Ingest 0.5.0

A faster way to browse folders, a simpler tagging workflow, and more control over Social Export.

Browse your Mac's folder tree inside Ingest, search folders, and open a folder with a single selection. Leaf folders no longer show misleading disclosure arrows.
Show photos in subfolders when you need them. The visible toggle defaults off, and selecting a photo identifies its containing folder in the tree.
Open a photo from Finder with Ingest to jump to its folder and select it.
Zoom the grid all the way to one photo. Improved pinch sizing keeps cached previews visible; arrow navigation stays with photos by default.
Restore compact Grid, Preview, and Split icons. Press I or use the info button to cycle basic, full, or hidden photo information in all three views.
Inspect RGB or luminance histograms. Histogram, Camera Details, Keywords, Caption, and Location open expanded and remember later disclosure choices.
Metadata shortcuts reveal, scroll to, and focus their fields. Location updates preserve the current view, selection, zoom, and cached photos instead of reopening the folder.
Clear an active filter from the folder header. Command descriptions explain overlays and navigation; AF Point Overlay reports when focus-point information is unavailable.

Use Tag/Untag as a simple flag: T toggles and U untags. Stars, colors, and keywords stay independent. Reject and its shortcuts, filters, badges, and cleanup action have been removed; X is unassigned.
All includes every photo in the current scope; Untagged includes every photo without a tag. Unmarked describes photos without tags, stars, or colors.
Delete selected photos with the Delete key or a context menu. Confirmation is on by default, with a preference available both in Settings and in the confirmation dialog.

Group by Tagged/Untagged, star rating, color label, and the existing date, camera, lens, file type, and keyword choices. Grouping is available in the initial setup and inspector.
A clearer inspector follows Grouping, Destination, Filenames, and Destination Preview. Source-folder subfolders are the default; alternate destinations show their folder chooser explicitly.
Preview full paths when useful and see three example filenames while renaming. Advanced date options stay out of the main flow.
Review & Organize is a prominent fixed action, with Copy, Move, or Rename identified before execution. Background planning keeps previews stable while typing.

Choose Fit or Fill for a photo, drag its position, and zoom within its cell. Grid cells support common and custom aspect ratios independently of the canvas, with remaining space kept as background.
Add editable text layers to individual frames with fonts, alignment, color, and optional backgrounds. Copy a text design to all frames, optionally including its wording.
Snap photos and text to centers and edges. An optional approximate Stories safe-area guide appears only on 9:16 still-image canvases and is never included in exported files.

A wider resizable sidebar keeps folder names readable. Favorites, Recent, and Saved Views collapse independently and remember their state.
Compact photo controls combine view, sizing, sort, and filters; secondary controls move into an overflow menu at narrow widths.
Archivo headings retain Ingest's character, with more readable system-font controls and restrained orange accents. Browse, Organize, and Social Export have distinct active colors, and a labeled Ingest… button opens the import flow.
Removed the oversized orange pane-focus frame while retaining focus feedback on individual controls.

Existing IPTC capabilities are unchanged in this release. Requires macOS 15 or later and Apple silicon.