The fastest way to scan printed photos, old albums, and family memories on your Mac — using your iPhone or a connected scanner. Batch scan multiple photos at once, automatically crop and correct perspective, repair damaged areas, and export directly to Apple Photos with full metadata, or save as files to any folder on your Mac.
macOS 14.6+ · Download for Free · All features included
Professional photo scanning tools for turning printed pictures, family albums, and analog photo collections into organized digital files.
Digitize several printed photos in a single capture. Perfect for scanning old albums, loose prints, and large family photo collections faster.
PhotoScanner detects photo edges, straightens tilted images, corrects perspective, and crops each scan for a clean digital result.
Add or correct dates and locations for every scanned photo, so your family history stays organized, searchable, and easy to browse.
Export digitized photos directly to Apple Photos with dates and locations, or save them as files to any folder, external hard drive, or cloud storage on your Mac.
Create lightweight digital copies, high-quality archive files, or print-ready scans. Choose the output quality that fits your project.
Remove creases, scratches, tears, and damaged areas to restore old printed photos and preserve them in better quality.
For the best possible quality, connect any Mac-compatible scanner, place your printed photos inside, and scan them directly into PhotoScanner. Your photos appear automatically, ready to crop, repair, organize, and export.
Step 1
Connect a Mac-compatible scanner, place your photos inside, and start scanning. PhotoScanner imports the results automatically.
Step 2
Crop, correct perspective, add dates and locations, then export your digitized photos to Apple Photos or save them as files to any folder on your Mac.
Use the PhotoScanner iPhone app to turn your phone into a photo scanner. Capture printed photos with your iPhone and send them automatically to PhotoScanner on Mac, where you can enhance, organize, and export them to Apple Photos or save as files to any folder on your Mac.
Step 1
Open the iPhone app, point it at your printed photos, and tap the capture button. PhotoScanner detects each photo automatically — no flatbed scanner needed.
Step 2
Your photos appear automatically in PhotoScanner on Mac. Correct perspective, repair damage, add dates and locations, and export to Apple Photos or save as files to any folder on your Mac.
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macOS 14.6+ · Intel & Apple Silicon · 15 MB
