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  1. K

    Changing perspective

    f I’m taking photos of family or children, I probably wouldn’t change the perspective afterward because that’s how I want the photo—and the memory—to be preserved. Still, it’s fun to experiment with these tools. Here are two photos of my cat. One is the original, and the other has been edited...
    • Kottu
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    • apple intelligence ios27 photos app
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iOS 27
  2. D

    iPhone Easier way to get to Photo map in Photos app?

    Apple seems to have really buried the Photos map that shows your pictures by location across a global map. Now, I have to go to Collection, scroll down to Utilities, then scroll over 4 rows of different utilities to get to the last one -- "Map". Looking on the internet searches, setting up a...
  3. U

    Photos app: Adjusted Date/ Time, and Location are not stored into ExiF values of the image file.

    In Photos app, the Adjust buttons (for Date/ Time, and Location) does not change and overwrite ExiF values of the image file. As a result of which, the Date values, and Location values entered by the user by using Adjust button, are visible only while the photo is viewed on the primary device on...
    • uandme72
    • Thread
    • incorrect exif photos app
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: iOS 26
  4. Morac

    Can’t create photo memories 4 days after restore says still analyzing photos

    My M4 ipad Pro had been able to create memories after updating to iPadOS 26, but I did a restore on it to try and fix a different issue. That was on Tuesday. It’s now Saturday and I still can’t create memories on it as it says it’s unavailable until there are more photos and videos available...
    • Morac
    • Thread
    • memories photos photos app searching
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iOS 26
  5. mrianforest

    Apple Photos - Can't add new images/folders

    I have several Apple Photos libraries for different things. In the past few days, I have not been able to add any new media, create new folders, galleries or anything...on any of the libraries however my main iCloud library seems unaffected. Any ideas?
  6. Alvi

    What Happens to Time Machine Backups When an External Drive that's supposed to get backed up (e.g. Photos Library SSD) Is Temporarily Unavailable?

    Hi all, I’m using Time Machine to back up my Mac via my Synology NAS, and I have my full Photos Library stored on an external SSD. This drive isn’t always connected — sometimes I disconnect it for weeks at a time. My question is: If the external SSD is not connected when Time Machine runs a...
  7. L

    Warning: the Photos app mysteriously deleted all my photos

    Hey just wanted to report that all of the photos I had dropped into the Photos app on my MacBook Pro (bought Feb. '24) mysteriously disappeared, which I discovered yesterday. All of the albums I created to organize them remained, but there were absolutely no photos left. 3 employees at tech...
    • LM807
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    • backup glitch photos app
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  8. M

    Enhanced Visual Search not working?

    Hi, Recently I've updated my MBP M1 Pro to Sequoia 15.3.1 from the latest Sonoma and noticed that probably Enhanced Visual Search stopped working or wasn't working at all: initially, when the Sequoia was installed I noticed a label "Looking for location" or something similar when I was clicking...
  9. A

    Photos stuck indexing for months - and 'annotate on iPad' not remaining activated (15.3.1)

    There seems to be much discussion on the first part of my issue, but no solution(s) - but I can find nothing at all on the second. It's been stuck 'indexing' for months - literally months. It was broken in 15.3 (pretty certain it was fine prior to that), and I hoped that updating to 15.3.1...
  10. redAPPLE

    <?> Best Practice: How to manage Photos Library<?>

    hello. i have a number of macs (old and newer ones). my photos library is stored in an external drive. once i connect and open the photos library in my e.g. macos sonoma mac, i could open the library and use it. connecting it to the older macs, it says that the library is not compatible etc...
  11. DC41

    It's a long shot, but any apps that can read/write Mac's "Photos Library.photoslibrary" db?

    My fruitless searching leads me to believe there is no such beast, but I thought I would post here just in case my search-foo is weak today. Is there any other app besides Photos.app that can read and write to the "Photos Library.photoslibrary" database on my Mac? I would like to continue to...
    • DC41
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    • photos app replace photos app
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Photography
  12. BaldiMac

    Problems with Photos app functionality

    I like most of the changes to the new Photos app, but I've run into a few problems with my workflow. They all apply to the Mac version as well. 1. "Recently Viewed". There should be a way to disable this. Or at least clear the history. It's a privacy issue. 2. Slideshows. There no longer...
    • BaldiMac
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    • ios 18 photos app sequoia
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iOS 18
  13. randomgeeza

    Photos App on iPad/iOS 18 Stutters

    Really poor experience when using the new Photos app, the side menu stutters and jumps when you click through Albums. The stutter seems to affect the device for a short while after minimising/closing the app. Poor layout and unnecessary side bar entries which cannot be removed or edited...
    • randomgeeza
    • Thread
    • ios18 ipad iphone photos app
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 18
  14. G

    Apple's "Photos" App freezes up intermittently

    Why is Apple's "Photos" App freezing up on my Mac Mini M2, 24gb RAM with Sonoma 14.6.1? This just started a couple of weeks ago. I had to force quit the first time. Tonight it froze again. I was able to close it. I opened it again and it froze again, but only for a moment. ~gwd
  15. HugoBertrand

    Apple photos-RAW files

    Hello all. I haven't found my answer on the web so I'll try here and see if anyone knows. I imported a bunch of RAW files in my photo library and I would like to export them as RAW to edit them in my photo edit app. Apple photos do not let you export them as RAW. Is there a reason? How can I...
  16. halloleo

    Photos app creates green bands in JPEG/TIFF exports of HEIC images from iPhone.

    When I now export HEIC picture on my Intel Macbook running Monterey to JEPG or TIIFF, I get strange green bands in the lower half of the image. I attach a sample export at the bottom of this post. What can I do about this? Is this a Monterey thing? Or a Intel Mac thing? Can I use another tool...
    • halloleo
    • Thread
    • artefacts corrupt image intel mac monterey photos app
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Photography
  17. 2024

    Resolved missing photos in Family Sharing

    I’m having a small issue with Family Sharing in my iMac’s Photos app, and hope someone can help me get it sorted. The problem is that, in my user account, Family Sharing shows only the photos that have been shared since getting the Mac a few months ago. However, in my wife’s account everything...
    • 2024
    • Thread
    • family sharing photos app
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  18. M

    Extract GPS from Photos (Mac)

    I'm running macOS Monterey. Is there a way to extract GPS coordinates from photos on macOS's Photos?
  19. RhetTbull

    makelive: Convert non-iPhone photos/videos to Live Photo pairs

    Apple Live Photos are a pair of a still image (.JPEG or .HEIC) and a video file (.MOV). Non-Apple phones can generate these same types of images but when importing to Photos, they won't be associated together as a Live Photo pair and will be imported as separate images. Live Photos have a...
  20. H

    Photos app loses connection to library

    I have my main Photos library on an external SSD, and it works fine except for one thing: from time to time, perhaps once a month, it suddenly does not „see“ the library any more. When I restart Photos, it says the library is used by another program and I should chose another library which is...
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