Organizer’s Places mode showed my iPhone photos’
location based on their embedded GPS data, but the
Places section on the Search page told me there were no
Places tags to search by—you have to enter location tags
manually for anything to show up here. It’s a little
annoying when one part of a program has information
that’s not accessible in another feature. Also, I prefer
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see a small map in the Info panel while viewing an
individual photo.
To search based on faces, you need to supply names in
the People module. The program detects all faces and
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you do this, though, you can search for all photos that
have Jordan and Max in them, or for all photos with
Jordan or Max, which is nifty.
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in progress—understandable, since it analyzes the
entire photo library. A few minutes later I could see the
chosen images, with a slider to increase or decrease the
number of photos shown. The fewer you choose, the
higher the quality of the photos that appear. So, for
example, you can see what the program thinks are your
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The app looks for things like lighting, composition,
focus, and even emotional impact. Most of my results
included humans, unsurprisingly, and the tool did turn
up a bunch of good shots I’d forgotten about. You can
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for example, your best shots of mountains or cats.
Pattern
Objects lets
you add stars,
hearts, and
other doodads
to your photos.
It sounds
cheesy but is
actually fun.