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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.
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
Photo has been edited.
Photo has had keywords applied.
Photo’s location has been identified on a map.
Photo has been marked as a favorite.
Item is a video clip.
Item is a slo-mo clip.
Item is a time-lapse clip.
Original photo is stored in another location (not in the Photos library on your Mac).
Original photo was taken as a High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo that combines three photos taken at different exposures.
LN
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
Photo has been edited.
Photo has had keywords applied.
Photo’s location has been identified on a map.
Photo has been marked as a favorite.
Item is a video clip.
Item is a slo-mo clip.
Item is a time-lapse clip.
Original photo is stored in another location (not in the Photos library on your Mac).
Original photo was taken as a High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo that combines three photos taken at different exposures.
LN
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.
That means the RAW and JPEG files are "stacked". Larry can tell you more about that one as I don't shoot RAW format.
Photos thumbnail symbols and their meaning
