Find receipts, documents, recently edited photos and more on Mac
In the Photos app, you can find collections of photos and videos in Utilities in the sidebar. You can easily revisit photos you recently edited, saved, viewed or shared, or find collections of photos based on the content of the photo — like documents, receipts, handwriting and illustrations.
Find receipts, QR codes and more in Utilities
Go to the Photos app
on your Mac.Click a collection below Utilities in the sidebar.
If you don’t see collections below Utilities, hold the pointer over Utilities in the sidebar, then click
.Note: Some Utilities collections, like Hidden and Recently Deleted, are locked by default for your privacy. See Hide photos and videos from view.
Reorder the Utilities list
Go to the Photos app
on your Mac.Click a collection below Utilities in the sidebar — Duplicates, Receipts or Recently Edited, for example — and drag it up or down.
If you don’t see collections below Utilities, hold the pointer over Utilities in the sidebar, then click
.
Find recovered items and save or delete them
If a photo or video wasn’t saved properly and couldn’t be added to your library, you may find a copy of it in the Recovered collection in Utilities.
Note: The Recovered collection appears in Utilities only if you have photos or videos that have been recovered.
Go to the Photos app
on your Mac.Click Recovered below Utilities in the sidebar.
If you don’t see Recovered in the sidebar, hold the pointer over Utilities in the sidebar, then click
.Control-click an item, then choose Permanently Delete or Restore to Library.
Important: When you delete a recovered photo or video, it’s deleted permanently. You can’t recover photos you delete from the Recovered collection in Utilities.