Layouts and sorting

Choose how the library shows your captures, how big the tiles are, and what order they come in.

Display: ⌘Lon Mac
Shuffle: ⇧⌘Ron Mac
On: Mac, iPhone, iPad

Pick a layout

On Mac, each space and view keeps its own layout. iPhone and iPad always show a masonry wall, and you choose how many columns it has.

In the library, press ⌘L or click Display in the bar at the bottom of the pane.
Under Layout, pick Grid, Masonry, Justified or List. The choice applies to the space or view you're in.
Set the layout's options in the right column: Size, Show names and, for Masonry and Justified, Gap. For List, pick Compact or Comfortable.
To use this layout in every space and view, click Use everywhere beside the Layout heading. It shows when a space or view has its own layout.

Tap Open sidebar, the first circle in the bar at the bottom, then Settings, then Appearance.
Under Library, tap Columns and choose Automatic or a number.

On Mac, the Inbox has its own Layout button in place of Display, with List and Masonry.

Tile size

On Mac, drag Size in Display, pinch on the grid, or press + or − with no other key while the library has focus. Size works in Grid, Masonry and Justified, not List.

⌘= and ⌘− zoom the whole window, not the tiles. See Move between captures and zoom.

Sort and shuffle

On Mac, pick Newest first, Recently updated or Random under Sort in Display. Best match joins the list while a search is applied. Going to another place in the sidebar resets the sort to Newest first.

To shuffle, press ⇧⌘R or click the die at the bottom left. While shuffled, the button beside it takes you back to the order you had.

iPhone and iPad have no sort control. Typing a search sorts by best match, and the Recent and Random search suggestions change the order.

Questions

I changed the layout and my spaces didn't change.

Display sets the layout for the space or view you're in. Click Use everywhere in Display to use one layout in all of them.

Where did Best match go?

It only shows while a search is applied. Without one, the choices are Newest first, Recently updated and Random.

⌘= makes everything bigger, not the tiles.

⌘= and ⌘− zoom the whole window. For tile size, press + or − with no other key, drag Size in Display, or pinch on the grid.