The Photos App for iPhone is AMAZING! Here's how to use it!

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The Photos App on your iPhone is super powerful, but I reckon most people don't really know how to use it (that's certainly the feedback I get, when I speak to 99% of iPhone users). So in this video, we're going to take a deep-dive into the Photos app for iPhone.
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Chapters;
0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Basic Navigation
4:12 - Photo Search
5:22 - Captions
6:14 - iCloud Albums
8:25 - Favourites
8:56 - Media Types
9:50 - Utilities
11:17 - Hidden Album
12:22 - Editing Photos
13:57 - Live Photo Editing
14:45 - Live Photo Wallpaper
15:45 - Memories
17:26 - Photo Info
18:20 - Visual Lookup
19:00 - Live Text

[@dallasyoung]

TIP: When selecting multiple photos, you can drag your finger across each row to select all the photos you drag your finger across. If you continue dragging but now downward, it will select the next row and so forth. Drag in the reverse directions to deselect. Try it out!

[@remowall1]

Brilliant! Thank you❤

[@mohamedelasuty1]

yes I did .. thanks ..

[@NanaStillLearning]

I’m on my fourth video and all are now saved to Favorites folder. Each topic so clearly explained without the theatrics some use in videos. Keep up the great work.

[@dianaalvarado1451]

I love the hidden feature! I've been looking for something like this for a while. I want to keep all my photos, but it stresses me out seeing how many I have and seeing them all appear at once. I love being able to hide all old photos and focus only on the most recent ones - feels like I'm making space for the future. Thank you!

[@clitheroeant]

This was an incredibly informative video. As you said, I, like many of your audience, probably make use of the Photos app almost daily. I was unaware of about 75% of the functionality of this very powerful app until I watched this. Thank you very much!

[@foxdavani4091]

I've been using an iohone on and off for a decade now and this video had some really useful things I never knew. By the way, I love how you tied the square space ad into the video. Ive used them before and they are awesome. Keep on going my friend. You have a very calming voice that makes your videos very nice to listen to while experimenting with my iphone.

[@d.sintic7731]

You had me at immediately at the start, “Tap library to go back to newest photos”! Whoa! This saves me a lot of time not have to scroll all the way down !

[@marymaryquitecontrary]

I didn't know at least 90% of this! Now I might get around to organizing photos enough to not embarrass myself (non)locating an individual photo to show a friend.

[@julz63]

I have an acquired brain injury so I use my iPhone to capture images of my day to day, so that I can aid my short term memory issues. It’s been an absolutely essential tool for me to use so that I can find my car or have visual cues to access my memories. I love the memory videos my iPhone can collate for me, I honestly don’t know what I would do without my iPhone camera, and the simple things the Photo App can perform is perfect for me. Your video was great, giving me a few things I didn’t already know about. I’m in Australia, and the sparkle ✨ info tab works here too. I like to find out the names of plants and that works brilliantly. I love that Live Photo tip you shared too for setting as Wallpaper 👌🏽❤️

[@qwincyq6412]

I’m also in the ABI community and your tip is excellent to help with our common memory issues. I’ll be sharing it with my friends with ABI.

[@ktkt1825]

I hope you may heal from your injury. I had one many years ago from a bad bicycle crash, and my short-term memory and spatial awareness was literally gone. It did take about three years, but those functions have rebuilt. The brain has the capability to rewire (plasticity), albeit slowly. Rest and recover. Good luck to you!

[@julz63]

@@ktkt1825 thank you so much for your kind words…it’s a long process for sure , but the brain is an absolute marvel ❤️

[@ktkt1825]

@@julz63 You are welcome. Be kind and patient with yourself- the progress is very gradual, but it helps to work toward the goals of capable normalcy to retrain new pathways. After my incident, I went on to take Judo for 8 years, earning a Black Belt. My concerns about even one concussion are offset with greatly improved balance and 'falling well'. Take care, and All the Best.

[@alexkomlosy]

Great vid! Like the filters on the Library tab. Here’s one for you - swipe up on any photo > go to the bottom > ‘Show in All Photos’ = great for when you want to see more photos from related to a ‘Favourited photo’

[@ProfNoetigenfalls]

Very helpful, thank you. One thing I found out about recently is that in order to search for photos by text included, you can’t do this from the photo app. Instead you have to go to your Home Screen and swipe downward to access the general search box.

[@salamista]

it works perfectly fine for me from the search field inside the photos app

[@dhey007]

I wish that when you added a photo to an album, it MOVED it instead of duplicating it! It would seem to be the most basic of organization forms to me. Great content and presentation, thank you!

[@mraymo1977]

Whenever I take photos of my very young kids, I always use the burst option. Then in the Photos app I can easily select the photo within the burst where they’re both looking, or smiling, or there’s no blur. Then I can discard the other photos and I almost always get a good photo from my kids. The iPhone also makes suggestions on what they think the best photos of the burst are. They’re usually pretty spot on, too.

[@simonknight2973]

Nice tip. Worth saying that the burst mode can be activated by holding on the take photo button for those who aren’t aware and want to try burst.

[@mraymo1977]

@@simonknight2973 that actually changed with iOS 15. If you just hold down the photo button it takes video now. You have to hold down the photo button and quickly slide your finger to the left to take a burst. It was an awful change.

[@user-ym6lc7pk1e]

You could also instead just shoot a Live Photo and quickly find the frame that is best looking. No need to overpopulate album with burst of almost identical photos.

[@ilangilang7185]

@@user-ym6lc7pk1e I agree. Much more convenient.

[@tinainnca]

I’ve never known how to use the photo burst once they’re taken. I go into my photos and it’ll say 10 photos but how do you actually see all 10 to scroll through like you say? I tried clicking on the words for burst. I try holding the photo I can’t seem to get the set of photos to come up?

[@harveycohen5949]

Absolutely spectacular information, always delivered clearly and with simple-to-follow steps. I always learn something when viewing your programs. Thanks from Canada.

[@bryantdarris]

Amazing!! Your video will have me looking like an experienced iPhone user and i just switched 3 months ago. Thanks for the lesson.

[@bridgetmuehlberger5141]

Brilliant tutorial!! Will definitely be watching this multiple times. Thank you!!!

[@mmorin7602]

Excellent tutorial! Straight to the point, clear audio, good visual instructions, well organized. Thank you! This was very helpful!

[@CyclingOffToSomewhereIDK]

I love this video. Several things were shown that I didn't know. I accidentally discovered (had a thought, experimented, it worked) that if you add a caption to the photo you can search for a word in the caption. Thanks for the reminder 🙂 Good stuff over all

[@sodbuster4411]

Great video. On thing that was not covered was in the markup section. In addition to the pens, pressing the + button allows you to add stickers, description, add text, signature, or shapes.

[@catherinerye5017]

Great tips as always. Just one thing that I only discovered recently - with a Live photo you can pick and choose which frame you want as your key photo with the icon just next to the adjustment setting. Very useful if you take a nice photo of someone but they’ve blinked at the wrong moment!

[@arashy]

THANK YOU. I couldn’t find it so thought it didn’t exist. Found it now😃

[@Amethyst.i]

Can you do this with videos to? I have a ton of videos but the first half second is usually black so I have to click into every single one to find the video I’m looking for. Is there a way to choose the icon?

[@linda1541]

So much information here. I’ll have to watch this about 2 or 3 more times.

[@katherineevans5767]

That's the best 20 minutes I've spent at my computer ever! Thank you very much. Going to check if you have one for managing/sorting through over 20,000 images

[@autotune5320]

I wasted 20 minutes of my life

[@marks2858]

A tutorial about Photo Duplicates would be nice. Your videos are so helpful, easy to follow, and really work. Well done!

[@LeafTheEph]

Super comprehensive! One more thing people may want to know is that you can change the frame of a Live Photo by clicking on the little circles icon on the bottom bar of a photo’s editing menu!

[@mradford10]

Brilliant video! Subscribed. I’m a power user and even I learned a few great tips so thank you! I always remember where I took a photo more-so then when I took it, so I actually use the map feature a lot to help find and navigate my huge library. This is in addition to loads of albums and folders. iOS 16 search is crazy good being able to find the smallest text in some unexpected (yet always accurate) locations. I have found that feature immediately beneficial! I just wish I could move albums between folders and have more high level file management editing options within the Photos App. Thanks for the video - keep it up!

[@georgee3401]

This is the best video tutorial I’ve seen on the Photos App. Many thanks!

[@leumas75]

One final tip that most people don’t seem to know about - DELETION of 80-90% of the crap that doesn’t need to be saved, either because it was a quick reminder of task that has already been completed, of a few dozen images of the same thing taken “just in case” the first one wasn’t good enough. Choose the good one, then trash the rest, people!

[@ProperHonestTech]

I'm guilty of this too in fairness, I used to be good at going back through old photos and deleting (usually if I had a random bout of insomnia or something) but haven't done it in a LONG time now.

[@barryshafer]

@@ProperHonestTech - I am also guilty of this! Now, I have so many photos and no time to delete the near duplicate photos. 😞

[@wm6869]

It amazes me how much there is to learn no matter what I thought I already knew. You do a great job of explaining relevant functions. Thanks! Just subscribed.

[@terencebull6340]

Like most things on KZbin found by accident and just happened to explain exactly what I didn’t know in a very careful delivery so as not to confuse.. certainly got presentational skills to put it across as well as all the `tech stuff ‘. Added to subscribe and the weekly newsletter . Thank you

[@Deanriley]

Albums have been so helpful especially for screenshots.

[@artysanmobile]

I have been waiting years for this app to become manageable in iOS. The freedom to drag albums into folders is so basic, so fundamental and necessary, I just shake my head that it STILL doesn’t exist.

[@Knastig]

You can use third party apps, that are synced with your cloud like “phoom“

[@northstar2621]

@@Knastig That app is also so damn bad and hard to use

[@mxandfk]

Great video content, delivery and closed captions. Well done! Your comment that I can’t move already created albums into folders was a BIG help. I’ve quit wasting time trying to figure it out. I agree it definitely should be an option especially on an iPad. Does iPad Photos have any differences from iPhone?

[@danasmith7171]

Great video! It’s crazy how much is in an app. I consider myself fairly knowledgeable, but I see tons here in the video that I had no idea. Humbling.

[@janawilliamsharper]

This was so very helpful! I really appreciate your channel so much! Cheers from Texas!

[@aussie8114]

IOS 16 will allow you to lock the hidden album. Finally we will be able to properly hide all our dirty photos 😂

[@tonylewis7660]

😂😂😂

[@artysanmobile]

Phew!!

[@ugoeze7360]

It’s so embarrassing when people see pics of a dirty room or car

[@MaxPowers1245]

Yeah not organise them into folders though

[@aussie8114]

@@MaxPowers1245 Maybe in another 10 years Apple will facilitate that 😂

[@vickienipp]

I am amazed! yes i'm old and still learning the simpelest things on my phone so i am so happy to have found this channel Thank you so much

[@prateekkhurana8796]

I know right! He just helps with so many tricks and it feels like I don’t know my phone enough

[@lynnbartlett4185]

This is so helpful. I never knew I could do all this with photos. I have subscribed. Your tutorials are so easy to follow. Thank you

[@sumanmondal1577]

In my opinion this is the most useful video to master using iPhone gallery!! I'm glad to find this channel.. Could you please elaborate on how to use the 3 finger pinch in to copy and paste the same in the same device.!!!!

[@scottboettcher1344]

That "Live Photo as Wallpaper" is incredible. Subscribed!

[@pagegurl]

Absolutely love your channel! Very informative…

[@SliceOfSabby]

JUST WOW, thanks man!!

[@stevencowles8419]

Thanks, I’ve always been a ‘scroller’ and frequently give up. Time for some thought about organisation.

[@chelin7023]

Great synopsis of the photo app. New to me was the Live Photo as a wallpaper; loved it!

[@anasmahmudorko]

Great content. Really helpful. Keep going

[@Marilynlovesebiking]

Haha, “kind of like the shoe box under your bed”. So true. Love any tips about finding photos better. I have lots of albums.

[@LizCowanSC]

Thank you so much! I learned so much about navigating the photos app that I didn’t know before.

[@nicovanlommel545]

This is a fine presentation full of top information and Tips about the photo app. Finally I can use it properly. It`s a whole new now…. Thank you PHT ❤

[@stormrider8957]

One of the best tutorials for the Photos App I’ve seen!

[@scomti7057]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. There is so much to learn for someone like me who is in her 70's. Your video is very helpful. I hope to be able to apply your instructions well and make use of the photos app better.

[@suzanner3894]

Another amazing, concise video. Well done.

[@PaulMarentette]

A most articulate presentation. I am very impressed by the content, your superb delivery, and the top notch production values.

[@ProperHonestTech]

Thank you!

[@jimmie7049]

Came across this video by accident. It has been so helpful since I did not know half of what was possible. Thanks

[@MrTPF1]

Great video! You can also get the information pop-up screen by swiping up while viewing any photo.

[@evelynhornyak222]

Thank you your presentation is exactly what I needed. You spoke well and clearly. I received a lot of information. Thanks for sharing. Meri

[@MarieQuest]

I really wish we could have a way to search for uncategorized photos. After a while using the app, we accumulate trash or duplicate pictures, or forget to add that last photo to its specific themed album. I would like to have this option available to quickly sort the new and forgotten content into its specific categories.

[@Kluivertnr1]

100% agree

[@technologymom]

Thanks for this! I am trying to clear up space in my iCloud, specifically with my photos. I don’t want to lose any, but can’t figure out how to do save some safely. Can you do a video on that? Thanks

[@FutureSystem738]

YES. This is priceless information- thanks 🙏👍

[@topchic7475]

Great video! Very thorough. I didn’t know about the text select thing so that’s gonna be awesome! 👏🏻

[@sweetsilage]

That's great - I am new to iphone and this will get me off and running

[@wendyrasmussen6938]

Great overview…thanks! I always enjoy your videos!

[@stevebrown9500]

This was really well put together and enjoyable to watch. Good stuff!

[@qwincyq6412]

Thank you so much for such a comprehensive explanation of how to use all the photos features. One thing I’m still curious about is do my captions get saved with the photos and if I send a photo to someone else does my caption stay with it? An example would be if I identify people in the photo can others see it too? Back in the analog days the equivalent was writing on the back of the photo.

[@elisekt1860]

Just changed over to iPhone so these videos are great. Thank you.

[@TheCallyjean]

Came across this video NOW!! Thank you for the info :)

[@FrancesMarionz]

Thank You ! Very well done… helpful 👏🏻

[@DickRockwell]

Excellent presentation. Wonderful information, pleasant voice, articulate, and knowledgeable trainer.

[@Seamus425]

Outstanding info! Thank you!

[@davidasher22]

Man, I love this channel!

[@JamesBrown-ij1px]

Thank you! I found you by needing to know how to 'add' Albums to a Folder. You're right! It is WAY to difficult and time consuming! Thanks for teaching me how to do it (although it would have been helpful to actually go through each of the required steps. I DID figure out how to do it once you described how, but it would have been helpful if you actually did each step. Perhaps you can do one on just that (or maybe you already have one that I have not discovered yet). May I suggest that an influencer like you could appeal to apple to make it easier for this function: hopefully, they would listen to someone like you (you have more clout than I do!). Again, thank you for creating these videos and for you help!

[@artistecat]

Great advices! Very thoughtful and helpful. I'm looking for how to stop a single image in video then turn it into photo. Thanks.

[@mrsmac1974]

Wow! Thank you so much for all this information.

[@Burt177]

Great video… but is there an option to edit/adjust the small clip of video footage that memories automatically selects? Often find this needs a little tweak. Thx

[@simonknight2973]

You’re production values, script and advice are so thoughtfully and excellently put together. Great work. Will now be sending to all family members who ask for ‘tech support’ before going to their houses. Thanks

[@ramrajenaiknimbalkar5001]

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[@JimHunt-zd5kk]

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[@eliasnebiyu4511]

Excellent video man keep up the good work!

[@carstenpxi]

You should also have noted the slider control on the magic wand. It does wonders in tuning the wand, both to the left and the right. An often overseen tool.

[@Normanabutler1]

oh wow! Thanks for that.....just checked it out and it works really nicely!🙂

[@XxxcloackndaggerxxX]

I have to go back and check the contents of the video to see what you mean.

[@maikaimakena9424]

Always the best videos 💪⚡️✅

[@jeff0125]

Great video as usual. My one wish for the photos app would be a way to force updates from my cloud photos to my MacBook Pro. Sometimes it takes hours for a photo to make its way from my phone to the Photos app in my MacBook, and I can't figure out a way to force the update.

[@Alicia652]

Great info! This is video I will have to watch several times to grasp all the different things you described for us. I have saved it into my Favorites on KZbin. I have been creating Shared Albums with my photos as you described in another tutorial. I do have a question. I have several individual albums for our camping trips. I would like to add them to the Shared Albums, but rather than have a long list of albums to look through, I would like to create a folder within the Shared Album to move all these camping trip albums into. Is that possible? I think you briefly spoke about it in this tutorial but I need a little more in depth info on how to do this. Thanks in advance!

[@itz4u]

Great Video. I wouldn't never know that 'Photos' had so many features. Thanks and I shared this video

[@FemaleVillageElder]

When searching photos by media type, it would be really helpful if Apple would add a filter for black-and-white pictures. As a much older person, I have a lot of black and white photos that I have copied of ancestors long gone. I’d love to be able to search that, as I don’t get them all at once, I get them from time to time and so they are in many different days in my library. I have been trying to caption them when I copy them and put a designation of B&W at the end so I can search that way. But a black-and-white filter would be more helpful still.

[@loriw2661]

This was so cool, thank you. I’m 61 years old so I didn’t grow up with this technology and it’s great to have it explained so well that even I can understand it!

[@ProperHonestTech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sharonmck1378]

Great info, learned a lot of new options.

[@joeglennaz]

Hello from Phoenix Arizona USA. Great video! Thanks for all your hard work. I’ve subscribed

[@jhillyt]

Great info PHT, Any advice for tagging multiple photos at once from the Photos app or another app where the tag would be viewable / searchable in the Photos app?

[@ktkt1825]

Thanks for the great information! I see you've been to Gum Alley in San Luis Obispo (17:48)- beautiful town and area. I hope you went to the coast while you were there.

[@1markjohnstone]

Glaring omission is that iphone photo albums can't be shared outside the iphone ecosystem, ie; your android friends don't have icloud accounts or access to icloud albums or multiple pics/vids. Best way to share is with Google Photos, better search and photo organization plus original quality pics and vids can be shared across multiple platforms via links

[@cohall46]

Very helpful, Thanks for sharing.

[@blester76]

Very informative. Nice production.

[@jamfam9326]

Awesome content! I just recently got into organizing my photos better and there are so many great tips in this video. You touched on it briefly but I have a 2-part question with tagging people…How do you tag a person if the/a face icon under the photo is not recognized? I’m also unable to tag on photos that have been sent via messages…thx!!

[@arashy]

Wish I had known about folders sooner. I’ve started now though. Thanks! 😃

[@deborahbuonomo296]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@evtyler]

Wow, I learned so much from this video!

[@andelbee]

I wish you lived at my house. 🙂 Thank you for your incredibly clear, concise, thorough and enlightening videos. Pretty much every good trick I know on my Apple devices, I learned from you. I will think of you with gratitude every time I can actually find what I’m looking for!

[@iMagdiAdam]

Amazing info , thank you bro

[@BraydenC-nk5mf]

Thank you 🙏 really helpful ❤

[@mariogabriel4587]

when you organize your photos into an albun can you have the photos dissapear from main library so that when you go back you know where you were and you are not placing same photos into album that you did at different time. thanks in advance

[@mb6ooo]

Thanks a lot! Didnt Know all the hacks :)

[@robhudson2516]

Excellent presentation. Thanks.

[@chandravadanbhandari7876]

Very educative & informative video. Well explained. Thanks

[@theroadhome_Liz_Summers]

As always, I learned a lot! And I thought I used a lot of the features … NOT :). Thank you!!

[@Wishfulthkn]

I really like how you have your desk set up and would like to know what and how you have your laptop mounted