Apple Photos
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
3warn against
Nov 21, 2025first mention
Oct 16, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use Photos a lot on iOS. Both work very well for me”
long-time Apple useron “Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo'…”
“why Capture One or even Apple Photos feel nicer and more gentle to use than Lightroom or even DxO PhotoLab”
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“I use Apple's top-notch editing for all sorts of stuff”
Caveats and dissent
“Nor do I use Photos or whatever iTunes is called now.”
Mac useron “Make Tmux the OS”
“I'm not fond of Lightroom Cloud, Google Photos, Apple Photos, etc”
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“papercut bugs that you know will never be fixed”
former metadata completioniston “EXIF orientation info in PNGs isn't used for image-o…”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to dissipate heat 1 mention
- AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software 1 mention
- Make Tmux the OS 1 mention
- Backups Aren't Simple 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026) 1 mention
- People who can't picture anything are rewriting the science of imagination 1 mention
Data: apple-photos.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“I use Photos a lot on iOS. Both work very well for me”
“why Capture One or even Apple Photos feel nicer and more gentle to use than Lightroom or even DxO PhotoLab”
“Nor do I use Photos or whatever iTunes is called now.”
“I use a shared photos library with my partner”
“we uploaded them to a shared Apple Photos album”
“Maybe they could find something similar (Apple Photos, Google Photos, Immich, etc.)!”
“I use Apple's top-notch editing for all sorts of stuff”
“I'm not fond of Lightroom Cloud, Google Photos, Apple Photos, etc”
“papercut bugs that you know will never be fixed”