Select a folder
Point PhotoCore at a folder of photos, diagrams or infographics. It scans every subfolder and estimates the time to index.
Solutions
AI photo search for your Mac
Your photos sit in folders, on old external drives, and in a backup or two you half remember. PhotoCore indexes them with on device AI, then finds any image when you describe it. Start from the problem that sounds like yours.
Search by descriptionWorks offlineExternal drives and NASNo subscription
Find your fix
Pick the problem that sounds like yours
Export Apple Photos to a drive you own
Move your library to an external drive: verified, incremental, without losing anything.
Organize digital photos on a Mac
The seven-step system that replaces hand sorting with one indexed archive.
Archive iPhone photos without iCloud
Copy your camera roll to a drive you own, verified byte for byte.
Private photo book maker
Build a web story or a print-ready PDF, with nothing uploaded.
Find photos by description
Type what you remember and get the photo, with no tags and no filenames to recall.
Offline photo search
Search with no internet, even when the external drive is unplugged.
Find photos on an external drive
Index a drive once, then find any shot on it later from your Mac.
Search NAS photos
Index a NAS once and search it by meaning from your Mac, online or not.
Photo archive software
Turn folders, drives and a NAS into one searchable archive you own.
Organize wedding photos
Sort a full shoot into delivery groups in minutes with semantic grouping.
Travel photography
Search "sunset in Lisbon" or open the map and see every trip pinned by place, read from the GPS already in your shots.
Content creators
Find the exact frame for a post in seconds: search by description, then sort by quality score to pick the keeper.
Family photo library
Name grandma once, then every photo of her across 20 years of folders is one search away, all on your Mac.
Best AI photo organizer
Compare how PhotoCore organizes a Mac library with on-device AI: search by meaning, people, places and quality.
How it works
Three steps, all on your Mac
Index on device
Each image is read by SigLIP 2 on the Apple Neural Engine. PhotoCore saves a small vector locally, so search stays fast and private.
Search with words
Type what you are looking for, like 'Q3 cover' or 'team photo on stage'. Results rank by meaning, and nothing leaves your Mac.
Private and one-time
On device, no cloud, no subscription
Your data stays with you
PhotoCore was built so your library never has to leave the Mac to be searchable. Indexing, search and rename all run locally.
- No photo is uploaded, ever
- No account and no connection required to search
- Index stored locally in SQLite and XMP
- One-time purchase, free up to 200 photos
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does PhotoCore run fully on device?
Yes. Indexing and search run on your Mac with CoreML on the Apple Neural Engine. No photo is uploaded, and search works with no internet.
Which Macs does it support?
PhotoCore runs on Apple Silicon Macs, M1 to M5, with macOS 26.4 or later. Intel Macs are not supported.
Is there a subscription?
No. PhotoCore is free up to 200 photos, and full access is a one-time purchase. You keep it forever.
What file types can it index?
JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, WebP, GIF and BMP. HEIC is handled natively, with thumbnails from Quick Look.
Get started free
Find any image on your Mac
Download PhotoCore free and index up to 200 photos. Unlock everything with a one-time purchase, with no subscription.