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Post #961777

2026-04-06 16:24 UTC

I’m opening 50 TestFlight spots for Iris, a new photo and video library app for Mac. It works with your existing libraries, whether they’re in Apple Photos or folders of images stored locally or on external drives. https://retina.studio/iris/preview/ Feedback very much appreciated.

Replies (13)

  • @tylerhall@social.lol Turning Iris loose on my NAS archive drive, excited to see what it pulls up! (and how long it takes)

    Open ##2631450

  • @petersibley@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 19:31

    @tylerhall@social.lol looks neat

    Open ##2631458

  • @nileane@nileane.fr 2026-04-06 20:36

    @tylerhall@social.lol woah, this is very interesting! Say I have a library stored on an external SSD, does Iris copy over everything to create its library or does it only read the files that are on the external drive?

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  • @hoagie@jawns.club 2026-04-06 21:43

    @tylerhall@social.lol I will put this in delicate terms... Items that are marked as "hidden" in my Apple Photos library should be similarly handled in this app, and not just shown freely.

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  • @tylerhall@social.lol I missed the beta this time round, but can I still just say, the feature to show certain people at specific ages looks amazing. I’m currently creating smart folders to achieve this, but it’s incredibly messy. I’m looking forward to seeing this come to market.

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  • @scifi451@mastodon.social 2026-04-07 04:26

    @tylerhall@social.lol missed getting a spot but interested in checking it out when it is released.

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  • @meposz@livellosegreto.it 2026-04-07 05:05

    @tylerhall@social.lol nice!

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  • @jackbrewster@hachyderm.io 2026-04-07 05:27

    @tylerhall@social.lol Supportimg folders seems like something @caseyliss@mastodon.social might be into.

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  • @icanzilb@mastodon.social 2026-04-07 06:10

    @tylerhall@social.lol intriguing, I'd love browsing my ssd full of canon raw files like that 👍🏼

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  • @tylerhall@social.lol I am having issues with signing into Apple which is restricting me doing a bug report. So dropping it here instead (i think it is my issue not a problem with iris). Iris is showing capture time for “most photos” as 4am. Even allowing for time difference to where I am currently (2 hours behind home). 6am would not be correct. More likely to be 6pm.

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  • @chrishas35@hachyderm.io 2026-04-07 11:53

    @tylerhall@social.lol oh this looks very, very nice. Scratches many itches and love how you’re layering on top of existing solutions instead of slurping it all up. Can’t wait to give it a try!

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  • @squaredpx@phpc.social 2026-04-07 14:24

    @tylerhall@social.lol I’ve just tried the beta and I love it! I’ve wanting something like this for years. I have a couple of questions: a) existing image/video metadata (keywords & descriptions) are not imported into Iris. I don’t know if that is a bug or it’s just by design but would be great to be able to preserve that manually input data and use it on search’s

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  • @rmasoni@mastodon.social 2026-04-07 23:56

    @tylerhall@social.lol This is looking good! Any plans for an iOS app?

    Open ##2631500