Photos keyboard shortcuts on Mac

View photos

Control-1

View memories

Control-2

View favorites

Control-3

View people

Control-4

View places

Control-5

View imports

Control-6

View photos (in Photos view)

Command-1

View moments (in Photos view)

Command-2

View collections (in Photos view)

Command-3

View years (in Photos view)

Command-4

View memories (in Memories view)

Command-1

View favorite memories (in Memories view)

Command-2

Stop viewing a photo, project, album, or shared album

Command-Up Arrow

Show or hide thumbnails below an open photo

Option-S

Open preferences

Command-Comma (,)

Search the Photos User Guide

Shift-Command-Question Mark (?)

Close a window and quit Photos

Command-W

Minimize the Photos window

Command-M

Hide the Photos app (without quitting)

Command-H

Quit Photos

Command-Q

Open or close a selected photo in editing view

Command-Return

Crop a photo

C or Command-3

Adjust a photo

A or Command-1

Apply a filter

F or Command-2

Rotate a photo

Command-Option-R (clockwise), or Command-R (counterclockwise)

Enhance a photo

Command-E

Show the original photo while editing

Hold down M

Go to the next photo

Right Arrow (press and hold to scroll through photos quickly)

Go to the previous photo

Left Arrow (press and hold to scroll through photos quickly)

Delete selected photos

Delete

Play or pause a Live Photo or video

Press Space bar

Find photos

Command-F

Zoom between the current zoom level and 100 percent

Z

Zoom in or out incrementally

Command-Plus (+) or Command-Minus (–)

Hide a selected photo

Command-L

Adjust the view of a photo when zoomed in

Drag the photo

Undo the last action

Command-Z

Redo the last action

Shift-Command-Z

Select a single photo

Click the photo

Select all photos

Command-A

Select all photos between the current selection and a nonadjacent photo

Hold down the Shift key and click the nonadjacent photo

Select photos that are not adjacent to one another

Select the first photo, then hold down the Command key and click additional photos

Select several photos located together

Click outside the photos and drag to enclose them within the selection rectangle

Deselect specific photos in a group of selected photos

Hold down the Command key and click the photos you want to deselect

Deselect all photos

Shift-Command-A or click outside a photo

Create a new album

Command-N

Set a selected photo as the key photo for an album

Shift-Command-K

Create a Smart Album

Option-Command-N

Create a folder

Shift-Command-N

Change the size of photo thumbnails

Command-Plus (+) or Command-Minus (–)

Open or close a photo

Double-click a photo thumbnail or select a thumbnail and press Return. Double-click or press Return again to close.

Move to previous or next photo

Left Arrow or Right Arrow

Enter or leave full-screen view

Control-Command-F

Show or hide titles

Shift-Command-T

Hide a selected photo

Command-L

Show or hide photo information in the Info window

Command-I

Duplicate a photo

Command-D

Cut a photo

Command-X

Copy a photo

Command-C

Paste a photo

Command-V

Make a photo a favorite

Period (.)

Show or hide the Keyword Manager

Command-K

Delete a photo or item from the library

Command-Delete

Remove a photo from an album (but not from the library)

Delete

Stop playing a slideshow

Press the Escape (Esc) key, or move the pointer to show the slideshow controls, then click the close button (X)

Pause or resume playing a slideshow

Space bar

Move through slides in a slideshow manually

Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Import photos

Shift-Command-I

Export photos

Shift-Command-E

Print

Command-P