PhotosRevive
PhotosRevive is a Mac photo editing app for colorizing black-and-white pictures and refining restored images with automatic and manual tools.
What is PhotosRevive?
PhotosRevive is a photo and video app for Mac that helps users bring black-and-white photos back to life with color. It is published by Jeremy Vizzini through NeededApps and is designed for people restoring family pictures, historical images, and older personal photo collections. The app can automatically colorize scanned or imported images with AI, then let users fine-tune the result when they want more control over specific areas. On Mac, it also includes manual color indications and editing adjustments to improve accuracy and match the look users remember. PhotosRevive supports importing images from Finder and Photos, and it includes a Photos extension so edits can be started directly from Apple Photos. It is also available on iPhone and iPad for users who want to scan or work with older photos across Apple devices.
Key features
- Colorize black-and-white photos automatically
- Refine color results manually on Mac with color indications
- Import images from Finder and the Photos library
- Scan old printed photos into the app
- Edit photos directly from the Photos extension
- Adjust image brightness, contrast, and related settings
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
PhotosRevive is a legitimate photo restoration app. Access to your pictures and photo library is normal for its purpose, and the Photos extension is expected if you edit images from Apple Photos. Because it works with personal images, use the app with photos you are comfortable opening in third-party software and review any shared or exported copies before sending them elsewhere.
Recommendation: Keep PhotosRevive if you use it to restore or colorize old pictures on your Mac. If you no longer use it, removing the app is usually reasonable, but you may lose its editing workflow, Photos extension access, and any app-specific settings.
Common paths
/Applications/PhotosRevive.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.jeremyvizzini.photosrevive.macos
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/com.jeremyvizzini.photosrevive.macos
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.jeremyvizzini.photosrevive.macos.plist
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/com.jeremyvizzini.photosrevive.macos
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