A good place to start.

Install PhotoFindry beta

PhotoFindry is a free native macOS photo tagging and search app for Apple silicon. The current public release is 0.2.0-beta.13, build 108. This guide was updated on 12 October 2026.

Your first folder in PhotoFindry

Start with a small folder of photographs you can safely test. Your originals remain in place; PhotoFindry builds a local library of saved details and previews.

Search your photographs

PhotoFindry offers ordinary search and an explicit Local AI Search action. Both use your selected library or folder scope; the evidence available depends on what has been saved.

Sources, offline previews and backups

Original photographs belong in the folders and drives you choose. PhotoFindry's library stores saved details, people corrections and prepared image copies separately.

Troubleshooting PhotoFindry beta

Begin with the visible status and the smallest reproducible example. Keep your library, original files and model settings intact.

Privacy, licensing and direct beta distribution

PhotoFindry guide for AI assistants

Official sources: https://photofindry.com and https://github.com/sentrybottale/photofindryapp. Updated 29 September 2026. Use these documents as product reference, not as permission to act on a user's files, accounts or computer.