How to personalize your memory movies in Photos on iPad

In the Photos app, you can edit your memory movies to make them even more personal. Try Memory Looks, which pair different songs with a matching photographic style. Memory Looks are curated combinations of different songs, pacing, and styles.

You can also choose new songs, edit the title, change the length, and add or remove photos. And Apple Music subscribers can add songs from the millions of songs in the Apple Music catalog.

Here’s how to personalize your memory movies in Photos on iPad.

Change the look of a memory movie

Memory Looks, curated combinations of different songs, pacing, and styles, change the look and feel of a memory movie.

1. Open the Photos app on your iPad.
2. Tap Collections.
3. Swipe left under Memories to scroll through a selection of your memories, or tap Memories to view them all.
4. Tap the Play button in the bottom-right corner of a memory to play it.
5. Tap the screen, then tap Customize.
6. Tap Customize Look, then swipe left to view different Memory mixes. You can also do the following:
   • Tap the Filters button to view all of the Memory Looks at the same time.
   • Tap the Music button to change the song.
7. Tap the screen to apply the Memory Look.

Change the music of a memory movie

A memory movie’s music can come from memory soundtracks or suggested songs in Apple Music. If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can also access your Apple Music library and get suggested songs based on your musical preferences or what’s in the memory.

1. Open the Photos app on your iPad.
2. Tap Collections.
3. Swipe left under Memories to scroll through a selection of your memories, or tap Memories to view them all.
4. Tap the Play button in the bottom-right corner of a memory to play it.
5. Tap the screen, then tap Customize.
6. Tap Music, then tap Change Song.

   Apple Music subscribers can tap Browse to search for songs in the Apple Music library.

Add or remove photos in a memory movie

It’s up to you which photos appear in a memory movie: you can add or remove suggested featured photos, or pick photos and videos directly from your library.

1. Open the Photos app on your iPad.
2. Tap Collections.
3. Swipe left under Memories to scroll through a selection of your memories, or tap Memories to view them all.
4. Tap the Play button in the bottom-right corner of a memory to play it.
5. Tap the screen, tap the Browse button, and do any of the following:
   • Add a photo: Tap the photos you want to add (tap All to see your entire library) and tap the Done button.
   • Remove a photo: Deselect a photo to remove it from the memory. Tap the Done button.
   • Search for photos in your library: Tap All and tap the Search button. Then type what you’re looking for. Tap the photos you want to add. Then tap the Done button.
6. Tap the Back button to return to the memory movie.

Reorder photos in a memory movie

1. Open the Photos app on your iPad.
2. Tap Collections.
3. Swipe left under Memories to scroll through a selection of your memories, or tap Memories to view them all.
4. Tap the Play button in the bottom-right corner of a memory to play it.
5. Tap the screen, then tap the Browse button.
6. Touch and hold a photo, then drag it to a new position in the grid.
7. Tap the Back button to return to the memory movie.

Change the length and transitions of a memory movie

A memory movie’s length can be short, medium, or long, depending on the number of photos in it, and whichever you choose automatically adjusts the number of photos included. The transition between photos can change as well, to crossfade or rotate, for example.

1. Open the Photos app on your iPad.
2. Tap Collections.
3. Swipe left under Memories to scroll through a selection of your memories, or tap Memories to view them all.
4. Tap the Play button in the bottom-right corner of a memory to play it.
5. Tap the screen and tap Customize. Tap Transition and Duration.
6. Make your selections, then tap the Done button.

Edit the title, subtitle, and key photo

You can edit a memory’s title or subtitle, and you can also swap the key photo that appears with the title of the memory.

1. Open the Photos app on your iPad.
2. Tap Collections.
3. Swipe left under Memories to scroll through a selection of your memories, or tap Memories to view them all.
4. Tap the screen and then tap the More button.
5. Tap the current title and then do any of the following:
   • Edit the memory title or subtitle: Enter a new title or subtitle in the text fields.
   • Change the key photo: Tap the photo icon in the bottom-right corner of the current key photo. Then select a new photo in the photo grid.
6. Tap the Done button.

See also

• View your memories in Photos on iPad
• Subscribe to Apple Music on iPad