Wondering how to play Live Photos in the Photos app on Mac? Fortunately it’s quite simple, and there’s no use of 3D Touch or any funky tricks necessary.
In fact, in some ways it’s actually easier to play a Live Photo picture video in Photos for Mac than it is when viewing Live Photos in Messages for Mac, and you just need to hover over the picture in Photos app to get the Live Photo to play.
To get started, be sure you have at least one live photo image in your Photos app library on the Mac. You can take a Live Photo with the iPhone Camera easily and then copy them into Photos on the Mac if you need to.
How to Play a Live Photo in Photos for Mac OS
Here’s how playing the video portion of a live photo works in Photos app for Mac OS:
- Open the Photos app for Mac if you have not done so already and then open any album where a Live Photo is contained
- Open any Live Photo by double-clicking on it (you can play the Live Photo thumbnails too, however)
- Hover the mouse cursor over the Live Photo to play the video portion of the picture in Photos on Mac
A Live Photo is signified by the little concentric circle and “Live” text in the corner of the picture.
That’s all there is to it, nice and easy and it just requires a quick hover of the cursor from a trackpad or mouse. You can re-play a Live Photo in Photos for Mac by just moving the cursor away and back over the picture again too.
The Live Photos camera feature is enabled by default on iPhone, so unless it is disabled by you and everyone you share pictures with, it’s likely you’ll get some Live Photos appearing in the Photos app on Mac OS even if you don’t import them yourself.
You can check out more Live Photo tips here if you’re interested.
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