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AuroraViewer manual

Rate, tag, and organize files

Ratings, Finder tags, and file moves have different storage and effects. Start with ratings and Pick/Reject for lightweight review, and use Finder tags when the classification should be visible to other Mac apps.

Ratings and Pick/Reject

  1. Select the current image or multiple images in the sidebar.
  2. Press 0–5 to set a rating.
  3. Press P for Pick or X for Reject.
  4. Use filters to narrow the results, or apply the same decision to all current filtered results.
AuroraViewer with a selected aurora photo marked four stars, Pick, and a blue Finder tag
Ratings, Pick or Reject, and Finder tags are visible both in the top controls and on thumbnail badges.

Finder color tags

  1. Select the images you want to tag.
  2. Use the top tag controls or Control-1 through Control-7 to toggle color tags.
  3. Use the tag filter to gather images with the same Finder tag.
  4. When clearing tags, confirm the selection before using Clear Tags.

Distinguish Remove from Trash

  • Remove Selected from List removes the items only from the AuroraViewer library and leaves the source files intact.
  • Move Selected to Trash moves the files to Finder Trash and removes successful items from the library.
  • Undoing a trash operation can succeed only while the original location is available and the trashed item still exists.
  • Images opened from an archive do not directly move or delete the original entry inside that archive.

Rename, move, and copy

  • Rename preserves the original extension and checks for name collisions and access.
  • Move updates the library path and local review record for successful files.
  • Copy keeps the original in the library and does not provide an automatic delete-the-copy undo.
  • Batch Export Originals adds a number to conflicting names instead of overwriting existing files.
  • Undo Last Operation keeps up to 30 actions in memory; the history does not survive relaunch.