Filtering & Sorting

Sorting

In the toolbar or View → Sort:

• Capture Date (default), File Name, Date Modified, File Size
• Width, Height, Brightness
• Color Tag, Rating
• Arrangement — manual order (set by dragging photos in the gallery)

Smart Sort: Similarity (similar side by side), Portraits (by face).

Filters

• Color labels — click a color in the toolbar to show only that color, ⌥ + click — hide that color instead
• Stars — minimum rating, ⌥ + click — invert (below selected)
• Faces — all / with faces / without faces / closed eyes
• Orientation — landscape / portrait
• Format — JPEG, RAW, PNG and other extensions. When a folder has multiple RAW formats, an overall RAW button appears — one click shows every RAW. If JPEG or PNG sit alongside RAW, a NON-RAW button also appears to separate finished files from camera originals with a single click
• Selected only — toolbar button, shows only selected photos
• Camera — buttons with camera models from EXIF, sorted by photo count. The top 5 are buttons, the rest live in a dropdown. Click — show one camera, ⌘ + click — add another. The "NO" button filters photos with no camera data

Search

⌘F — search by file name and AI tags (tags automatically assigned during indexing). Results appear instantly.

The "All folders" button expands the search to all previously indexed folders — results open in a new tab.

Search by Description — a separate field in the toolbar that finds photos by what's in them ("sunset", "smiling kids", "golden hour"). Runs entirely on your Mac — photos are never sent anywhere.

Saving and loading selection

⌘⇧S — save the list of selected files as a .txt (a system dialog will open). Color labels are saved along with file names.

⌘⇧L — load a list from a file. PhotoWorker will find matches by name in the current folder, select them, and restore color labels.