List of Shortcuts for Photos app on mac.

Keyboard shortcuts helps you to navigate through your applications with ease and it also helps you to work faster.

And for those who use the Photos app on Mac, there are plenty of shortcuts that help you accomplish many tasks.

From viewing photos and albums to cropping and rotating pictures, here are some helpful keyboard shortcuts for Photos on Mac.

The Photos window

Control the window for the Photos app with these keyboard shortcuts.

• Minimize the window: Command + M
• Enter or exit full-screen mode: Control + Command + F
• Open the Preferences: Command + , (comma)
• Hide the window: Command + H
• Close and quit Photos: Command + W
• Quit Photos: Command + Q

Viewing keyboard shortcuts

You can view your photos, albums, imported items, recent additions, and much more with these handy shortcuts.

• View photos: Control + 1
• View Memories: Control + 2
• View Favorites: Control + 3
• View People: Control + 4
• View Places: Control + 5
• View recent additions: Control + 6
• View imported photos: Control + 7
• View the next or previous photo in an album: Left Arrow or Right Arrow.
• Scroll through photos: Arrow keys
• Open and close a photo: Space
• Close a photo: Space or Escape
• Find a photo: Command + F
• Hide a photo: Command + L

In the Photos view:

• View years: Command + 1
• View months: Command + 2
• View days: Command + 3
• View all photos: Command + 4

In the Memories view:

• View all Memories: Command + 1
• View favorite Memories: Command + 2

Photo editing keyboard shortcuts:

If you want to do some editing in the Photos app, open the photo for editing and then use these shortcuts.

• Adjust a photo: Command + 1 or A
• Apply a filter: Command + 2 or F
• Crop a photo: Command + 3 or C
• Enhance a photo: Command + E
• Rotate a photo: Command + Option + R (clockwise), Command + R (counterclockwise)
• Zoom in or out: Command + Plus Sign (+), Command + Hyphen (-)
• Undo: Command + Z
• Redo: Shift + Command + Z

Action keyboard shortcuts:

For additional actions you can perform in the Photos app, keep these keyboard shortcuts in mind.

• Create an album: Command + N
• Create a Smart Album: Option + Command + N
• Create a folder: Shift + Command + N
• Copy a photo: Command + C
• Cut a photo: Command + X
• Paste a photo: Command + V
• Mark a photo as a Favorite: Period (.)
• Delete a photo: Command + Delete
• Delete a photo from an album only: Delete
• Import photos: Shift + Command + I
• Export photos: Shift + Command E
• Print a photo: Command + P

Hopefully these keyboard shortcuts for the Photos app will help you do things faster and easier.