Amazon Photos

com.amazon.clouddrive.mac · Photography · v11.2.0

Intel Only 265 devices · 135.4 MB · Impact: 59/100

About This App

Amazon Photos is a cloud storage and backup service for photos and videos, included free with Amazon Prime subscriptions (offering unlimited photo storage and 5 GB for videos) or available to free-tier users with 5 GB total storage. The macOS app lets you automatically sync and back up photos from your Mac to the cloud, access your library from any device, organize images using AI-powered face recognition and metadata tagging, and order prints or photo books. It is tightly integrated with Amazon Prime membership and uses AWS infrastructure for encryption and storage.

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Search results and the Amazon Forums discussion confirm that Amazon Photos for macOS remains Intel-only and has not yet received a native Apple Silicon build. The app continues to run under Rosetta 2 today, but Apple is removing Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), meaning an Intel-only version will stop launching entirely on that release. Contact Amazon Support to ask about native Apple Silicon development plans; if Amazon has not committed to a native build, you should plan to migrate your backup and sync workflow to an alternative before September 2028. Several credible native alternatives exist: iCloud Photos (included free with every iCloud+ subscription, with tight macOS integration), Google Photos (web-based and native apps), or OneDrive (Microsoft's cloud storage with a native Mac app that supports photo syncing). For Prime members particularly invested in Amazon's ecosystem, staying informed on Amazon's roadmap is worth doing over the next two years.