Enjoy the smoother and more convenient user experience Photos gives you!
With every iOS update, Apple shines with Useful features to continue enjoying the Photos app. But especially with iOS 16, it has brought various tools that allow us to Get rid of third-party apps to do touch-ups, editing and even to better manage space in iCloud.
Thus, we will share a list of those that have surprised us the most and that definitely allow us to save a lot of timethanks to the ease of solve everything in one place.
Best iOS Photos App Tricks
Find pictures with words
Enable photo search by keywords
In the Photos app, we’ve got some amazing tools to make it easy to find what you need. If you’re looking for pictures of dogs, for example, just type “dog” into the search bar. and all associated photos will be displayed. But that’s not all, you can also search for text that appears on photos.
Remove background from images.
The latest iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 updates have brought a really cool feature to the Photos app: the ability to isolate subjects from the background. Replace the need to download a third-party app with a few clicks in the Photos app and in case you didn’t know it also works with videos.
To obtain this result, it suffices Open the image in the Photos app and hold the part we want to separate from the background. When the effect runs, we can see a sort of gray flash, and then the “Paste or Share” options at the top of the image.
Edit photos and videos in batches
Photos has a handy feature called “copy” that lets you transfer edits from one photo or video to another. This means that you only have to edit once and then apply those changesin this case usually with presets created in triplet apps, to many other photos and videossaving time and resources.
Mute sound for Live Photos
Live Photos are a kind of GIF that allows iPhone and iPad users to send and receive images that they film 1.5 seconds before and 1.5 seconds after the camera clicks, audio included. But when it is not, there is also an option to fix it.
Mute Live Photos sound
Disabling the sound of Live Photos is very simple and you just have to follow the following steps:
- Open a Live Photo and select “Edit”.
- Look for Live Photo options and tap and turn off audio.
Remove duplicate photos and videos
Say goodbye to wasted iCloud storage. Photos app has a very useful feature that automatically detects duplicate photos and videos, allowing you to delete them. This feature helps you optimize space on your device and keep your memories in order. For that:
- Go to Albums, then tap Duplicates under Utilities. Duplicate photos and videos appear together.
- Tap Merge to merge duplicates. Next, tap “Merge Items”.
Delete photo location
Remove sensitive information from your photos
Application Photos provides EXIF data with information about the device from which the photo was taken, the date and, if you have not disabled location, even the place where the photo was taken.
However, it also allows remove location from data list to protect your privacy and have better control over the information you share.
To delete this information, simply follow the steps below:
- Open the “Photos” app on your iPhone or iPad and select the photo whose location details you want to remove.
- Tap the “i” icon surrounded by a circle or swipe up on the photo to view its information.
- Below the photo information, you will see the location on the site map where the photo was taken. From there, tap “Adjust” in the lower right corner.
- When a new window appears, select “No location”.
Identify objects in photos
If you’ve taken a photo of a strange plant and are looking for its identification, the Photos app can help you, thanks to its object recognition feature. this allows identify plants, animals, art and landmarks.
- Look for the shiny icon at the top of the “Info” button when viewing a photo in the app.
- When selected, the application will perform a scan and provide you with information about the object in question.
Scan text from photos
This function allows you extract and copy text from photos very easily. To do this, all you need to do is:
- Open a photo containing text.
- Tap the scan icon in the bottom corner and you will see how all the text in the image is highlighted.
- Once selected, you can copy it and perform different actions, such as find it, translate it, or share it.
See the applications that access our photos
Monitor which apps can access your photos
Hay Lots of apps request access to photos on your iPhone and it’s normal to forget about it. But to refresh your memory, you can go to the privacy settings of the iPhone.
- open the “Setting” on your iPhone.
- Toca “Privacy” and scroll down the list and tap “Photos”.
- In “Pictures”, you’ll see a list of installed apps that have requested access to your photos. Next to each there is a status that shows one of three options that can be modified according to our preferences.
Taking advantage of the tricks and features of the iPhone Photos app lets you maximize the potential of your photossave time, improve your experience and protect your privacy, providing control and satisfaction when interacting with your library.
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