Take a New Look at Photos

Apple’s Photos app has seen a bunch of improvements in Ventura. Since we have a whole book on Photos (Take Control of Photos by Jason Snell), which will soon be updated to cover both Ventura and iOS 16/iPadOS 16, I won’t go into tremendous detail here. But I do want to offer an overview of what’s new. The biggest change involves the new iCloud Shared Photo Library, discussed next. There are also a few new features relating to memories (see Enhance Your Memories) and a handful of other assorted improvements (see Try Other New Photos Features).

Share a Photo Library

The Photos app has long included a special Family album that’s automatically available to all the members of a Family Sharing group. However, adding photos ...

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