Disabling round icons on photos in Photos app on macOS

One of the most annoying features of the Photos app is the icon that invites you to click on it to get information about the subject it appears on. It disfigures the photos and, even when clicked on, often gives the wrong info. I know you can get rid of it when you disable the info box, but I have my own captions I want to be able to see. Even when not connected to the internet, those round icons appear on almost all of my photos. The feature may be helpful for some, but please make it possible to turn that feature off.


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iMac 27″, macOS 14.6

Posted on Jan 30, 2025 3:38 AM

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Jan 31, 2025 6:57 AM in response to Old Toad

Old Toad wrote: You can use this user contributed AppleScript to put the Description/Captgion into the Tite files so that it's aways under the photo's thumbnail:

But unfortunately, the Title is not available in Preview mode without the Info window being open. But that's a great option for large thumbnails. Titles will not go to a second line.


Another option to see pictures and captions (with many lines) at the same time, is to use File>Print>Contact Sheet to make a PDF file with pictures and captions and whatever else you want.

You can have various sizes, even 1 picture per page. This image shows pictures with a Title and then Captions with multiple lines. This is quite versatile!

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Disabling round icons on photos in Photos app on macOS

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