Double-click the text and start typing to add your own text, or click and drag to move the text wherever you’d like. Once you click the button, the word “Text” will appear on the image, flanked by a pair of blue handles. Click the Text button (the one marked with a “T”) to add text to photos.
(And yes, this may sound familiar if you read my recent tip about iOS’s new Mail Markup feature.) Getting started with Preview’s “Markup” tools Once you’ve opened the right photo in Preview, click the View menu, then select Show Markup Toolbar.
Just go to the Applications folder on your Mac’s hard drive-or, better yet, just open Spotlight by clicking the magnifying glass button in the top-right corner of your desktop-find the Preview app, and launch it.Īnother option: right-click the photo you want to edit, hover your mouse over the “Open With” menu option, then select “Preview.” You can right-click an image to open it in Preview.