Photos thumbnail symbols and their meaning

Is there a listing of symbols and their meaning that appear on the bottom of the photo thumbnails in Photos? I'm particularly curious about the one that looks like the share button but with a round ball instead of the arrow point. Thanks.

Posted on Aug 23, 2015 9:23 AM

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Posted on Aug 23, 2015 2:04 PM

There is a really neat feature of all Mac programs including Photos called Help - located at the right end of the menu bar in each program


from Photos help

Photos can display the title you assign to photos in the Info window, metadata (other information about each photo, such as its file type), and badges that identify whether the photo has been edited, had keywords added, and more.

Set Photos to display titles, metadata, or badges: Choose View > Metadata > [Metadata name].

Badge

Meaning

User uploaded file

Photo has been edited.

User uploaded file

Photo has had keywords applied.

User uploaded file

Photo’s location has been identified on a map.

User uploaded file

Photo has been marked as a favorite.

User uploaded file

Item is a video clip.

User uploaded file

Item is a slo-mo clip.

User uploaded file

Item is a time-lapse clip.

User uploaded file

Original photo is stored in another location (not in the Photos library on your Mac).

User uploaded file

Original photo was taken as a High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo that combines three photos taken at different exposures.



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Aug 23, 2015 2:04 PM in response to jwalt313

There is a really neat feature of all Mac programs including Photos called Help - located at the right end of the menu bar in each program


from Photos help

Photos can display the title you assign to photos in the Info window, metadata (other information about each photo, such as its file type), and badges that identify whether the photo has been edited, had keywords added, and more.

Set Photos to display titles, metadata, or badges: Choose View > Metadata > [Metadata name].

Badge

Meaning

User uploaded file

Photo has been edited.

User uploaded file

Photo has had keywords applied.

User uploaded file

Photo’s location has been identified on a map.

User uploaded file

Photo has been marked as a favorite.

User uploaded file

Item is a video clip.

User uploaded file

Item is a slo-mo clip.

User uploaded file

Item is a time-lapse clip.

User uploaded file

Original photo is stored in another location (not in the Photos library on your Mac).

User uploaded file

Original photo was taken as a High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo that combines three photos taken at different exposures.



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Aug 23, 2015 3:06 PM in response to jwalt313

There's one more symbol that isn't in the Help file and that the one that shows up on a photos that was shot by a digital camera in both RAW and JPEG and imported.

User uploaded file

That means the RAW and JPEG files are "stacked". Larry can tell you more about that one as I don't shoot RAW format.

User uploaded file

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