The inspector

This is documentation for a PowerPhotos beta version.
Current documentation is available here.

On the right hand side of the window, you’ll find the inspector, which will display detailed information about whatever object you have selected in the rest of the window. You can use this to see information for libraries, albums, or photos. The following information is displayed here:

Libraries: The library’s name, version, size, and location on your computer.

The size shown is for the entire library package, including all of Photos’ own data files. This should normally match the size reported for the library in the Finder. Note that this size will be larger than the size shown in Photos itself, which only adds up the space taken up by the photos themselves.

Albums: The album’s name and description, and the number and size of the photos it contains. Note that the size calculated for an album only includes the size of the original photos/videos in the album, and doesn’t take into account extra data like Live Photo videos, edited versions of photos, thumbnails, and other caches.

Photos: The selected photo’s attributes, including:

• Filename: The filename of the photo when it was imported into the library
• Kind: The photo’s kind, e.g. JPG, PNG, RAW, etc.
• Size: The photo’s file size. Note that this only indicates the size of the original photo, and does not include any data stored for things like edited versions, Live Photos, and so forth
• Dimensions: The height and width of the photo in pixels. If the photo has been edited, this shows the edited dimensions, not the original photo’s dimensions.
• Albums: If the photo belongs to any albums, shows the names of each album the photo belongs to. Note that you can control-click on a photo to reveal it in a particular album if you want.
• Date Captured: The date the photo was originally taken. This date is embedded in the photo’s EXIF data, and can be adjusted in Photos using the Image > Adjust Date & Time menu item. This is also the data that photos uses when sorting the library by date.
• Date Added: The date the photo was added to this library. This is often the same as the capture date (e.g. when synced via iCloud Photos), but can be different if the photo was imported a while after it was taken, or copied from one library to another.
• Date Modified: The date the photo was last modified. This date will only appear if the photo was edited after being added to the photo library.
• Title: The photo’s title. Photos have no title when first imported into a library, in which case Photos and PowerPhotos display the photo’s filename in grey text in place of the title. You can edit the title either in PowerPhotos or Photos.
• Keywords: The photo’s keywords, which can be edited in either PowerPhotos or Photos.
• Caption: The photo’s caption, which can be edited in either PowerPhotos or Photos.