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With iCloud Photos, your photos and videos are always with you, no matter which device you’re using. Take a photo on your iPhone and it appears automatically in Photos on your Mac.
Make good photos great
You don’t have to be a pro to edit like one—use the Photos editing tools to give your pictures just the right look. You can crop and straighten, remove red-eye or blemishes, improve light and color, and more.
Enjoy the memories
See Import photos from Mail, Safari, and other apps. By default, imported photos are copied into the Photos library. If you prefer, you can store photos and videos outside the Photos library—for example, in a folder on your Mac or on an external hard drive—and still view them in Photos. Make good photos great. You don’t have to be a pro to edit like one—use the Photos editing tools to give your pictures just the right look. You can crop and straighten, remove red-eye or blemishes, improve light and color, and more.
Memories intelligently curates your photos and videos to find trips, holidays, people, pets, and more, then presents them in beautiful collections and Memory Movies—complete with theme music, titles, and cinematic transitions.
Share with family and friends
And when you have great photos that you just have to share, create a shared album and invite family and friends to view it.
To browse the Photos User Guide, click Table of Contents at the top of the page.
If you need more help, visit the Photos Support website.
Find the status bar
To see how many photos and videos are in your library, select Photos, click Moments, then scroll to the bottom. If you have iCloud Photos turned on, the status bar also shows how the photo library on your Mac compares to what's in iCloud Photos. If you're uploading photos to iCloud Photos, you can click Pause or Resume here.
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Manage Items on This Mac Only
If there are 'referenced' photos or videos in the library on your Mac, you might see Items on This Mac Only in the status bar. Referenced items aren't uploaded to iCloud Photos, and aren't available on other devices. If you want to include them in iCloud Photos, here's what to do:
- Choose File > New Smart Album.
- Name the Smart Album 'Referenced' and select Photo - is - referenced. Click OK.
- Select 'Referenced' in the left sidebar.
- Press Command-A to select all the photos in the Smart Album, and then choose File > Consolidate.
If you can't upload photos from your Mac
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Unable to Upload [#] Items appears if there are any photos or videos on your Mac that couldn't be uploaded to iCloud Photos. You might be able to fix this with steps below, but edits and keywords that you applied to these photos will be lost.
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- Create a new Smart Album by choosing File > New Smart Album.
- Name the Smart Album 'Unable to Upload' and set the three pop-up menus to Photo - is - unable to upload to iCloud Photos.
- Select 'Unable to Upload' in the left sidebar.
- Press Command-A to select all the photos in the Smart Album, and then choose File > Export > Export Unmodified Original For (#) Photos.
- In the dialogs that follow, choose the file name format and location for the exported photos. Click Export, then click Export Originals.
- After the photos export, make sure the photos are all still selected in the Smart Album. Then right-click or Control-click one of them, and choose Delete (#) Photos from the menu that appears.
- Click Delete, then click OK.
- To import the photos back into your library, choose File > Import and find the images in the location you chose in step 5.