See everything inside your Photos library
Apple Photos knows an astonishing amount about every image — where it was taken, who's in it, what's in it, and how it was captured. PhotosInspector shows you all of it, beautifully.
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Metadata, without the mystery
Built on a purpose-made engine that reads the Photos database directly — so you see the real data, not a simplified summary.
Every metadata field, revealed
Dates, GPS coordinates and reverse-geocoded places, camera and lens EXIF, keywords, albums, and the raw database rows behind each photo.
People & faces
See detected faces, named people, and the face-region geometry Apple stores for each photo — all read straight from the library.
Search-index & AI insights
Surface the labels, scene categories, and AI-generated captions Photos computes behind the scenes to power its own search.
Powerful querying
Filter and combine on any attribute to answer questions your Photos app can't — then inspect exactly why each asset matched.
100% local & read-only
PhotosInspector reads your library directly on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is changed — it never writes to your Photos library.
Native and fast
A true SwiftUI Mac app with a familiar three-pane layout — sidebar, grid, and a rich inspector — built to stay responsive on large libraries.
Your photos never leave your Mac
PhotosInspector works entirely on-device and opens your library in read-only mode. There are no servers, no analytics on your content, and no changes to your Photos library — ever.
Ready to look closer?
Try PhotosInspector free, or get it on the Mac App Store.