What's New
By popular request: we now support scanning multiple photo directories! This means if you have, say, some of your photos in Dropbox, others on your hard drive, and yet more on a network drive, you can now see them all in one place in Unbound.
Also includes a handful of fixes for icons looking a bit off in Big Sur.
App Description
Unbound is the no-nonsense photo browser. Manage your photo library the way you want—just point the app at your photos directory and you'll get a simple, gorgeous browsing experience that respects your files & folders.
Unlike other photo managers, Unbound doesn't use some proprietary library that might screw up your data... or be abandoned. With Unbound, your photos simply live in a plain old folder on your computer, accessible from anywhere. You can use Dropbox or any of a million other cloud syncing platforms to back them up and share them, and you can be *sure* they're actually backed up. Your photos are just files... what a concept!
INCREDIBLY FAST
Unbound was designed with speed as a priority. Everything from the initial app launch to scrolling through your thumbnails is incredibly responsive. Access photos whenever you want without having to wait.
EASY ORGANIZATION
Unbound keeps your photo organization simple. Use albums to group your photos and easily find them later. Instant search puts any album within a few taps of your keyboard. (Oh, and don't worry... an album is just a folder within your main library directory!)
SAVE SPACE
Unbound doesn't create a separate photo library like other photo apps. Instead, Unbound uses your existing file structure to create its albums. That means your photos aren't duplicated and you save space.
EASY, DIRECT ACCESS
Using the file structure also means that you can edit, copy, delete, and move your photos using the Finder, Photoshop, or any other app. Unbound watches the files and stays perfectly up-to-date.
iPhone Screenshots
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App Changes
- June 15, 2014 Initial release
- August 07, 2014 New version 1.1.8
- September 13, 2015 New version 1.1.9
- November 08, 2016 New version 1.1.11
- June 14, 2019 New version 1.3.2
- December 10, 2020 New version 1.3.4
- August 06, 2021 New version 1.5.0