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Chapter 11 Photos 72
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 and spread 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 display.
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 36.
Organize your photos and videos
Mark your favorites. While viewing a photo, tap to automatically add it to the Favorites
album. A photo can be part of another album as well as Favorites.
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.
Rename an album: Select the album, then enter a new name.
Rearrange albums: Drag .
Delete an album: Tap .
Only albums created on iPod touch can be renamed or deleted.
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.
My Photo Stream
Photos you take are automatically added to My Photo Stream when you leave the Camera
app and iPod touch is connected to Wi-Fi. All photos added to your Recently Added album—
including screenshots and photos saved from email, for example—appear in My Photo Stream.
Photos added to My Photo Stream on your other devices appear in your Recently Added album
on iPod touch. iOS devices can keep up to 1000 of your most recent photos in My Photo Stream;
your computers can keep all My Photo Stream photos permanently.
View the recent photos you take with iPod touch on your other devices, automatically. To turn
My Photo Stream o or on, go to Settings > Photos & Camera > My Photo Stream, or Settings >
iCloud > Photos > My Photo Stream.
Note: Photos stored in iCloud count against your total iCloud storage, but photos uploaded to
My Photo Stream don’t count additionally against your iCloud storage.
Manage My Photo Stream contents. In your My Photo Stream album, tap Select.
Save your best shots on iPod touch: Select the photos, then tap Add To.
Share, print, or copy: Select the photos, then tap .
Delete photos: Select the photos, then tap .