

The top bar switches the sorting method: Photos shows everything, Moments is probably the most useful, Collections shows a wider view, and Years is only useful for extensive libraries.Īll of this organization is automatic, which is great for most people. If you’re looking for photos you took on vacation, they’ll be easy to find in here. People: Scans faces in your pictures and groups them together, useful for finding pictures of friends and family.If you’re looking for photos of a particular event, look here. Memories: Scans your library, looks for clusters of pictures and groups them together.Photos: All your photos, with no sorting.

You can use the sidebar to control the view you see, including: Photos is great at keeping your photos organized. Choose Photos > Preferences or press Command-Comma to open the settings: If you have your photos in iCloud, or on your iPhone, Photos will sync them all together. It will still add all the photos to your main photo library. Otherwise, you can select just the images you want to import and then click the “Import Selected” button. By default, images are just imported to your Library, but you can also import them to a new album if you want to stay a little more organized. If you want to import all the pictures in the folder, go ahead and click the “Import All New Photos” button. Next, you can review the pictures you want to import. Once you select your folder, hit the “Review For Import” button. Here, we’ve selected a folder from which to import. You can import photos by dragging them from Finder, pulling them from a camera, or selecting a folder and then choosing the pictures to import. If you have other pictures you want to import into Photos, select File > Import or press Shift+Command+I to open the import window. You can always set it up later if you don’t want to do it right away.Īfter that, you’ll find yourself in the main Photos window. If you do, go ahead and click the “Use iCloud Photos” button. When you open up the app for the first time, you’re asked if you want to link you iCloud.
