Master the finer points of Photos

1 Add adjustments

When editing a photo, the Adjust tool initially provides three options: Light, Color, and Black & White. For more, click Add and choose one; click Save as Default to use your chosen adjustments in future.

2 View fine details

Adjustments are first presented as a single bar that you can drag across to change the effect’s strength. Put the pointer over the bar and click the downwards-facing arrow that appears to reveal more settings.

3 Search with smarts

The Sierra version of Photos now enables you to search for places, people, and even objects; try searching for “tree” or “food.”

4 Reduce motion

Sierra introduced accessibility settings that reduce motion in the system and apps. Photos has its own item in its General preferences, which removes the animation that plays when you change sections by clicking the buttons in its toolbar.

5 Save some memories

The Memories section essentially shows automatically generated albums. Scroll to the bottom of a memory to add it to your favorites, which appear in the Albums section.

6 Share your photos

Select some photos, click the Share button, and then pick iCloud Photo Sharing. You can invite other people to subscribe to a shared album. While viewing one of your shared albums, click the toolbar’s People button to set whether others can post, toggle notifications, and more.