Ingest

Photo workflow for Mac

Ingest. Cull.
Browse. Organize.

Save a workspace for each kind of shoot. Review your photos, add metadata, and import into folders named the way you want.

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Free during beta · No account
macOS 15+ · Apple silicon · Version 0.9.5

Ingest’s Wedding workspace in dark mode, showing a curated collection of genuine RAW photographs and named shoot folders
Wedding example. Browse the shoot, then tag and rate your selects.
Ingest’s Landscapes workspace in Split view, with a RAW landscape, thumbnail grid, histogram, and camera information
See the scene and the details. Split view, histogram, and camera information.
Ingest’s Personal workspace in Focus mode, showing a large cat photograph and a thumbnail strip
Focus on the photos. Every action is still a shortcut or ⌘K away.
Hit F to toggle Focus mode.
Ingest’s Headshots workspace in dark mode, showing a grid of 25 professional RAW portraits of men and women
A clear view of the whole portrait session. Browse, tag, and rate your selects.
Ingest Review in the Events example, showing two people, one selected face close-up, and the review filmstrip
Events example. Review a fixed queue with a face close-up beside the full photograph.

Example workspaces · Ingest 0.9.5 (41) · RAW photography from Signature Edits & contributing photographers

01 / Workspaces

Your setup, ready
for the next shoot.

Save destinations, filenames, folder structures, metadata, and browsing preferences together. These five example workspaces show what you can build for your own photography.

Use a separate physical drive for Photo Backup. Backup strategy →

Build your workspace →

02 / Metadata Assist

Type ;.
See your options.

Pick a field, enter the details, and review each change before Apply. Add keywords, update a caption, or choose a location on the map while your photographs stay in view.

Enter a caption and keywords, choose coordinates, inspect the map, and apply the reviewed changes. Open video ↗

Map Location sets real GPS coordinates. A typed IPTC place name is separate. Pause or open fullscreen to take a closer look.

How Metadata Assist works →

Review and import

See the detail.
Keep the decisions.

Open Review for a fixed set of photos, with faces or detail beside the full frame. Compare a reference and candidate, then tag, rate, and mark photos reviewed. Your decisions stay with the shoot.

Review showing a candid event photograph, a large face close-up, and the fixed review filmstrip
Review in Ingest 0.9.5. Inspect an expression without losing the whole scene.

When you’re ready to copy, Import… opens the photo scope, destinations, filenames, and output preview for review. Ingest verifies each copy. Organize opens its own window for grouping, renaming, copying, or moving an existing folder. ⌘K finds the next action.

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Short extras, when you want them:

Built for this machine

Unapologetically Mac.

I’m a photographer and an Apple enthusiast. I built Ingest for the Mac, with native controls, the keyboard, and ⌘K at its center. From family cards to client shoots, it’s the photo workflow app I wanted on my own Mac.

Brian Renshaw Photographer & developer

Off the card. Into your folders.

Start with a folder. Make the workspace yours.

Download Ingest ↗Get started →

Free during beta · No account
macOS 15+ · Apple silicon · Version 0.9.5

Ingest is a working beta. I use it for my own work and am still developing it for a broader audience. Send feedback →