Play video clips in Photos on Mac

1. In the Photos app on your Mac, double-click the video clip to open it.

   When you hold the pointer over a video, the video controls appear.

2. Click the Play button .

   You can use the video controls to pause the video clip, fine-tune the sound, and more.

   Tip: To view a video frame by frame, position the pointer over the clip to display the player controls, then click the Action pop-up menu and choose Show Frame Stepping Buttons.

   

You can trim a video clip so only a certain part of it plays. Trimming a video clip doesn’t actually delete footage; you can recover any trimmed footage later.

1. In the Photos app on your Mac, double-click the video clip to open it.

2. Position the pointer over the clip to display the player controls, then click the Action pop-up menu and choose Trim.

3. Drag the yellow trim handle at either end to shorten the clip, then click Trim.

   

   Tip: To make more precise edits, click and hold a trim handle to see the individual frames of a video.

   To cancel the trim, click the Action pop-up menu and choose Reset Trim.

You can change when a slow-motion video slows down and speeds up again.

1. In the Photos app on your Mac, click the disclosure triangle next to Media Types in the sidebar, then click the Slo-Mo album in the sidebar.

2. Double-click a video clip to open it.

3. Drag the slow-motion controls to change when the clip begins to slow down and speed up again.