Disaster strikes in Photos 10.0 - Retouch tool is GONE

[Cheap_n_Easy]

I posted on Apple forums as well. Nobody knew when updating to Sequoia 15.1 with Photos 10.0 that the hugely useful retouch tool to eliminate specks and other photo issues would just be gone from the new version. Now that I and many other users have seen that and tried to use the AI clean-up tool it is crystal clear that the clean-up AI tool is no replacement for the touch-up tool. Why does Apple keep giving users a MAJOR middle finger all the time removing incredibly valuable stuff;? I still remember when Apple just shut down Aperture cold and thousands of photographers were left hanging with millions of pictures in Aperture libraries and edited but Apple just didn't care. This is another case JSTFU from Apple

 

[Bazza1]

Yes, Clean Up is no replacement for Retouch - especially if you attempt to remove a portion of the pic that the new app thinks is a face - all you end up with is pixelation.
Perhaps after they gut Pixelmator (which they recently bought), they'll add back useful manipulation tools from that product back into Photos.

My current work-around is to Airdrop the pic over to my 2017 Air (still running Monterey), do the fix and then Airdrop back. Tedious, but it works. Oh, and I never keep my pics in Photos to begin with - as whims by Apple and their decisions about their proprietary software often bite their users in the ass.

 

[kagharaht]

Yeah thats a bonehead move. When I first saw the changed after the update I'm thinking that's incredibly stupid. Now I have to export it and use Pixelmator Pro and then reimport it back to Photos..

 

[MajorFubar]

As always with Apple, the big news is not what they've given us, it's the stuff they've silently taken away, with, I guarantee you, absolutely zero user-research to prove it's what customers want.

 

[kagharaht]

I simply can't stand this retouch tool in Photos. It's a bonehead design and ridiculous to use PERIOD. I have to export it Pixelmator Pro and retouch there and then reimport it back. I mean is there a way to change this in Photos? Who tested and approve this really dumb design for the clean up tool???