macOS Photos Updates
Current Release
Version 6.4.0
October 8, 2024
Updates:
- Calendar Updates
Suggested Requirements:
- macOS 10.13+ (High Sierra)
- Apple Photos 3.0 or Apple
- Apple Pages 7.0+
Minimum Requirements:
- macOS 10.13+ (El Capitan)
- Apple Pages 7.0
Nov 17, 2021 Version 6.2.0 Build 202111171
- Feature: NEW: Image-swap! Drag & Drop to exchange image location on pages.
Nov 2, 2021 Version 6.0.0 Build 202111021
- Feature: Greeting Cards
Oct 7, 2021 Version 5.4.3 Build 202110072
- Feature: Multi-year Calendars, start on any Month; Improved Upload Preview
Aug 9, 2021 Version 5.3.2 Build 202108091
- Fix: Concurrency fixes
July 16, 2021 Version 5.3.1 Build 202107161
- Fix: Concurrency fixes, updates to support latest MacOS
July 15, 2021 Version 5.3.0 Build 202107151
- Fix: Concurrency fixes, updates to support latest MacOS
June 10, 2021 Version 5.2.0 Build 202106104
- Feature: NEW: Panoramic Photo Prints in all new sizes, Per page Undo, Redo UI, Duplicate Photos fixed
June 5, 2021 Version 5.1.0 Build 202106051
- Feature: Lightroom Support for Cloud Folders + Autoflow, Imporvoed Photo Management
May 10, 2021 Version 5.0.0 Build 202105101
- Feature: Adobe Lightroom Drag-n-Drop Support! Lots of new templates
January 8, 2021 Version 4.1.5 Build 202101081
- Fix: Ruler fix
December 31, 2020 Version 4.1.4 Build 202012311
- Fix: Ruler fix
December 1, 2020 Version 4.1.3 Build 202012011
- Fix: Calendar grid fix
November 25, 2020 Version 4.1.2 Build 202011251
- Fix: Improved iCloud support
November 19, 2020 Version 4.1.1 Build 202011191
- Feature: Apple Silicon Support!
- Feature: Add Holidays and Contact Birthdays
- Feature: Drag Photos onto Dates
November 2, 2020 Version 4.0.5 Build 202011023
- Feature: Advanced template styles: Borders, shadows, colors.
- Feature: New Color Palette Interface
- Feature: Improved Template Browser
- Feature: Improved Element alignment guides
- Feature: 2021 Calendars Now Available
- Feature: Remote Refresh of Templates
- Fix: Background task optimizations
- Fix: Raster Placeholder Image Bug
- Fix: Rename Project Bug
- Fix: Deleted Element Page Warning Bug
June 22, 2020 at 10:15 AM Version 3.1.0 Build 202006191
- Feature: Improved image tray with sort by original file name, date created, and date added.
- Fix: Dark Mode Tweaks.
- Fix: Imported Photos project Tweaks.
May 21, 2020 at 10:30 AM Version 3.0.7 Build 202005181
- Fix: Rename projects from sidebar
- Fix: Crop issues with unit conversion
May 20, 2020 at 10:30 AM Version 3.0.6 Build 202005022
- Fix: Link Launching, Icon Cleanup, Cross Platform Refactor
April 30, 2020 at 10:30 AM Version 3.0.5 Build 202004291
- Fix: Apple Photos maximum photo bug for projects with a large number of images
April 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM Version 3.0.4 Build 202004221
- Fix: Text Edit Tool Causing Crash
- Fix: Raster Image Crash
April 18, 2020 at 12:00 PM Version 3.0.3 BUILD 202004161
- Feature: Copy Support Info Button for troubleshooting purposes.
- Fix: Copy Support Info Button for troubleshooting purposes.
- Fix: Warning for Empty Pages.
- Fix: Images disappearing on certain projects.
- Fix: PDF Creator is set to "PrestoPhoto Extension" on PDF Export for troubleshooting purposes.
March 20, 2020 at 12:00 PM Version 3.0.2 BUILD 202003201
- Fix: Feature: Prompt to Review App.
Feb 29, 2020 at 12:00 PM Version 3.0.1 BUILD 202002281
- Fix: Crash when some customers (by which we mean internal testers) maniacally pressed the cover spread button. This might have fixed background rasterizations too
Feb 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM Version 3.0.0 BUILD 202002212
- Feature: Custom Dust Jacket Flaps
- Feature: 2-Page Spreads for pages and full spread covers allow images to span entire book design from left to right.
January 2, 2020 at 12:00 PM Version 2.4.2 BUILD 201912312
- Feature: Add multiple new pages to your current book at the same time with the new Append feature under Change Theme
- Fix: Improved iCloud Photo Asset handling and detection
- Fix: Text boxes now grow to fit text if the text is overflowing
- Fix: Caching Crash from LR Cache has been resolved
- Fix: Editing Photos on 10.15 could result in a crash, now resolved
- Fix: Photo Asset Tray now keeps its position while resizing its work area
- Fix: Text color and text background color options have been visually updated
- Fix: Moved Page Background color to bottom edit area
- Fix: Fixed bug where users could crash on 10.15 while Autoflowing a book
- Fix: Fixed erratic image box resizing behavior
- Fix: Help Links within App fixed
- Fix: The Photo Tray now shows all images chronologically, it would display large portions in the wrong order
- Fix: Font Sizes now scale with your chosen book size
- Fix: Page Thumbnail Preview Tray performance greatly improved (adding multiple pages in a row, moving between pages)
November 19, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.4.1 BUILD 201911181
- Feature: Face detection with auto-selected templates
- Fix: Stability improvements:
- Adding and Removing Pages
- Reflowing Books with New Themes
November 13, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.4.0 BUILD 201911132
- Feature: 2020 Calendars have been added to the App
- Use any of our templates to create a calendar
- Two different calendar grid layouts to select from: Classic and Sheer
- Choose between Sunday and Monday week starts
- Feature: Page content warnings added, we now detect for:
- Face Detection to prevent Cropping
- Typos in Text
- Empty Image Spots
- Empty Text Boxes
- Text Boxes with placeholder text
- Fix: Speed Improvements with Page Changing & Core ML Processing
- Fix: Improper rastered text wrapping
- Fix: Improved template selection
October 26, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.3.0 BUILD 201910253
- Feature: New streamlined upload process:
- We now only upload one page at a time
- If you make a change to a page or if your transfer was interrupted, we'll only upload new or changed content
- Feature: New print resolution preview displays during project upload process
- Fix: Improved adding photos to existing projects and editing photos in projects
October 17, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.2.0 BUILD 201910171
- Fix: Improved Catalina Compatibility
- Fix: Delete images in content mode
- Fix: Adding images to project
October 11, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.1.6 BUILD 2019101001
- Fix: Catalina Compatibility Update
- Fix: Adding Prints Crash
- Fix: Race Condition in Summary Preview
- Fix: Better Handling of Dateless Images without EXIF Data
October 7, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.1.4 BUILD 201910062
- Fix: Text Edit crashes
- Fix: Drag and Drop crashes
September 28, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.1.3 BUILD 201909273
- Feature: Nifty new previews for your photo books can be seen in the Project View in Apple Photos
- Feature: New Site Notice and Update Notifications to keep you up to date
- Feature: Text Boxes now moveable in content mode
- Feature: Export TIFF support added
- Fix: Revamped Page Thumbnail View
September 21, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.1.2 BUILD 201909161
- Fix: Text editing crashes
- Fix: Saving text when changing pages
- Fix: Coffee Mug Preview Refresh
- Fix: PDF Export covers were in reverse order
- Fix: Threading performance in app
September 17, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.1.1 BUILD 201909161
- Fix: Print sets Add and Remove pages added
September 15, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.1 BUILD 201909141
- Feature: Added 2 new templates: Gallery and Contemporary
- Feature: Find the perfect template layout for your current page by turning on the new Auto-Select tool
- Feature: Updated in app Customer Service chat service
- Feature: Smart Placement added to select the best photos from your selected photos while AutoFlowing your photo book
- Feature: Spell check added throughout all projects
- Fix: Major runtime speed increases
- Fix: Reduced and more efficient RAM usage
- Fix: Optimized asset tray image handling
- Fix: AutoFlow process more efficient with system assets
- Fix: Text boxes always remain inside crop guides
- Fix: Default crop now set to maximum image area for the print
August 24, 2019 at 12:00 PM Version 2.0.3 BUILD 20190824
- Feature: Added Layout Flip options to flip your page layout vertically or horizontally
- Fix: Template Bug Fixes
- Fix: Background Opacity Bug resolved
- Fix: Other Bug fixes
August 22, 2019 at 9:00 AM Version 2.0.2 BUILD 20190822
- Fix: Fixed PDF export bug
- Fix: Other Bug fixes
August 21, 2019 at 2:48 PM Version 2.0.1 BUILD 20190821
- Feature: First release to the App Store
- Fix: Bug fixes
August 12, 2019 at 3:28 PM BUILD 20190812
- Feature: Dark mode support added for macOS 10.14+
- Feature: Better template viewing and selecting controls
- Feature: Change your template and re-flow your book at any time
- Feature: New Picture Book Template options
- Fix: New AI for photo placement and template selection when you create and flow and auto-flow a new book:
- Determines the best photos for the photo book page
- Chooses the most appropriate template based off of the shape and size of the photos for the page
- Fix: UI updates from previous alpha and beta builds
- Fix: Other bug fixes
July 24, 2019 at 1:06 PM BUILD 190724 #70c6d35d1
- Feature: Product purchasing functionality added in app across all products
- Feature: Duplicate your page designs with our new page duplication button
- Feature: Added dozens of new template page options across Modern Lines and the Photo Essay templates
- Feature: Template page filter to easily find the design that fits your needs
- Fix: Work around macOS rdar://46115233 bug causing font color changing on save
- Fix: Other bug and UI fixes
July 10, 2019 at 1:39 PM BUILD 190710 #8ce02788
- Feature: Added new photo book project creation options:
- Entering book page length instead of adding pages manually once book is created
- Choice to Autofill book with photos or place photos yourself
- Choose your template to start or fill the book with 1 page photo spreads
- Fix: Fixed issue with TouchBar enabled MacBook Pro users crashing when adding text
- Feature: Added new photo tray Time Filter feature, so you can sort through batches of photos with ease based off when the photo was taken.
- Fix: Other bug and UI fixes
Sep 21, 2018 at 9:14 AM Version 1.1
- Feature: Added new template options for Apple Pages
- Fix: Other bug and UI fixes