Book description
Apple’s new Photos app lets you do a whole lot more than simply store and edit pictures and videos on a Mac or iOS device. With this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn how to import, organize, and share your digital memories, as well as how to improve, print, and use your photos in creative projects. With Lesa Snider’s step-by-step instructions and expert advice, you’ll master Photos and tame your image library—and have fun along the way!
The important stuff you need to know:
- Migrate from iPhoto. Learn how to make a quick and smooth transition.
- Organize your collection with ease. Master the many ways to import, group, and categorize images—and set up iCloud Family Sharing.
- Find your photos quickly. Employ Photos’ powerful labeling, keyword and facial recognition features to optimize searches.
- Sharpen your editing skills. Skillfully use Photos’ impressive image- and video-editing tools on your Mac or iOS device.
- Access photos anywhere. Sync your library to all of your Apple devices so your photos travel with you wherever you go.
- Share them online. Show your shots to everyone on your list by using shared albums, creating web galleries, posting them on Facebook, and more.
- Dive into creative projects. Build pro-level slideshows to share with others, and create gorgeous gift books, calendars, and cards.
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Table of contents
- Photos for Mac and iOS: The Missing Manual
- Foreword
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
- 1. Getting Started with Photos
- 2. Importing Pictures and Videos
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3. Viewing and Organizing Your Images
- Photosâ Views
- Viewing, Opening, and Scrolling
- Selecting and Hiding Files
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The Wide World of Albums
- Creating an Album
- Adding files to an Album
- Viewing an Album
- Changing an Albumâs Key Photo (Mac only)
- Renaming an Album
- Moving Files Between Albums
- Removing Files from an Album
- Duplicating Files
- Sorting Thumbnails in Albums
- Sorting Album Thumbnails
- Duplicating an Album
- Merging Albums
- Deleting an Album
- Smart Albums
- Using Folders
- The Mighty Info Panel
- Deleting Pictures and Videos
- Accessing Your Photos Library on the Web
- 4. Finding Pictures
- 5. Improving Your Pictures
- 6. Slideshows and Movies
- 7. Printing Your Photos
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8. Sharing and Exporting
- Sharing via Email
- Sharing via Text Message
- Sharing Online
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Using iCloud Photo Sharing
- Turning on iCloud Photo Sharing
- Creating a Shared Album
- Adding Content to a Shared Album
- Deleting and Unsubscribing from a Shared Album
- Letting Subscribers Add to a Shared Album
- Managing Subscribers
- Publishing a Shared Album on the Web
- Downloading Shared Content
- Adding and Viewing Comments
- Family Sharing
- Sharing via AirDrop
- Desktops, Lock Screens, and Wallpaper
- Photos: The Best Screensaver in the West
- Exporting from Photos
- 9. Creating Custom Books, Calendars, and Cards
- 10. Managing Your Library
- A. Troubleshooting
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Photos for Mac and iOS: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2015
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781491938539
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