View memories in Photos on Mac
The Memories feature in Photos creates personalised collections of photos and videos that are set to music and that you can watch like a movie. Each memory features a significant person, place or event from your Photos library. You can also create your own memories and share them with your friends and family.
Play a memory
In the Photos app
on your Mac, click Memories in the sidebar, then scroll to view memories.Double-click a memory.
As a memory plays, do any of the following:
Start or stop playing the memory: Click the Play button
or press the Space bar. Scroll to individual photos in the memory: Press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key, or swipe left or right on the trackpad. You can also swipe the filmstrip to scroll quickly forwards or backwards.
Display the memory photos in a grid: Click the Grid View button
. With the grid displayed, you can select photos and share them, add them to other albums, and delete them. Double-click a photo to start the memory playing at that photo.Stop playing and exit a memory: Click the left arrow
in the toolbar.
Create a memory
You can create your own memory from an album.
In the Photos app
on your Mac, select the album in the sidebar, then click Play Memory Video.Note: A memory can include up to 500 items. If your album contains more than 500 items, Play Memory Video is dimmed.
To add the new memory to Memories, click the Favourite button
in the toolbar.The new memory appears among your favourite memories in Memories. If you want the memory to appear with your other memories, click the Favourite button
again to remove the memory as a favourite.
Share a memory
In the Photos app
on your Mac, click Memories in the sidebar, then scroll to the memory you want to share.Double-click the memory.
To stop playing a memory, press the Space bar.
Click the Share button
in the toolbar.Choose how you want to share the memory.
See Use Messages and Mail to share photos and Use AirDrop to share photos.
Share photos from a memory
You can share multiple or individual photos from a memory.
In the Photos app
on your Mac, click Memories in the sidebar, then scroll to the memory containing the photos you want to share.Double-click the memory.
To stop playing a memory, press the Space bar.
Click the Grid View button
, select the photos you want to share, then click the Share button in the toolbar.Choose how you want to share the photos.
See Use Messages and Mail to share photos and Use AirDrop to share photos.
Add a memory as a favourite
In the Photos app
on your Mac, click Memories in the sidebar, then scroll to the memory you want to make a favourite.Click the Favourite button
on the memory.You can also click the Favourite button
while viewing the memory.
To view your favourite memories, click Favourite Memories in the toolbar.
For information about showing featured content and holiday events in memories and turning memory notifications on or off, see Change settings in Photos on Mac.