Finding photos and videos on a Mac

Short answers to what people ask about finding a photo, a video or one moment in it: what the Mac does on its own, and how Seekframe does it.

• How to search photos by description on a Mac

  Type what is in the picture, like “dog on the beach”, and find the photo: in the Photos app for its library, and in any folder or drive with Seekframe.

• How to find a specific scene in a video

  Describe the scene, like “a dog jumping into a pool”, and open the right video at that moment, with the built-in ways on a Mac or with Seekframe.

• AI photo search on a Mac without uploading your photos

  Search your photos and videos by describing them, with an AI model that runs on your Mac's Neural Engine. No account, and nothing is uploaded.

• How to find and delete duplicate photos on a Mac

  Find duplicate photos on a Mac: the Duplicates album in Photos for your library, and Seekframe Pro for copies spread across folders and drives.

• How to find similar photos on a Mac

  Find photos that look like one you have: drop it on Seekframe or choose More Like This. A reverse image search of your own files, run on your Mac.

• How to find a video from a screenshot or a picture

  Have a screenshot or a still and need the video it came from? Drop it on Seekframe to find the matching scene in your own videos, on your Mac.

• How to search photos and videos on an external drive

  Search the photos and videos on an external drive or NAS by what they show, even while it's unplugged, with Finder or with Seekframe Pro.

• How to search video footage by what's in the shot

  Find the shot you need in hours of footage by describing it, then drag it into Final Cut Pro or, with Pro, export matches as markers. All on your Mac.

• How to find all photos and videos on your Mac

  Where photos and videos are stored on a Mac, how to list every one in Finder, and how to search them all by what they show with Seekframe.

• How to choose the best photo and video organizer for Mac

  What a photo and video organizer for Mac should do, what Photos and Finder already cover, and when finding by search beats sorting into albums.

• How to search security camera footage for a moment

  Clips saved from a home camera? Describe the moment, like “a person at the door at night”, and Seekframe finds it in the video files on your Mac.