On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, the Photos app is organized into Photos, For You, Albums, and Search. The all-new Photos tab makes it easy to find, relive, and share your photos and videos by Years, Months, and Days.
When you turn on iCloud Photos, your collection is kept up to date across your devices, so navigating your library always feels familiar. And thanks to the advanced search features in Photos, you can find pictures based on a person, place, object, or event.
First things first
- Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS, and your Mac to the latest version of macOS.
- Set up iCloud on all of your devices and make sure that you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.
Photos
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Enjoy a curated view of your best moments in the Photos tab and browse by Years, Months, Days, or All Photos for your complete library. See Live Photos and videos come to life as you scroll and browse.
- Years: View your entire library of all the photos and videos that you've taken each year. Swipe to scan some of the highlights.
- Months: See groups of photos and videos taken during each month by memories and locations. Tap to share or play a movie created from your favorite moments.
- Days: Browse your best photos of the day and watch some of your videos automatically play as you scroll. Tap a photo and swipe up to see its location on a map, and the people in it.
- All Photos: See your complete photo library including screenshots and duplicate photos in the order they were taken.
Live Photos and videos won't autoplay in Photos when Low Power Mode is enabled.
For You
In the For You section of Photos for iOS, you can see Shared Album activity, get ideas for adding effects to select photos, and find Sharing Suggestions — collections of photos perfect for sharing with friends.
For You also helps you relive your favorite moments with Memories. Photos searches your photos and videos to find events, trips, people, and more, then presents them in beautiful collections. That way you can rediscover a weekend hike or big events like a first birthday.
On your Mac, you can find Memories in the Photos sidebar.
Albums
In Albums, you find the photo albums that you’ve created, Shared Albums that you've created or joined, and automatic collections of different types of photos and videos, like Panoramas, Selfies, Slo-mo, and Time Lapse. You can even look at your photos arranged on a world map in the Places album, or browse your photos based on who’s in them in the People album.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, the All Photos album shows your entire collection in the order you added them to your library. To get a similar view on your Mac, click Photos in the sidebar, then select the Photos tab at the top of the window.
Photos makes it easy to keep your collection organized just the way you want. And when you use iCloud Photos, the changes you make to your albums on one device appear on your other devices too.
Create a new album
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Go to Albums and tap the Add button . Enter an album name, then choose the photos and videos that you want to organize in the new album.
On your Mac: Choose File > New Album. Enter an album name, then click Photos in the sidebar. Drag photos and videos from the Photos view into the new album in the sidebar. Alternatively, you can select the photos that you’d like to add to an album, control-click, then choose Add to > New Album.
Photos on your Mac also lets you create Smart Albums that automatically update based on criteria that you choose. For example, you can create a Smart Album filled with photos taken in the last 30 days. Choose File > New Smart Album, enter an album name, and then choose the conditions that you want to use.
Add to an existing album
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Tap Select and then tap the photos and videos that you want to add. Tap Add To and choose the album.
On your Mac: Drag photos and videos from the Photos view into the new album in the sidebar. Or select the photos you’d like to add to an album, control-click, then choose Add to > [Album Name].
Manage your albums
If you want to change the name of an album that you've created, go to Albums, then tap See All. Tap Edit, tap the name of the album, and then change the album name. On your Mac, select the album, then type a new name.
To rearrange albums on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap Albums, then tap See All next to My Albums. Tap Edit. Then tap and hold an album and drag it where you want it to go. Tap Done when you're finished.
To rearrange albums on your Mac, click My Albums, then drag an album where you want it to go. You can also Control-click My Albums, then choose Sort and choose to sort your albums alphabetically or by date.
Shared Albums
Looking for a place to gather and share everyone's photos from the family reunion? Shared Albums let you do just that.
When you have a photo, video, or album that you want to share, tap or click the Share button and choose Shared Albums. You can invite up to 100 of your friends and family to see your Shared Albums. Then they can like, comment, and even add their own photos.
In the Albums view, you can see all of the Shared Albums that you've created and others' Shared Albums that you've joined. On your Mac, Shared Albums appear in the Photos sidebar. You can also go to the For You tab (or the sidebar on your Mac) to view recent Shared Album activity. You'll see likes and comments on your shared photos, and new photos from other people's Shared Albums.
Search your photos
The Photos app makes it easy to find photos of a person or thing. You can also search for places and events.
Tap the Search tab, then enter a term in the search bar. On your Mac, the search bar is in the upper-right corner of Photos.
- People: Find photos in your library of a specific person or a group of people. Just keep names and faces organized in your People album.
- Places: See all of your photos and videos on a map in Places. Or type a location name in the Search bar to see all of the photos and videos from that place.
- Things: Photos recognizes scenes and objects. Search for a term like 'lake' and then select a category result to see all of your photos that match.
- Events: Search for an event — for example, a concert you attended a few months ago — and Photos for iOS can use the time and location of your photos along with online event listings to find matching photos.
The Search tab in Photos for iOS also suggests moments, people, places, categories, and groups for you to search. Tap a suggested search, such as One Year Ago or Cats, to explore and rediscover your photos.
When you search your photos, all of the face recognition and scene and object detection are done completely on your device. Learn more about photos and your privacy.
Projects on your Mac
With Projects on your Mac, you can turn your photos into keepsakes using easy-to-use, powerful Project Extensions.
To create impressive websites, collages, photo albums, wall decor, and more, download extensions from the Mac App Store. Then go to File > Create and choose the extension that you’d like to use.
If you want to finish a project that you've already started or reorder something, go to the My Projects tab in the sidebar to see your full list.
Learn more
- Learn how to take and edit photos on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Or how to edit photos on your Mac.
- Manage and store your photos in iCloud Photos.
- Make the most of the Photos app on your Mac.
No matter whether you are a Windows user or a Mac user, you are always in need of a photo manager app in order to organize your photos in a better way and to minimize the space occupied in your drives due to the unwanted duplicate photos. Below I have mentioned some of the best photo management software with a brief description of each of them for you to have a look at:
PART 1. Best Photo Organizing Software For Mac
1) Mylio
Although it is not totally free, yet Mylio is one of the best photo organizer apps which can manage to accumulate all your videos, photos, and documents at one place or library. It is the best tool to organize and protect your pictures without disturbing your privacy. Once you import your pictures from online platforms (like facebook etc.) directly into this photo manager tool, it makes use of the calendar app to organize pictures. The free version of this software can manage up to 25000 photos and 3 devices, but if your requirement is more than that you can go for a premium plan which starts at the rate of $8.33/month.
2) Capture One
Capture One is the software for Mac users who are willing to have a photo management software which also offers advanced photo editing tools just like Photoshop. Yes, you heard it right. Capture One comes with such advanced features and functionalities to fulfill your photo editing needs also. It has the capability to collect and organize thousands of your photos in order to make you have better control over your vast collection of photos. It is not free software but you can try its 30-day free trial before making the buying decision.
3) Unbound
Unbound also offers a free trial which you can try before making the final buying decision. The important thing to be noted about this photo organizer for Mac is that it stores and organizes your photos in albums instead of the library. You can make use of your keyboard for navigating the library. Moreover, the photo organizing process in this software is quite fast and easy to execute.
4) Apple Photos
Whenever you buy a computer or laptop (with Mac), the photo management software which is already installed in it by default is the Apple Photos. Although it is free software, yet it is fully capable of organizing your photos very efficiently in the library. It can create albums and also sort your media files by date.
5) Adobe Bridge
Another one of the best photo organizing software for Mac users is Adobe Bridge. The software allows you to import and export the photos in bulk quantity. With the flexibility of drag and drop functionality, this photo manager software makes it easy for you to organize your image files in the best way. You can easily categorize your photos in folders and also tag them with ratings. The facility to set the centralized color preferences for your images is also another important feature of this photo manager.
PART 2. Windows 10 Picture Manager Software
1) Magix Photo Manager
The photo management software that I would like to present at first in this list of the best Windows 10 picture manager software is Magix Photo Manager. This software makes the process of importing your photos to your computer very fast and helps in collecting all the photos in one place. It not only helps in organizing your photos, creating albums and removing duplicate photos but it also offers some photo editing tools like a cropping tool, red-eye removal tool, etc.
2) PhotoQt
PhotoQt is another photo manager for Windows users and it is worth paying attention. Its feature of creating thumbnail cookie makes it a fast processing app. Although the interface that it comes with is a very basic type of interface; yet the functionalities that it offers are a bit advanced. Using this software, you can easily perform tasks like color tweaks, rotation correction, etc. Moreover, you can directly set an image as your wallpaper.
However, if you want to remove something unwanted from the photo before setting it as your wallpaper, this PhotoQt is not able to help you. To make your photo a perfect one without any unwanted objects spoiling its overall aesthetic, this Photo Eraser editor is what you need. It is not only able to remove censored parts from pictures, but also erase watermarks, texts, tourists, facial blemishes, etc from photos.
Photo Organizer For Mac
3) Nikon ViewNX-i
It is a photo organizer app for Windows 10 (by Nikon) which can not only organize your photos but can also help you enhance them after shooting. Using this software, you can also play a slideshow of your photos in order to present them in front of someone else or just for your own review. Moreover, the app also allows you to create a video by adding a music track to the collection of your photos.
4) Pictomio
Pictomio is the photo management software which, along with being one of the best photo organizer apps for Windows, comes with some additional features. One of these important features of this software is its ability to convert normal photos into 3D photos. It also offers various types of filters to handle the images in bulk. In order to make it easy for you to find the right images whenever you need them, the software also offers the functionality to label the photos. Moreover, with the use of this app, you can also play a slideshow of your photos for the purpose of presentation.
5) Phototheca Organizer
Phototheca is one of the best image management software which can help you organize your photos in a better way. With this amazing software, the size of the thumbnails of your photos can also be adjusted. It also comes with some photo editing tools which you can use to edit your photos in full screen. Moreover, the software supports multiple formats of images and videos. Phototheca is free to use up to 5000 photos. If your requirement is more than that, you can decide to buy its pro version.
6) PicaJet Photo Organizer
When it comes to a photo manager which can also be used on a network, PicaJet Photo Organiser is the software which is going to fulfill this requirement. This software facilitates you to sync your photos on network, manage them and get them back whenever you are in need of them. It supports various formats of images and videos. Along with other features of photo-organization, this software also comes with a feature to help you lock your private photos and view your images as timelines.
For those who are up with the cloud, we also recommend that you upload photos from your computer to the cloud service which is able to protect your memories in case of loss, corruption and even theft. Besides PicaJet, there are also many other image hosting services like Flickr that can help you achieve that goal.
Final Words
There are many other photo management software for Mac and Windows but the software packages listed above are the best and hand-picked software for you to confidently go for. These software’s will provide you with the best way to organize photos, and make your photo organization process quite fast and easy.