Petapixel:

Ever since the death of Aperture, the Apple faithful have been waiting (and waiting… and waiting) for the Photos app to “catch” up. Many people have given up, but with the release of the so-called macOS High Sierra, Apple is finally giving the Photos app some ‘pro-level’ photo editing love.

In addition to a persistent sidebar (we welcome this feature back from the iPhoto days) and some easy-to-use photo organization tools (a new selection counter, drag and drop interface, batch rotation and favoriting, etc.), Apple added a few “advanced editing tools” that have been sorely lacking in Photos.

I’m still not giving up Lightroom for Apple’s Photos app but it’s great to see the added features in the native app.