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The iPhone & iPad companion app is in release testing — it isn't on the App Store yet, and this guide describes the current test build.
The Android companion app is in release testing — it isn't on Google Play yet, and this guide describes the current test build.
Mac search covers named people, places, object tags, text inside photos (OCR), camera EXIF, and dates. The Search feature guide has the full tour.
Whole sentences work too: “beach photos from July 2019 in Paris with Maya” combines the date, the kind (photos, videos, selfies, favourites…), the place and the person — every word narrows the result. Accents never matter (“munchen” finds München), and German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese queries work when your device uses that language. The same query language works in the Advanced Filter's search box, on top of its format, size and resolution filters.
A plain search matches file names, photo tags, place names, text found inside photos, and dates — “June 2024” finds that month.
Whole sentences work too: “beach photos from July 2019 in Paris with Maya” combines the date, the kind (photos, videos, selfies, favourites…), the place and the person — every word narrows the result. Accents never matter (“munchen” finds München), and German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese queries work when your device uses that language.
A plain search matches file names, photo tags, place names, text found inside photos, and the words “selfie” and “portrait”.
Whole sentences work too: “beach photos from July 2019 in Paris with Maya” combines the date, the kind (photos, videos, selfies, favourites…), the place and the person — every word narrows the result. Accents never matter (“munchen” finds München), and German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese queries work when your device uses that language.
Prefixes
people: maya— only photos of Maya (name people in the People view first).text: receipt— only photos whose visible text contains “receipt”.location: lisbon— only photos placed in Lisbon.
Prefixes
people: maya— only photos of Maya (name people in the People tab first).text: receipt— only photos whose visible text contains “receipt”.location: lisbon— only photos placed in Lisbon.
After a text: search, opened photos can highlight exactly where the match sits in the image.
Prefixes
people: maya— only photos of Maya (name people in the People tab first).text: receipt— only photos whose visible text contains “receipt”.location: lisbon— only photos placed in Lisbon.
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