{"id":200189,"date":"2026-08-04T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=200189"},"modified":"2026-08-04T13:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:46:02","slug":"how-to-extend-your-photo-on-iphone-or-mac-in-ios-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/how-to-extend-your-photo-on-iphone-or-mac-in-ios-27\/","title":{"rendered":"How to extend your photo on iPhone or Mac in iOS 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learn how to expand a photo by intelligently generating new content beyond its original boundaries using built-in Apple AI in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By now, I’m sure you already know about the tons of AI tools, including Apple’s own Image Playground app<\/a>, that can generate full images based on text prompts.<\/p>\n

The latest Apple update adds a new ‘Extend<\/strong>‘ generative AI feature in the Photos app that’s related to the above AI tools, in the sense that it uses AI to fill in new content and add parts to a photo that were never there.<\/p>\n

However, unlike the dedicated AI tools, the Extend feature doesn’t work on your text prompts, meaning you don’t have much control over it. You can, however, define how much of the photo you want to be created by using the basic zoom and crop tools. Secondly, it only generates up to a maximum of 25% extra photo per side.<\/p>\n

I tried this with a few images, and the final image AI constructed was really impressive. However, in case the photo does not turn out nice for you, you can always revert the changes and get back the original picture.<\/p>\n

Another important thing to know is that there is a limit on how many times you can use the Extend AI tool each day. Now, Apple doesn’t clearly define the limit, but it’s there. However, subscribing to iCloud+<\/a> or Apple One<\/a> increases the daily limit for using all AI tools, including the new Extend feature. Again, we don’t know by how much it increases.<\/p>\n

Supported devices<\/h2>\n

The new Extend feature uses Apple Intelligence<\/a>, which is Apple’s take on AI. As a result, it’s only available on:<\/p>\n