Review has no assigned key by default. Open it from the photo-control row or ⌘K. It keeps a fixed queue: marking a photo does not remove it. In Review, [ and ] inspect faces when face inspection is active; elsewhere they navigate groups. In Compare, arrows and marks follow the comparison context described below.
| Keys | Command | Where |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘1 ⌘2 ⌘3 | Grid, preview, split | |
| Space | Toggle the preview | Grid, preview |
| ⌘I | Show or hide the right sidebar | |
| ⌥⌘S | Show or hide the left sidebar | |
| no default key | Hide or show both sidebars through View or the command palette | Browse |
| C | Open Select/Candidate. Left/right browses candidates; Up makes Candidate the Select; Down swaps. Marking acts on the active pane; Esc returns to the previous view with Select selected. | Grid, preview |
| N | Survey the whole current stack, twelve frames per page, or up to six selected photographs. Stack double-click opens the same grid. | Grid, preview |
| I | Cycle the information overlay: off, basic, full | Grid, preview, split |
| ⌥D | Detail overlay, to judge sharpness | Preview |
| ⌥E | Focus Peaking | Preview |
| ⌥A | Show the focus point the camera recorded, when it recorded one | Preview |
| ⌥F | Subject Close-ups: faces, detected subjects, or a labeled center fallback | Preview |
| ⌘+ ⌘- | Bigger and smaller thumbnails | Grid |
| F | Enter or exit Focus Mode | Active workspace |
| ⌃⌘F | Full screen | |
| ⌥⌘F | Put the preview on a second display | |
| ⌥⌘J | Combine RAW and JPEG / HEIF pairs into one photograph, for this folder | |
| ⌥⌘K | Stack bracket sets, for this folder | |
| ⌃1 … ⌃9 | Switch to a workspace | |
| no key | Sort by capture time, filename, rating, color label, visual appeal, date modified, or file size | |
| no key | Sort by album order | Apple Photos |
| no key | Sort by group order | Organize |
| no key | Reverse the sort order | |
| no key | Hide Both Sidebars / Show Both Sidebars (search “sidebar” in the Command Palette) | All workspaces |
| [ ] | Previous and next face while face inspection is active; otherwise the previous and next section or Photo Suggestions set | Grid, preview |
| no key | Group by Day, Camera, Lens, ISO or Location; Clear Grouping. Click the group bar or any heading to jump to a group. | Group control |
| no key | Manage keywords everywhere at once |