We continue to solve pressing problems of our readers through useful programs and instructions for them. This time we will solve several problems with photographs at once.
Some readers find the system of uploading photos to the iPad via iTunes too complicated, some need the photos to not be reduced in size when transferred to the iPad, some need albums within albums, while others need passwords on photos. or individual albums. All these and other problems are valiantly solved by the Photo Manager Pro app for iPad.
Working with photos in Photo Manager Pro
And right away about the main thing - the program allows you to upload photos to your iPad via Wi-Fi and download them to your computer in the same way. Moreover, operations can be performed on multiple files at once. Photos can be uploaded to iPad from any computer connected to the same local network without having iTunes on your computer.
Launch the program and click the Server button in the upper left corner. In the drop-down window, click the big Start Photo Server button. An IP address appears with a port that you need to use in your computer browser.
So, through the browser, we upload photos to the iPad and download photos from it to the computer.
All the most useful buttons will be at the bottom. I highlighted in red Multi-Select Upload (with its help you can upload photos en masse into the program) and Download (with its help we can download photos to your computer):
Classic Upload - allows you to upload photos by selecting them one at a time - convenient if you need to selectively merge one photo from different folders on your computer.
In general, the photo server via wi-fi works quickly and accurately.
If you don’t have Wi-fi, then this is also a small problem for the program. You can upload photos to iTunes via File Sharing (shared files).
And then in the Photo Manager Pro application itself, go to the folder, click the import button and select “from iTunes”.
Manage photos in the app
Photo Manager Pro allows you to manage folders and create albums within folders. The application fully supports several levels of investments.
You can set your own four-digit password for each folder (as well as for the entire application). It is clear that cracking such a password is a matter of time, but you can protect your photos from prying eyes.
Photo Manager Pro has complete application help in English:
The screenshot below reveals several important points. To set a password for an existing album, you need to click the Edit button and then the Blue icon in the lower left corner of the folder. We also see what corrupted folders look like (even image previews are hidden).
From photos you can easily organize a slideshow accompanied by music from your media collection. Photos can be sorted, moved, deleted, and opened in external programs.
As you can see, when importing a photo, the size does not change (with the standard download method, iTunes reduces the size of photos, optimizing them for the iPad screen).
Photos can be exported to a standard photo viewer in a couple of clicks.
Conclusion: very advanced program. I read the reviews in App Store I realized one thing about it - this program is not suitable for everyone, despite all its huge functionality, but if you need everything described above and seen in the screenshots, then Photo Manager Pro is undoubtedly a valuable purchase.
A smartphone is a very personal device and there is always a lot of personal information, For example, . Such data should not be available to everyone who picks up a smartphone, so they need to be hidden.
Now we will look at three ways to hide photos on iPhone. The material will be useful to all owners modern models iPhone, including iPhone 4, 4s, 5, 5s, 6, 6s, 7, 8 and X.
Method number 1. Hiding photos in the standard way.
Starting with iOS 8, the Photos app added the ability to hide photos. But, unfortunately, this function is not intended to protect your photos from prying eyes. It's more of an option to remove a photo from an album, something of an alternative to deleting.
After hiding a photo using this method, it is simply moved to the “Hidden” album. However, this album is not protected in any way and anyone can open it. But, nevertheless, to fully cover the topic of the article, this option must be considered.
After this, a warning will appear stating that the selected photo will be hidden from all sections of the Media Library and will remain only in the “Hidden” album. To confirm your action, click on the “Hide Photo” button.
After this, the “Hidden” album will appear in the list of albums, where the photo you selected will be moved.
This is a simple and almost useless way to hide photos on an iPhone. But if this is not enough for you, then don’t worry, there are more reliable ways to hide photos.
Method number 2. Hiding photos using disguised applications.
There are quite a few applications for iPhone that disguise themselves as something ordinary (for example, a calculator), but in fact perform a completely different function. Some of these apps can be used to hide photos on iPhone.
One of the most famous applications of this kind is . This application masquerades as a calculator, but in reality it is a password-protected secret data manager. You can put photos, personal notes, contacts, passwords, links and much more in it. However, to access this data you need to enter a password. And thanks to camouflage, it won’t be easy to even find out that you have such a secret storage.
Using the Secret Calculator Photo Album app is not difficult. When you first start, you need to enter the password twice using the calculator keyboard.
After this you will be taken to the application interface. Here you need to click on the button with the plus sign in order to import photos into the application.
After photos are imported into Secret Calculator Photo Album, they need to be deleted from the Photos application. Now these photos will only be available through the Secret Calculator Photo Album application and only after entering the password.
As we have already said, there are a lot of such applications. For example, there is also an application like “,” which also disguises itself as a calculator and allows you to hide photos and other user data.
Method number 3. Hiding photos using encryption.
If you want to not only hide important photos, but also provide them with reliable protection, then you need to use applications that not only require a password, but also encrypt files using strong cryptographic algorithms.
For example, you can use the “” application for these purposes. The main purpose of the VKarmane application is to store passwords, scans of documents, information about bank cards and other personal data. But, with the help of “VKarmane” you can also store personal photos.
As for security, all data in the VKarmane application is stored locally, in the iPhone’s memory, and is encrypted using the AES-256 algorithm. To access data, you need to enter a password or use Touch ID. In this case, the user can activate the automatic data destruction function after 10 incorrect attempts to enter the password.
There are other encrypted apps for iPhone that can be used to hide photos. For example you can use .
If you have some photos on your iPhone that you don't want anyone to see, you can hide them using the "hide photos" option available on your iPhone or use a workaround to truly protect photo password on your device.
The ability to hide photos on iPhone and iPad was first introduced in iOS 8, and this feature was improved in the next version software Apple, it provides the ability for users to select and hide multiple photos. However, the "hide photos" option, available by default on iPhone and iPad, only hides photos from the "moments", "collections" and "years" sections.
Hidden photos can be viewed in albums by selecting the “hidden” album. While iOS doesn't have the ability to truly hide photos, there is a workaround using the notes app, which hides photos and protects them with a password. We provide below two ways to protect photos: through the standard iOS capabilities and through Notes, which is a workaround.
Hide photos on iPhone and iPad using standard iOS features
Follow these steps to hide one or more photos.
As mentioned above, photos hidden using the above steps will be hidden in Moments, Collections, and Years, but they will still be visible in Albums.
How to see hidden photos (standard way) on iPhone and iPad
You can see hidden photos on your phone at any time by following these steps:
Now hidden photos will be visible!
How to hide photos on iPhone and iPad securely (via “notes”)
The previous method is not beneficial in that anyone who wants to look at your photos will still find it by clicking on the “albums” tab. While iOS doesn't provide an option to actually hide photos on iPhone, there is a workaround that can hide photos in locked notes so that no one can access those photos without knowing the note unlock password.
Now the photos you wanted to hide are really secure and there is no access to these hidden photos without a password to unlock the note.
Note . Original copy hidden photos will still be available in the Photos app. Therefore, you will need to delete photos from the Photos app and also delete them from the Recently Deleted folder.
iCloud cloud storage easily stores information (photos, videos, etc.) available on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, but in a limited manner - Apple developers offer only 5 gigabytes of free space for free, but you will have to pay for the remaining megabytes monthly depending on needs.
Therefore, it is pointless to consider iCloud as a way to hide confidential information from prying eyes in photo format - you will have to turn to competitors for help:
Best Secret Folder
A tool for storing photos on iPhone from developers from RV AppStudios, although it does not transfer photos to the cloud, it helps to store important and secret things in those corners of Apple technology that no one can reach. One of the important advantages is the intuitive procedure, designed even for those who have never tried to hide anything in their lives.
The developers suggest organizing inaccessible space in no time, immediately attaching a password (or verification using Face ID or Touch ID), and then uploading images. The preparation will take five minutes and you won’t have to worry about anything else.
One of the shortcomings of Best Secret Folder is its strange approach to translations. Instead of the Russian language, which was promised 2-3 years ago, only English found a place here.
Secret Calculator – Hide Photo
A new product from developers from MOBILAB, capable of saving photos and images directly in the internal memory of the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, but in places inaccessible to others. main idea tool - hide the shortcut to go to content in the standard interface of the calculator built into iOS.
To access personal information, you will have to select a non-standard trigger: from the available options - combinations using arithmetic signs, calling a hidden panel for entering a password with a gesture, or using Touch or Face ID at the first start.
The service has a lot of advantages, but, unfortunately, it is not without its disadvantages. First of all, advertisements that often appear when interacting with photos are annoying, and you also have to pay exactly 149 rubles to use the functions.
Lock Secret Photo Album Vault
An unpretentiously designed local photo storage for iPhone, capable of hiding pictures, documents, and even diary entries and calendar events. Among the advantages are the ability to organize backup copies, the presence of a function with notifications about a hacking attempt, and also the chance to choose an unlocking method.
There was also a place for standard mechanics, such as Touch or Face ID and graphic keys, 6 and 8-digit combinations and text answers to security questions.
Yandex.Disk
If protecting information locally is no longer interesting, and you want to transfer some of your photos to the network, then Yandex.Disk will help better than competitors. And there are two important reasons for this. Firstly, Yandex does not provide restrictions on image storage. If 10 thousand pictures have accumulated on the iPhone, then Yandex will easily accept each one, and even with minimal compression!
Secondly, Yandex protects information using a password, fingerprint or face scanner. And one more thing - the developers of the service have long provided for social integration, and therefore allow you to exchange information on Facebook, Instagram or Vkontakte directly from accessible pages, without opening a browser or individual applications.
Google+
To hide photos from your camera roll, select the ones you want and select “Hide.” They won't appear in photo albums, recommendations, or other Photos sections. But you can access them without a password through the “Hidden” menu.
That's a pretty good way to block access to “special” photos, isn't it?
We have selected 5 applications that will contain pictures and They won't let you view them without a password.. If you need it, take it.
Private Photo Vault - protect your photos with a password
A good application that will give you the opportunity to hide your personal photos from prying eyes.
The developers emphasize that it was chosen by more than 5 million users from different parts of the world. But I seriously doubt that many people are looking at the ugly icon of this program.
Despite the program's logo, which remains in the days of skeuomorphism, it has enough fresh interface in a minimalist style.
If the device falls into the wrong hands and someone enters the wrong password for the program, it will show them stock photos.
This is a great way to deceive a curious user. He will never know what is really hidden, if he doesn't have a password.
Lock Secret Photo Album Vault - protect your photos with a graphic key
Another application that will help you hide your pictures using a password.
It differs from analogues appearance and opportunity use pattern key.
It will be enough to open the program, make a special gesture, and it will immediately show the hidden pictures.
And also in the application there is special private browser , which will make it possible to save photos with a password directly from the Internet.
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