Apple Photos

Browse your recent Apple Photos in a grid and paste the latest photo directly into any app.

Commands

Search Recent Photos

Opens a grid of your most recent photos from Apple Photos, sorted newest first.

• Copy to Clipboard (↵) — Copies the full-resolution JPEG to your clipboard
• Paste to [App] (⌘↵) — Copies and pastes directly into the app you were using before opening Raycast
• Open in Photos (⌘O) — Reveals the photo in the Photos app
• Quick Look (⌘Y) — Preview the photo without leaving Raycast
• Refresh (⌘R) — Reload with the latest photos from your library

Paste Recent Photo

A no-UI command that instantly pastes your most recent photo into the frontmost app. Assign a hotkey for the fastest possible workflow.

Preferences

Preference	Default	Description
Number of Photos	24	How many recent photos to show in the grid

Notes

• First load: Thumbnails are generated by exporting from Photos and resizing with sips. This takes a few seconds on the first run; subsequent opens are instant from cache.
• Permissions: macOS will prompt for Photos access the first time the extension runs. Grant access to allow the extension to read your library.
• Photos are always copied/pasted as full-resolution JPEGs, regardless of the original format (HEIC, PNG, etc.).