How to Crop Photos on Mac
Here's how to crop video or pictures on a Mac, so you can delete parts of a photo.
Have you been wondering how to delete part of a picture on Mac, how to crop a video, or how to crop a picture on Mac? In this article, we'll go over how to crop a video or picture on your Mac computer.
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Why You'll Love This Tip
- Learn to crop photos and videos, so you can keep the focus on the important part of the picture.
- Learn to use pre-set and custom aspect ratios and find the ones that work the best for your photos and videos.
How to Crop Photos on Mac
We've recently created several tips about how to edit photos on a Mac. Now, let's learn how to crop photos and videos on a Mac in six easy steps. For more great photo editing tutorials, check out our free Tip of the Day.
- Open the Photos app on your Mac, and open the photo or video you want to crop.
- Click the Edit button.
- Click the Crop button above the photo.
- Drag one or more of the four white corners inwards to remove parts of the photo or video that you don’t want.
- Click the arrow next to Aspect to choose a new, pre-set photo ratio.
- Click Custom under Aspect to set a customized horizontal to vertical ratio.
- When finished, click Done to save cropping, or click Revert to Original to remove cropping from your picture.
If you enjoyed this tip and want to learn more about how to edit photos and videos on a Mac, here's how to zoom in and out of a photo on a Mac, so you can make more detailed edits.
Leanne Hays
Leanne Hays has over a dozen years of experience writing for online publications. As a Feature Writer for iPhone Life, she has authored hundreds of how-to, Apple news, and gear review articles, as well as a comprehensive Photos App guide. Leanne holds degrees in education and science and loves troubleshooting and repair. This combination makes her a perfect fit as manager of our Ask an Expert service, which helps iPhone Life Insiders with Apple hardware and software issues.
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