The System Photo Library is the heart of your Photos environment. It contains all of your images and the work that you've done to them. In this video, Derrick provides more information about the System Photos Library in Photos for macOS, plus tips for managing it.
- [Narrator] The System Photo Library…is your most important library…and primailry because it's the one…that's connected to iCloud.…You can only have one library at a time…connected to iCloud and…the System Photo Library, that is it.…Now the way that you know that…is by going up to photos, preferences.…You're then checking a library location here.…And you can see that we have a library.…Our exercise files library is in pictures.…And we know that it is a System Photo Library…because this is grayed out.…
(laughs)…If it weren't grayed out,…then that means another library is.…In this case, we know this is it, right?…So this is the library that will show up on our iPads…and our iPhones and other Macs…that are logged into the iCloud account.…Now if I wanted to see where that is,…we have the breadcrumbs right here.…But I can also just do show and finder…and it'll bring it forth right there.…Just like that, right?…That's pretty cool.…So that is the system photo library.…If you have a different library open…and you want to make it the system photo library,…
Author
Derrick Story
Released
12/1/2017Still using OS X El Capitan and its older version of Photos, Photos for OS X? You may want to check out Derrick's Photos for OS X Essential Training course instead of this one.
- Exploring the Photos user interface
- Importing images from a camera and a hard drive
- Creating your own filters with keywords
- Duplicating images for creative editing
- Working with metadata
- Creating, deleting, and duplicating albums
- Organizing albums within folders
- Cropping, rotating, and straightening photos
- Working with light and color adjustments
- Using editing extensions
- Searching for pictures by location
- Working with video and live photos
- Exporting images from Photos
- Managing libraries
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome57s
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1. Get Started with Photos
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Check your preferences4m 39s
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Import images from a camera4m 21s
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2. Take Control of Your Images
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Explore filters2m 26s
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3. Work with Metadata
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Add location data2m 15s
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4. Master the Albums Tab
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Media Albums vs. My Albums5m 12s
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Organize the My Albums area1m 35s
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Build and edit Smart albums4m 23s
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5. Basic Editing
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Apply filters1m 34s
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Copy and paste adjustments2m 28s
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6. Advanced Editing
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Using the Histogram3m 7s
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Eliminate flaws with Retouch4m 32s
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Using editing extensions5m 9s
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7. Memories
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Introducing Memories1m 1s
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Make a Memory2m 30s
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Delete or block a Memory2m 13s
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Share Memories with others1m 29s
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8. People and Places
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The People album3m 20s
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People album settings4m 3s
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View photos by location3m 30s
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9. Work with Video and Live Photos
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Introducing Live Photos2m 29s
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Trim a Live Photo2m 3s
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Apply Live Photo effects3m 28s
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Edit a video clip3m 8s
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Export a video as a movie1m 43s
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10. Share, Export, and Output
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Export images from Photos5m 17s
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Create projects in Photos2m 27s
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Work with project extensions1m 12s
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11. Library Management
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Switch among libraries1m 11s
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Repair a library1m 15s
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Back up your Photos library2m 48s
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Conclusion
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Next steps3m 46s
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