User Guide

Chapter 11 Photos 79
While viewing a photo or video, tap to show and hide the controls. Swipe left or right to go
forward or backward.
Search photos. From Albums or Photos, tap to search by date (month and year), or place
(city and state). Search also keeps your Recent Searches on hand and gives you a list of
suggested searches.
Zoom in or out. Double-tap, or pinch a photo. When you zoom in, you can drag to see other
parts of the photo.
Play a video. Tap . To toggle between full screen and t-to-screen, double-tap the screen.
Play a slideshow. While viewing a photo, tap , then tap Slideshow. Select options, then tap
Start Slideshow. To stop the slideshow, tap the screen. To set other slideshow options, go to
Settings > Photos & Camera.
To stream a slideshow or video to a TV, see AirPlay on page 39.
Organize photos and videos
The Album tab includes albums you create yourself and some albums that are created for you,
depending on how you use Photos. For example, videos are automatically added to the Videos
album and you see a My Photo Stream album if you use that feature (see My Photo Stream, next).
All your photos in iCloud are in the All Photos album if you use iCloud Photo Library (see iCloud
Photo Library on page 80). If you don’t use iCloud Photo Library, you see the Camera Roll album
instead, which includes photos and videos you took with iPhone and from other sources.
Note: If you use iCloud Photo Library, albums are stored in iCloud and are up to date and
accessible on any iOS 8.1 or later device, Mac with OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 or later, and on
iCloud.com using the same Apple ID. See iCloud Photo Library on page 80.
Create a new album. Tap Albums, tap , enter a name, then tap Save. Select photos and videos
to add to the album, then tap Done.
Add items to an existing album. While viewing thumbnails, tap Select, select items, tap Add To,
then select the album.
Manage albums. While viewing your album list, tap Edit.
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Rename an album: Select the album, then enter a new name.
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Rearrange albums: Touch, then drag the album to another location.
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Delete an album: Tap .
With iCloud Photo Library, you can manage all your albums from any iOS 8.1 or later device set
up with iCloud Photo Library.
Mark your favorites. While viewing a photo or video, tap to automatically add it to the
Favorites album. A photo or video can be part of another album as well as Favorites.
Hide photos you want to keep but not show. Touch and hold a photo, then choose Hide. The
photo is moved to the Hidden album. Touch and hold a hidden photo to Unhide it.
Remove a photo or video from an album. Tap the photo or video, tap , then tap Delete Photo.
The photo or video is removed from the album and from the Photos tab.