PhotoBooks documentation
From your first photo selection to a finished PDF: practical guides for making, editing and keeping your photo books.
PhotoBooks 1.2.0 · User guide · Reviewed
Find your task
| Topic | What you can do | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Make your first book, choose the right download and find your way around the editor. | Read guide: Getting started |
| Importing and selecting photos | Import from Apple Photos or folders, handle permissions and refine an automatic selection. | Read guide: Importing and selecting photos |
| Pages, layouts and book format | Try layouts, adjust photo density, protect finished pages and change the book’s size. | Read guide: Pages, layouts and book format |
| Cropping and photo tools | Fix a crop, swap images, emphasize a photo and use the unplaced-photo tray. | Read guide: Cropping and photo tools |
| Covers, titles and text | Finish the wraparound cover, rename the book and add editable text to your pages. | Read guide: Covers, titles and text |
| PDF export and printing | Choose Digital PDF, Print PDF or Blurb Book, resolve preflight issues and check the finished files. | Read guide: PDF export and printing |
| Saving, backups and privacy | Keep your editable book and originals safe, move projects carefully and understand on-device processing. | Read guide: Saving, backups and privacy |
| Troubleshooting | Recover missing photos, diagnose unavailable actions and get useful help for an import or export problem. | Read guide: Troubleshooting |
Make your first book
Start with Getting started, then follow Importing and selecting photos. Before you send anything to a printer, read PDF export and printing.
Looking for a quick answer? Browse the PhotoBooks FAQ. Keep your originals as well as your saved document; the backup guide explains what to preserve.