PhotoPop
Pop open your whole Photos library from the menu bar — browse every album, drag photos in and out of any app, rotate and edit them in place, and search for subjects and text.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon & Intel · Free to try, then a one-time license
What it does
Your library in the menu bar
Summon PhotoPop with a hotkey (⌃⌥⌘I) and your whole library is right there — All Photos, Favorites, Recents, Screenshots, Videos, and every album — in a fast, live-thumbnail grid.
Drag in, drag out
Drag any photo straight out to Finder, Mail, Messages, or a document. Drop images from anywhere back in and they import into your library — or into the album you dropped them on.
Search what's in the shot
On-device Vision indexes scene labels and the text inside your photos, so you can find receipt, beach, or whiteboard — not just by date. Nothing is ever sent off your Mac.
Rotate & edit, saved back
Rotate right in the inspector, or open a photo in Preview or any image editor. Whatever you save there flows back into your Photos library as a non-destructive edit.
Quick Look & inspect
Tap Space for a full-size Quick Look and scrub with the arrow keys; a side inspector shows dimensions, dates, and favorite status. Double-click opens the photo in Preview.
Private by design
PhotoPop only ever talks to your own Photos library, on your Mac — no accounts, no telemetry. A universal SwiftUI app that keeps itself up to date via Sparkle.
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Get PhotoPop
A notarized direct download with a free trial, or buy it on the Mac App Store.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon & Intel · Free to try, then a one-time license
Support
Questions, bug reports, or feature requests? Email ben.dansby@gmail.com and you’ll get a reply, usually within a day or two. See the privacy policy.