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How to use the color and size tools in Preview on Mac

Image editing tools in Preview on Mac

Preview on Mac is a terrific app for viewing your images or signing PDF documents. But the Preview app can do much more. For instance, there are a few tools like Loupe and Mask that can help you make parts of your images stand out and really pop.

In addition, Preview has features for customizing the colors in your image along with the size. To help you make the most out of Preview on your Mac, here’s how to use those color and size tools.

How to add a mask, loupe, and speech bubble to an image using Preview on Mac

Annotation tools in Preview on Mac

Preview on Mac might be one of those tools that you don’t think much about. You might use it just to open images, or maybe you use it to sign PDFs, but for most image work, you likely use something more robust.

But Preview does have some good annotation tools that you let spruce up your images quickly and easily. So you’re unaware of these Preview features, we’ll go over a few handy ones and how to use them. These include the mask, loupe, and speech bubble tools.

How to create, use, and manage Shared Albums in Photos on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Shared Albums in iPhone Photos app

While you can easily share one photo at a time, if you want to share multiple photos in an album with friends or family, Apple's Shared Albums feature (earlier called iCloud Photo Sharing) is for you.

Shared Albums are ideal for sharing vacation photos with family, honeymoon photos with your spouse, or a night on the town photos with pals. Every shared album can have up to 5,000 photos and videos. Plus, you don't need to use iCloud Photos for this, nor do the shared photos count against your allocated iCloud storage limit!

We’ll show you how to work with Shared Albums in the Photos app to make it all a bit easier.

How to remove metadata from photos on Mac

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Striping away the photo information like location (longitude, latitude), camera name, etc., ensures your sensitive details aren't disclosed unknowingly to people and apps with whom you share the images. So, here are four ways to remove the Exif metadata from pictures on your Mac.