View and add information about photos

You can view and add information about your photos. For example, you can see the date and time a photo was taken, information about the camera that took the photo, and badges that indicate the state of the photo. You can assign titles and captions to photos, and change the date and time information for them.

View and add information about photos

To view or change information for a photo, you open the photo’s Info window.

Open the Info window: Double-click a photo to view it, then click the Info button in the toolbar or press Command-I.

Add or change information: Edit any of the following.
- Title: Enter a name in the Title field.
- Description: Enter a caption in the Description field.
- Favorite: Click the Favorite button to mark the photo as a favorite. Click the button again to unmark it.
- Keywords: Enter keywords in the Keywords field. As you type, Photos suggests keywords that you’ve used before. Press Enter when you’ve finished a keyword.
  To remove a keyword, select it and press Delete.
- Faces: Click in the toolbar and type a name to identify a face.
  Click multiple times and drag the face identifier over different faces to identify multiple faces in a photo.

Display titles, other metadata, and badges

Photos can display the title you assign to photos in the Info window, metadata (other information about each photo, such as its file type), and badges that identify whether the photo has been edited, had keywords added, and more.

Set Photos to display titles, metadata, or badges: Choose View > Metadata > [Metadata name].

Badge	Meaning
	Photo has been edited.
	Photo has had keywords applied.
	Photo’s location has been identified on a map.
	Photo has been marked as a favorite.
	Item is a video clip.
	Item is a slo-mo clip.
	Item is a time-lapse clip.
	Original photo is stored in another location (not in the Photos library on your Mac).
	Original photo was taken as a High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo that combines three photos taken at different exposures.

Change a photo’s date and time

You can change the date and time associated with a photo. You might want to do this if you travel to a location in another time zone, and your camera assigns your photos dates and times that are correct for your home, but not the place you visited.

Select the photos you want to change.
Choose Image > Adjust Date and Time.
Enter the date and time you want in the Adjusted field.
Click a time zone on the map, if necessary.
Click Adjust.