Digital camera RAW formats supported by OS X El Capitan - Apple Support
- Digital camera RAW formats supported by OS X Yosemite - Apple Support
- Aperture 3 - RAW Formats - Technical Specifications
- Sharing and Formats
- Videos
- https://web.archive.org/web/20240123090939/https://support.apple.com/en-us/102232 deprecated link: About legacy media in iMovie for macOS - Apple Support
- If you can't play videos in Photos on your Mac - Apple Support
- Play HDR video on Mac: Play HDR video on Mac – Apple Support (UK)
- QuickTime Player converts legacy media files before playing them - Apple Support
- About Apple ProRes - Apple Support
- External Drives:
- Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support
- Checking the format of a drive: How to choose between APFS and Mac OS Extended when formatting a disk for Mac - Apple Support
- Reformatting a drive: Erase a volume using Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support
- Print Products:
- Use Project Extensions to order print products in Photos after September 30, 2018
- Create and order print products in Photos with Project Extensions Create and order print products in Photos with Project Extensions - Apple Support
- Photos 3.0 Version of Check and review a project before you order using Photos on Mac - Apple Support
- Archived version of HT201504 "Preview a print project in Photos or iPhoto to avoid issues": https://web.archive.org/web/20170614002828/https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201504
- Archived version of HT201882 "Details about books, cards, and calendars ordered in Photos for OSX and iPhoto): https://web.archive.org/web/20170614002846/https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201882
- Turn off the auto-fill option in Photos projects - Apple Support
- System Services:
- Spotlight: Search with Spotlight on Mac - Apple Support
- Time Machine: Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac - Apple Support
- Windows->Mac Terminology: What’s it called on my Mac? - Apple Support
- System Problems:
- Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version - Apple Support
- 32-bit app compatibility with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 and later - Apple Support
- Resolve issues caused by changing the permissions of items in your home folder (wayback Machine); dead link: Resolve issues caused by changing the permissions of items in your home folder - Apple Support
- How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
- Get help with video issues on external displays connected to your Mac - Apple Support
- About macOS Recovery - Apple Support
- Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac - Apple Support
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200401214326/https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443 (broken link: Isolating an issue by using another user account)
- Graphics performance limited in macOS Recovery, safe mode, or Guest User mode
- How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac - Apple Support (August 14,2020)
- macOS Sierra: Set up users, guests, and groups on your Mac
- What is 'Other' and 'Purgeable' in About This Mac? - Apple Support
- How to free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support
- See used and available storage space on your Mac https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/system-information/syspf9b375b9/11.0/mac/11.0
- If you can’t move or copy a file or folder on Mac - Apple Support
- Resolve issues caused by changing the permissions of items in your home folder - Apple Support (archived version)
- See how apps affect Mac performance, battery runtime, temperature, and fan activity - Apple Support
- About legacy system extensions – Apple Support
- About incompatible media in iMovie for macOS - Apple Support
- Detailed and Effective Bug Reporting - Apple Community
- Feedback - Photos - Apple
- Resetting the Mac when it is misbehaving
- Importing from an iOS device:
- Use iCloud Photos on iPad iPadOS13- Apple Support
- Use iCloud Photos on iPhone iOS13 - Apple Support
- Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
- Photos says unlock iPhone when trying import in Photos and then No Photos show
- If iTunes doesn't recognize your iPhone, iPad, or iPod - Apple Support
- iTunes/Mac OS/iOS compatibility | Communities
- If you can't import photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer - Apple Support
- Resolve issues between iTunes and third-party security software - Apple Support
- Use Continuity Camera on your Mac - Apple Support
- Scan images in Image Capture on Mac - Apple Support
- Clear Other storage on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
- If your iPhone is stuck on the Apple logo
- iOS update and restore errors
- If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch won't turn on or is frozen
- If you see error 9, 4005, 4013, or 4014 when you restore your iOS device - Apple Support
- Syncing with iTunes:
- Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes on your computer using USB - Apple Support
- Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes using Wi-Fi - Apple Support
- iTunes: Unable to sync photos - Apple Support
- Ports and Services: About macOS, iOS, and iTunes server host connections and iTunes background processes - Apple Support
- About the iPod Photo Cache folder - Apple Support
- About the 'Trust This Computer' alert on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
- My Photo Stream and Shared Albums
- My Photo Stream - Apple Support
- Get help with My Photo Stream - Apple Support
- My Photo Stream and Shared Albums limits - Apple Support
- How to share albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac How to share albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Apple Support
- Use Shared Albums in Photos - Apple Support
- If Shared Albums aren't working - Apple Support
- Security Issues and AppleID:
- Personal Safety User Guide for Apple devices
- Avoid phishing emails, fake 'virus' alerts, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
- If your Apple ID is locked or disabled - Apple Support
- Find My iPhone Activation Lock - Apple Support
- Activation Lock for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
- Set up Family Sharing – Apple Support
- What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac - Apple Support
- Report a lost or stolen Apple product - Apple Support
- Checklist: If you want to see if anyone else has access to your device or accounts
- Checklist: If you want to stop sharing with someone whom you previously shared with
- If you want to make sure no one else can see your location
- If you think your Apple ID has been compromised - Apple Support
- Subscriptions and Billing: Subscriptions and Billing - Official Apple Support
- FullScreen Mode, Function Keys, Touch Bar:
- Desktop Wallpaper:
- iCloud Photo Library:
- User Tips in the German Communities:
- Aperture user Tips:
- Old Toad's Tutorials: www.oldtoad.net/TT/No.P01.html
The previous version of this user Tip with the old links is here: Thematic Index to Photos for Mac Related … - Apple Community
Comments
Dec 11, 2018 7:19 AM
This user tip is still under construction - just to test the editing tools.
Jan 28, 2019 10:55 AM
Here's a working link to gail form main's iCloud Deconstructed tip:
iCloud Deconstructed - Apple Community
Jan 28, 2019 11:10 AM
Thank you, OT. It is great that the hosts recovered Gai's user tip.
I updated the link in this User Tip.
Aug 21, 2019 7:24 PM
This is amazing!
Nov 3, 2019 9:04 AM
Thank you, welafever!
Nov 22, 2019 9:59 AM
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Sep 24, 2022 12:56 AM
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