Keyboard shortcuts

View photos

Command-1

View shared photos

Command-2

View albums

Command-3

View projects

Command-4

Show or hide the sidebar

Option-Command-S

Show or hide split view

Option-S

Open preferences

Command-Comma (,)

Search Photos Help

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 a selected photo in edit view

Return

Crop a photo

C

Adjust a photo

A

Apply a filter

F

Remove red-eye from a photo

E

Retouch a photo

R

Rotate a photo

Command-Option-R (clockwise) Command-R (counter clockwise)

Show the original photo

Hold down M

Go to the next photo

Right Arrow

Go to the previous photo

Left Arrow

Delete selected photos

Delete

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 your last action

Command-Z

Redo your 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 new album

Command-N

Set 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 a photo

Double-click thumbnail photo

Reduce photo to thumbnail view

Double-click magnified photo

Move to previous or next photo

Left Arrow or Right Arrow

Show sidebar

Option-Command-S

Show split view

Option-S

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 Keywords 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 a slideshow or resume playing

Space bar

Move through slides in a slideshow manually

Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Select the next or previous theme in the Theme window

Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Move back one page or spread

Left Arrow

Show Spelling and Grammar

Command-Colon (:)

Check document spelling

Command-Semicolon (;)

Remove a photo from the page

Select photo and press Delete

Remove unplaced photo from project

Select the unplaced photo in the Photos area and press Delete

Remove a page from book

Select the page and press Delete

Import photos

Shift-Command-I

Export photos

Shift-Command-E

Print

Command-P