I use File Explorer but it is a mess really because the pics end up in multiple places very annoying. I am excited I came across your tutorials. thanks for any help Be Blessed.
Hi Naomi- thank you so much for watching!! I really appreciate how annoying it is! Feel free to schedule a call with me at www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixplan Cheers! Mollie
Hi Johanna - I am so glad you found this helpful! Do you have printed and/or digital photos to organize? I have a fun little playlist going on for the holidays. . . a new secret each day! ua-cam.com/video/fg6-5O42WeQ/v-deo.html Cheers! Mollie
I used to use Picassa and I loved it and after they killed it and moved to google photos. I stopped using it due to online storage cost and privacy. What I liked about picassa now that I think back is - a stand alone software, on my computer, that helps organise my photos, helps me see those photos, edit, delete, select and also mark out favourites without duplicating pictures and export small subset at a reduced resolution for digital frames, websites etc. Thanks for helping me think through the solution I want now. Currently I just keep photos in folders in two different media. Will explore iPhoto’s if I can use it as stand alone.
Hi Sunil - Thank you so much for your feedback! Many people loved Picasa and it is stilled missed by many! Apple Photos does function as a stand alone software on your Mac computer. (It also syncs to iCloud and your phone). Cheers! Mollie
I would categorize photo applications by the following functionalities: 1. The artistic applications - focuses on coloring, shades, and picture enhancing and modification. 2. The techy applications - focuses on bells and whistles; adding music, merging images, slapping text on the picture, face recognition, deleting duplicates, linking stories to the picture, all kinds of automatic functions. 3. The Organizing applications - focuses on organizing and creating a filing system. The following are some of my concerns: 1. Most applications are focused on professional photographers. 2. There is no clear explanation as to the security of your photos. Do these applications that are internet-based have any privacy responsibility? 3. Are my pictures copied to their site? 4. How can you buy a product, when you don’t have a clear idea of what it offers? 5. Are there any limits as to the number of photos the application can handle? Mylio announces itself as being able to handle 25K photos. When it got to 15K the application told me it was max-out. 6. There seems to be no application that think of people who are organizing thousands of photos, decades of pictures that need to be properly labeled (on the photo) and put in sequence. 7. Ten or twenty years from now, our descendants are not going to want to jumps through hoops to know who is in the photo, where it is and when was it taken. Basic stuff, that should be standard on every application. Shouldn’t there be a standard that labels the photo with date, subject and location on the photo? Old cameras had this feature. A simple stroke of a key should be able to either show the information or suppress it. No photo application should be created without this feature. 8. A function as simple as labeling has been highjacked. I have not found an application that can take my first 20 photos and label them January, the second 200 and label them February, and organize them in a sequential order without making the user jump through hoops. Totally frustrated with photo applications. Many hours of watching UA-cam with no results.
Hi Jose - I can understand your frustrations as I share them. I now simply teach people to save photos in folders on their computers and then upload them to Forever for storage and to create photo books. It is private and secure and will migrate photos to the newest technology for your lifetime plus 100 years. I suspect Forever may be too simple of a product for what you want to do but here is a review of it: ua-cam.com/video/3qgyQzTfv74/v-deo.html Most consumers don't the time or knowledge to learn about all of these things. The words, definitions and icons have no consistency over the various software and apps and make it difficult to even compare. Within a couple of weeks, I'll be uploading my 2022 overview of photo organizing programs based on all of the feedback I've had for the past year on this video. Thank you so much for watching and your thoughts. The tech world has truly made a mess of helping consumers save their photos. Cheers, Mollie
Jose, I am where you are. I have searched the internet for weeks. I cannot find any real answers. I can't believe there isn't a program that will batch upload with the directory and file info, check for dups, and make note of facial recognition. Storing safely in the cloud where I can easily edit or print. Baffled this does not exist. I would gladly pay for a program that would do this.
It seems like date-subject-location should be the industry standard on every digital photo, for the customer to decide if he/she wants it or not. It should also be a capability available to old scanned/digitized photos.
Hi Darlene - Thanks so much for watching! I updated this video with a 2022 version - I've definitely learned more over the past year! ua-cam.com/video/3H-DxGPRAe0/v-deo.html Cheers! Mollie
Thanks for the great overview and especially the 3 important minimum requirements. I'm helping an older couple organize and backup a bazzion photos that are literally all over their hard drives from 3 different computers. Duplicate finding is a high priority. Looking for something in the very easy category that they can maintain. Your tips have already helped me cross several off my list that I won't spring on them. BTW, your audio is very low. You might want to bring it up 7 or 8dB. Fortunately, I have desktop speakers that can really crank, but those viewing on phones won't have that ability.
Hi Mike... thank you so much for the feedback! Glad this helps and I will work on the audio... definitely want people to be able to hear! You may need to use a separate duplicate finder... I’ll post a blog article in a bit. Cheers! Mollie
This was very informative! You said Mylio was your favorite. Can you tell me if it has a function to identify duplicate photos? That's important to me. Thanks for your videos!
Barbara - this is a feature that is coming, but I don't know when. I saw a beta version of how it might work. I actually teach my students to organize their folders of photos outside of Mylio and dedup the folders. Then, bring in the folders to Mylio. I'll be talking about deduplicating tonight by chance! Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/3hg09uwOMBM/v-deo.html Thank you so much for watching!! Cheers! Mollie
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I have learned a lot watching this. I really like Mylio and it would be a perfect replacement for Google Photos for me, but it doesn't back up videos. My goal is to have my photos and videos synced from my phone to my computer to my external HDD. Mylio fits the bill for photos, but what do you use for videos?
Hi there! Mylio holds videos as well. In terms of editing videos you would need to use an separate program. Edit your video and then import it into Mylio. I hope this helps and you can download Mylio for free to try it out.
Hi there… I’m sorry for the delay in replying! Facial recognition is a feature thar Google Photos and Apple Photos offers in their app. Mylio has facial recognition as well but you would need to be comfortable using that software to ensure you keep it clean! What kind of phone and computer do you use?
Thank you for this video--it was very helpful. I have always used apple's photo program and because of that, always eventually need a computer upgrade because photos take up so much computer space. How do you manage your computer space if you use apple photos?
Hi there - On my MacBook Pro, I actually chose to store my originals in iCloud. (My iMac has all the originals on the computer but I don't use that computer often.) This can be annoying on my MacBook Pro when I need those originals. Hope this helps? Thanks so much for watching! Cheers! Mollie
Hi again - Photo organizing can be a journey! In my previous reply, I shared my master class on organizing photos - I think it might help give you a start! I'm happy to chat if you'd like - I do photo organizing research calls to learn about consumer challenges with their photos. Feel free to schedule a time with me: www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch Cheers! Mollie
Hello Mollie. Thanks for this video, you're such a pleasure to listen to. Wanted to add my 5 cents to the topic. I was an apple user for long years and I've built myself a digital prison by using iPhoto and then Photos app. Because when you do have thousands of digital shots and videos there carefully organized by albums, it will be very painful and time consuming to jump away from Mac / iPhone and migrate somewhere else without losing you structure. I'm not even speaking about cases, when you do upgrade from one version of Photos to another there's always a chance to loose some of your digital assets without even knowing that. And when you finally realize it happened to you long months after, it's such a pain to figure out what exactly was lost, thanks to the blackbox technology of how it stores your photos (deep inside of photolibrary bundle). So yes, iPhoto / Photos app (I'm speaking about mac here, not the phone) is definitely good looking and smart enough piece of software, but for users it might become a prison with some traps inside. So NO to them. Speaking about some other commercial standalone products you also need to be very careful wrt how exactly do they store the structure of your albums / other metadata. Because if it's somewhere deep inside of them, in some proprietary format - it's also big red NO. The best, if such software can rely on existing folders structure (and here you need to develop some discipline yourself) + make use of metadata. So far my tool of choice is open source DigiKam. It surely won't disappear from market, like Picassa did and as every other open source it has a community behind. Sorry took longer than I expected 😅 PS and yes, sorry, do not trust to "clouds" much. They also tend to loose your data without letting you know or getting closed without further warnings. Even the ones that guarantee you lifetime support / guarantee or similar sweet lies. The only responsibility they bear in case if data loss is to say sorry and give you a discount for the next month
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! There are so many things to think about with saving your photos… I know a lot of people who would like to have Picasa back. I do worry about most photo storage sites for the reasons you say. But, Forever Permanent Photo Storage puts a portion of the purchase price into the Forever Guaranty Fund… I really like their model and leadership. But everyone has to feel comfortable with their photo management solution. I’m glad you like Digikam… I’ll have to check it out!
@@Pixologie digikam might look a bit scary from the beginning, but it's very powerfull tool with a lot of features every digital photo management solution should have: - it works perfectly with all metadata - it shows geo info on map - it can detect faces and put them to photo' tags - it can search for duplicates - it has tonns of different view modes - it's free and opensourse, it's there for more a decade already and it's not going anywhere as long as opensource exits
Glad it helped! Did you find a program you were interested in? I am doing market research if you are interested in telling me more about your photo organizing challenges! Schedule here: calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch Cheers! Mollie
Like you, I am a Forever Ambassador ( but have been a photographer for > 50 years). Also like you I have really started using Mylio. Would you have any thoughts to share on your workflow process for Mylio as local storage but moving photos to Forever for online storage? May I message you with some detailed questions?
It seems like date-subject-location should be the industry standard on every digital photo, for the customer to decide if he/she wants it or not. It should also be a capability available to old scanned/digitized photos.
I'm looking for a Cloud based photo backup system. Backup is the keyword. I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 80,000+ family oriented images. I have these files on a primary desktop computer with two wired external hard drive backups and a mobile backup. Two primary file folders. One is Genealogy the other is specific to my personal photos. The sub-folders contain a variety of types of files. Most are Jpegs and include news or text along with image photos. I have been working on the filing system for at least 15 years. Images go back into the 1800's. I have digitized 30 to 40 photo albums/scrapbooks dating back to the 1920's. Every old photo I could get my hands on I have digitized along with my fathers slides and negatives as well as mine. Once the digital cameras came into play cataloging the images was easy and I currently practice delete first on camera the unnecessary photos, then move them into a categorized current year folder. So if one were to ask me what information do I have on my Great Grandfather in the year 1895, it would take me a matter of seconds to pull the folder and sub-folders up to see. For example take my father, before seeing an image you would follow this path: Fox-James-1944-Military-Tonapah then photos or other info would appear. There would be several other folders under 1944 and Military in this example. All these photos are typically being run through Topaz AI - Lightroom - Photoshop to final edit. Original photo is saved along with enhanced photo. I have some photos in Google Photos and Amazon Photos which end up coming from my Phone. I find these programs useless for my photo catalog system. I do not use "Albums" except for an occasional short group of photos to share. Now, why am I doing this! Well, with the advent of the cellphone camera, everyone is a photographer now. Myself, I use the cell camera for convenience but have been taking photos since the '60's with state-of-the-art cameras. My father used several types of cameras, all film based, and I picked up the interest as a teen. I have watched folks try to show me a photo on their phone by thumbing and thumbing through the 1,000's of photos that they have to no avail. I suggest to them that they need to organize the images which includes DELETING many, if not most but that is also to no avail. So, here's my purpose of organizing my collection. Photobooks. Not exclusively photos, but most importantly text or narratives. Many of us have looked through old photo albums, but someone needs to be looking over your shoulder to explain what you are looking at. I interject cations, narratives including near entire pages of explanatory information to inform the person perusing the book as to what they are seeing, and my little stories, many humorous (at least to me) to keep them interested. I use Shutterfly and Photobook currently. I have produced 40 or so of these books. Most are associated with trips or family information associated with my geological research. I have produced a two volume 200+ page book of two of my wife's notable cousins, Toussaint and Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Also a 300 page book of my fathers hunting escapades. My next endeavor is of Michael Fox who at 17 left Ireland in 1848, came to New Orleans, then quickly left for the California gold fields. I only have 2 or 3 actual photos of Michael yet I expect this photobook to exceed 100 pages. What will be inside the book is a variety of clipped maps, news articles, points of interest photos, historical internet photos, google earth photos, etc. Other that actual text I inject into the book the balance needs to be in jpeg format for the company to use it. These jpegs must be in logical file folders to be efficiently accessed. My point in this lengthy oration is have a reason to save your photos. There must be trillions of useless photos that now exist on devices, at least I can find my useless photos. Finally, here's my question (I'm sure you're glad I finally got to this point) what Cloud Based storage system will keep my organized folders and files intact so I can quickly and efficiently access them without having to reorganize them.
Hello Cliff!! Holy Smokes - You have put so much effort into your family history. What a gift to your family both for today and for the future! Thank you so much for sharing your journey - it may help and inspire someone else!! We HIGHLY recommend using Forever Permanent Storage. I would love to tell you more if you'd like to learn. Here are some resources for you: Free Intro Forever account - www.forever.com/ambassador/pixologieinc Schedule a Call with Me - www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixplan Why We Recommend Forever - ua-cam.com/video/wiOcF6YqAE0/v-deo.html Cheers and blessings! Mollie
I use Adobe Bridge but find a problem with it. I can't find any way to print a single photo. It seems only possible to print contract sheets. I would be happy if I'm wrong.
Hi Chris- you raise a good point…. This is all that I could find…. helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/output-module-pdf-contact-sheet.html We don’t have to print photos from Adobe Bridge ever but it would seem like this would be an obvious thing you could do… Are you trying to print actual photographs for personal or professional use? Thank you so much for watching! Cheers! Mollie
This is a great video. I have been watching your videos and trying to figure out one program. I have been looking for a comparison of the different organizers, storage, and editing programs. I have Google Photos, Onedrive, Amazon, etc. I want one place. I would like to organize them and edit some but I guess I am mainly looking for a software program that organizes them and maybe even takes my existing directory names to keep them organized as they are moved. Can you help me find one that will do the following? Don't want Non-compressed files, Faces and similar photos search, Identifying duplicates, Batch uploads from Google, Amazon, and One Drive, Identifying most current photo and/or originals, Decent editor, Ability to download and print selected photos, Access from an app on my phone (Samsung), Not too expensive but larger Gig storage - like 2-5G, Ability to compare pics, side by side, and Ability to see images clearly either list or larger image view. I have a Windows computer. Thank you in advance!
Hi Chelsea! Thank you so much for watching and posting this. Unfortunately there is no one magic program. And, the good programs require routine use (weekly). If you let time go by, it’s really hard to come back. Here’s the system I teach for people to manage their photos. There are so many moving parts to this! ua-cam.com/video/e58WlgnAFTM/v-deo.html I hope this might help! And if you’d like to chat, I do research calls with consumers to learn about photo saving habits. Schedule a time here: www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch Cheers! Mollie
@@chelle7_myblueeyeddog Hi there… okay… have you tried Mylio yet? It is a very powerful program… I must mention that it is more advanced than most of my clients have the time to maintain. you also need to be careful if you switch computers, change, syncing parameters, etc. I hope this helps! Cheers!
Hi Mollie Thanks for your tips and suggestions! I am currently vetting Mylio & forever, both look great. Does either of these have a photo slide show creator program? I would like to create family slide show videos. Thanks for your help.
Hi Violet Grows! Forever has a slideshow feature in every album, tag or grouping of photos. You can adjust speed and style of slides. . . but you cannnot save it or export it. It is played within the app - which can be viewed on your phone, computer or television (computer with HDMI cord or Amazon Fire TV). Mylio works the same way where you can play it in the software but cannot export it. I am expecting that these companies will make this a feature in the future because it sure would be handy! What kind of computer do you use? On a Mac, iMovie works well and on a PC the Photos app can do it. We have recommended Filmora if you are looking for a good program with advanced editing and design options. Hope this helps. . . Cheers and blessings to you! Mollie
I currently use simply just folders on my harddrive backed up to duplicate places. While I would like to use a photo management option to be able to tag, I am struggling with the cost and with security. $120/year seems excessive, and I see few reviews of Forever when I search, and I am worried about forking out that kind of cash without seeing that it is used widespread. Finally, I would like to know what happens to the data (can it e accessed outside of the software) if the company goes out of business. I have seen many companies come and go, and longevity guarantees mean little when the company goes belly up. I thought your review was very good, but I still feel a little overwhelmed in how to select the right option for me as a hobbyist, particularly since they all seem so pricey.
Hi BeeKind… all of these concerns are certainly understandable… I too have seen companies come and go. How many photos do you have in your collection? I have this link here that explains Forever’s guarantee… www.forever.com/guarantee. Let me know if you’d like to chat! Cheers! Mollie
I need to consolidate all my photos, remove duplicates, and organize my photos. I have a windows computer with internal and external drives. I have a Apple phone and a new iPad Pro. All have photos everywhere. I have just started using Amazon photos as a prime member and lis looks like this provide a way forward. I also need to backup my library. Helppppp. What are your thoughts on a path forward
Hi Geoffrey - Thank you for watching! I have a new video out than this one with my system shared. Gathering all of the photos to your computer and organizing by folders is the first step. . . Here's the newer video link: ua-cam.com/video/3H-DxGPRAe0/v-deo.html I don't think Amazon is the best solution . . . have you seen this video - my review of it? ua-cam.com/video/3RJxLmoLQKk/v-deo.html There are many, many moving parts to digital photo organizing . . . I do offer an eight week course . . . Here's a link to schedule a Zoom call where we can chat if you are interested in learning more. calendly.com/mollieb/focusclass Cheers! Mollie
I have 60 years worth of pictures, the early ones on film of course. I have no idea what I have when where and how. This is just stressing me out. PS I actually bought forever from a friend who is doing Creative Memories.
Hi Kathleen - It is crazy how many photos accumulate! I don't know if you've seen this video of mine . . . but maybe it might help you figure out a plan of attack! I talk about where Forever fits in our photo organizing process. ua-cam.com/video/e58WlgnAFTM/v-deo.html Happy Thanksgiving! Mollie
i was usin faststone but thats windows only so i need somethin similar for linux .. i have a shitload on a clickfree thats an older automatic drive backup but that also won't work on a linux os .. so any suggestions on how to retrieve them would be great .. thanks a bunch .. if you're still there ..
Hi there… thanks for watching! I have no experience with Linux… but I did find this article… itsfoss.com/linux-photo-management-software/ I haven’t tested any of the programs listed so I can’t help there. As for your Clickfree backup, unfortunately it sounds like the company went out of business. There’s no support now it. And it sounds like working with windows 10 is problematic. Without having your drive to look at, from what I saw online, if you can connect your old drive to a windows computer, maybe older than Windows 10. Then attempt to copy the folders and files you want over to a USB drive to then copy to your Linux computer. Please let me know if this helps at all… Cheers! Mollie
Excellent presentation. The comprehensive content has enabled us to know what to look for. Short, basic, no-nonsense and to the point. Thank you. We have thousands of photos we need to categorize, store then copy and eventually upload some of the copies to showcase our work in a website. We do not want a web or cloud based software. We use MS on a PC (non-Apple non Mac). which software do you recommend? Thank you.
I am still using iphotos because I like the features, but my computer is very old and I need to think about when it quits. I like the idea of Mylio, but I have close to 90,000 photos , so What do I do?
Hi Roberta, Thank you so much for watching! And, wow! if you are still using iPhoto, that's amazing. Your question of what to do depends upon how old your computer is and potentially upgrading to a new computer. I'd love to talk with you about your situation. . . to answer your question best. Here's a link to schedule a photo research calendar appointment with me. calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch?month=2022-01 Mylio is a fantastic program but it does have a high learning curve. If you know your operating system on your Mac and the year it was made, I could tell you more. Cheers! Mollie
Hi, thank you for your videos. Do you have a video on how to learn to organize my onedrive pictures and videos. I have a mess. Lots of crazy folders. When i try to make a folder a make copies by mistakes of those pictures. Im so bad at it. Do you have a video or a pay program that i can learn how to start from scratch to organizing my pictures. Im scare that i would delete my pictures and loose them for ever. TIA
Hi there - I totally understand! I recommend people move their folders of photos out of OneDrive to start. . . but carefully, so nothing is lost. By chance, I think you might have scheduled a time with me tomorrow and we can chat! Thankn you so much for watching! Cheers! Mollie
I prefer to own my software rather than continually having to rent it month after month or year after year. What non subscription based software would you recommend for organizing photos?
Hi there - I'm thinking you use a PC. (If you are a Mac user, then Apple Photos is the answer.) I actually simply recommend using your File Explorer to organize your photos. When you organize in folders, it is much easier to run a duplicate finding program. You are in complete control of your photo collection and its easier to maintain. There are a lot of variables with any of the other programs. Once photos are organized and backed up to an external hard drive, I recommend uploading your photos to Forever where you pay one time for the storage you need. Here are a few links to help. . . Confidently Organize Your Photos (just skip the parts about printed photos) ua-cam.com/video/-I6A5cgwqkQ/v-deo.html Organizing Photos with Windows File Explorer ua-cam.com/video/NrCZt3_9c00/v-deo.html My Review of Forever ua-cam.com/video/3qgyQzTfv74/v-deo.html I hope this helps . . . please let me know any other questions you might have. Cheers! Mollie
@@Pixologie Thank you for the detailed feedback. I like the Forever "once and done payment model" though I have aprox 20,000 photos and videos that I need to organize. If each photo/video took 30 seconds to sort it would take nearly 17 weeks working 40 hours a day to sort through all of them. I think I'm going to need something that has AI or face recognition which Forever doesn't have. I'm not sure hot to tackle the problem. Do you have any recommendations for programs that have a pay once business model and that has facial recognition and ways to automate the organization task. Thanks.
Hi again - I understand where you are coming from, but I don't necessarily look at organizing the same way. When organizing by date, it should be pretty quick to group photos by year and maybe with nested albums by month. In the example below, I am showing a folder structure by decades/years/months & events: 2010s Photos -- 2010 Photos ---- 2010-01 January Photos ---- 2010-02 February Photos ---- 2010-02 California Trip ---- etc. -- 2011 -- 2012 -- etc. 2020s Photos -- 2020 Photos -- 2021 Photos -- 2022 Photos Facial recognition, tagging and descriptions are a secondary task in my mind. (although I know some people prefer to organize by person - this is not a good long term strategy) Once your photos are organized in folders, then you can deduplicate (if that is a problem) and then perhaps entertain moving it into a program to do the work of facial recognition, etc.) With that all being said, you could try out Forever Historian which does have facial recognition . . . You purchase the software and own it outright. I feel like this is a dated program but it might just be up your alley. It does not allow you to organize in folders, but does have a great timeline feature to sort photos by date easily. It is sold by Forever (for whom we are ambassadors) and you can upload your photos to a storage account if you want for easy sharing and longterm preservation. There is an upgrade coming soon for it. And, I will say there is a learning curve to it. You can download a free trial here: www.forever.com/ambassador/pixologieinc/historian Here's my video on organizing photos in folders . . . ua-cam.com/video/84xd9dIL_ns/v-deo.html Let me know if this helps! Cheers, Mollie
Thank you so much for this very informative video. I wish I had seen it about six months ago when I started to try to consolidate all of my photos into one place!! I totally appreciate that you did not get super technical. I have found that in a lot of the UA-cam videos… I would be very interested to hear your take on the different organizational programs, in relationship to their cost to maintain their cloud services, etc.; andHow they deal with the privacy of keeping my photos MY phones. Thank you again
Hi Raechel! I so appreciate your comments here... I know that tutorials can get overwhelming and many of my clients just can’t follow them. Keeping things simple seems to help. I will work on something to address the cost to maintain... do you have a program, online service or two that you are looking at? Cheers! Mollie
It’s been a few years since I’ve worked with Lightroom and I’ll review that in the near future... it wasn’t my favorite but I know a lot of photographers who use it. Adobe Bridge I use for batch editing and I like that a lot... stay tuned and thank you!!
OK, you should explain in the title "Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced" You start at 5 minutes by explaining Images are files after 5 minutes of explaining why we are here....
The problem that I see many people have… Is they don’t keep good habits with their photos and maintaining their collection. Good software is out there, but if you don’t use it routinely and come back to it six months later chances are things are still going to be a mess. You’re not the first person to suggest that I come up with something. However I think I need to figure out the developing a habit issue first. Also did you try Mylio out? Cheers! Mollie
@@Pixologie yes habits are essential for a number of things. Many like me though, put things off then want a quick fix for it. I am trying to source an offline program for local storage. There are a number of programs I am looking at "Photo duplicate finders" to fist find duplicates. Other sites have highly recommended Adobe (Bridge and Lightroom) for sorting images. I must admit I source programs for free "Trail/educational/non profit/personal" uses so I would imagine some of these other programs are out of reach budget wise. So no I haven't tried Mylio, was that the online one.. Some of your suggestions are great. I didn't know there were dedicated gallery sites just for images. Some of the programs I am going to try are: Abelssoft PhotoSort Duplicate Photo Cleaner 3delite Duplicate Picture Finder Qimage Ultimate
How do you move pictures around in a folder in windows explorer file? Say I want say I want all pictures with kids 12 and under in the first part of the folder, and then those that are 13 to 21 next and then the adults last in my folder. how can I arrange this?
Hi Ronald - This is tricky - You'll have to name them in the order you want. 01 Kids Under 12 _0001 01 Kids Under 12_0002 01 Kids Under 12_0003 01 Kids Under 12_0004 01 Kids Under 12_0005 02 Kids 13 to 21_0001 02 Kids 13 to 21_0002 02 Kids 13 to 21_0003 02 Kids 13 to 21_0004 03 Adults_0001 03 Adults_0002 03 Adults_0003 Etc. Windows is not the easiest way to rename photos. (Adobe Bridge works nicely for batch renaming.) I think it might be easier to create three folders for the batches. Hoping this helps! Mollie
So frustrated. All I need to do is, have one place where I can organize photos to an album. I have several and the crazy thing is I don't know which pictures are in an album because they stay in the main list. I can't delete them as I organize them because they delete from the album as well as the main list. UG! I have duplicates everywhere as well.
Hi Sara - what program do you use? I am actually doing some market research and would love to talk with you. So many people are overwhelmed and I'm trying to figure out how to help. Would you have time this weekend? Here's the link if you are interested: calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch Cheers! Mollie
I am having the same problem. I have 1000’s of duplicates that I need to delete but I don’t know what program to use to delete them. I need something very easy to help me delete duplicates and to organize all my photos into folders. I have always kept pictures in folders with my PC (which would name the pictures the title of the folder), but since I got my MAC 10 years ago, my pictures are a complete mess because Apple does not name pictures that way. Apple assigns them a long number/letter name that has nothing to do with the topic of the pictures and only type of organization is by date. I am so overwhelmed. I have copied all of my pictures over from my PC and external drive onto my MAC but nothing is appropriately organized and there are so many duplicates. Please help!
Hi Jami - A couple of things. . . you need PhotoSweeper a $10 app from the Apple App Store. Here's an overview of it: ua-cam.com/video/7pqSnDMa4vQ/v-deo.html And if you are looking for an overall plan to manage your photos, I did post a one hour video that might be helpful. (It's a preview of an 8 hour course I offer.) ua-cam.com/video/2q4Wn8q8_DY/v-deo.html Good Luck! Mollie
Oh Susie, I am so sorry you lost some of your photos from the Cloud. Do you have your mac and iPhone under the same Apple account? Here's an older video I did about Apple Photos - ua-cam.com/video/s_HHDPdcVjw/v-deo.html Let me know if I can help! Cheers, Mollie
Sounded promising until I checked to see how much it cost, could not find anything of cost, would have to give my email address and sign in, this tells me FOREVER is ashamed or the price. Good sell but no deal.
Hi Paul - I am so sorry you were unable to see the pricing. . . here's the page. . . www.forever.com/forever_storage If you scroll down, you can see the cost for the storage. Also, I am happy to chat with you if you have any general questions about digital photo organization! Use the link I provided for a complimentary 2 GB account and $20 coupon to test it out only if you like. Cheers! Mollie
"This video seems to be for those who just learned where the power button is last week and have only discovered double click yesterday." I mean it seems funny but some people are like that. They do exist. Ask PC support.. they will tell you.
Hi Jay, Love your comments! Been doing this for 10 years… It is a small fraction of a percent of my clients who have tech skills. My channel is to help people who don’t have any idea where to start. And PC support as well as Apple support usually make things worse for my clients! Have you tried a ACD Photo Management software? Cheers! Mollie
Hey Brian… Thanks for trying to watch. I have a 2022 version of this video and the sound has come along way since I first started doing this. Thank you again for watching! ua-cam.com/video/3H-DxGPRAe0/v-deo.html
Hi Brian - I am so sorry you couldn't hear this well. I recorded it almost a year ago and believe my sound quality has improved on future videos. Is there something specific you need help with? Maybe, I can refer to a newer video. Cheers! Mollie
Hi Patricia - just checking . . . you don't have any program right now for your photos? I'd love to talk with you to learn more about your situation and maybe help provide some tips if you need! Here's my calendar link: www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch Thank you so much for watching! Cheers! Mollie
No kidding! Nearly all of my clients have a problem with pictures mixed in and out of OneDrive and their pictures folder. You don’t even realize it until it’s a mess! And I speak from personal experience. Thanks so much for watching
Hi Neal - does this mean you aren't storing your photos anywhere and are looking for a solution to manage your photos? Did any of this help? Cheers! Mollie
I love Adobe Bridge! Here's my review of it: ua-cam.com/video/gnegn3l4VvU/v-deo.html I don't use it to organize my main photo collection because I really like using Mylio better. Let me know what you decide!
I use File Explorer but it is a mess really because the pics end up in multiple places very annoying. I am excited I came across your tutorials. thanks for any help Be Blessed.
Hi Naomi- thank you so much for watching!! I really appreciate how annoying it is! Feel free to schedule a call with me at www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixplan
Cheers!
Mollie
Thank you so much! Organizing my photos has been on my list... forever. Your review gives me inspiration and motivation to get started.
Hi Johanna - I am so glad you found this helpful! Do you have printed and/or digital photos to organize? I have a fun little playlist going on for the holidays. . . a new secret each day!
ua-cam.com/video/fg6-5O42WeQ/v-deo.html
Cheers!
Mollie
I used to use Picassa and I loved it and after they killed it and moved to google photos. I stopped using it due to online storage cost and privacy.
What I liked about picassa now that I think back is - a stand alone software, on my computer, that helps organise my photos, helps me see those photos, edit, delete, select and also mark out favourites without duplicating pictures and export small subset at a reduced resolution for digital frames, websites etc. Thanks for helping me think through the solution I want now. Currently I just keep photos in folders in two different media. Will explore iPhoto’s if I can use it as stand alone.
Hi Sunil - Thank you so much for your feedback! Many people loved Picasa and it is stilled missed by many! Apple Photos does function as a stand alone software on your Mac computer. (It also syncs to iCloud and your phone).
Cheers!
Mollie
No nonsense.. Precisely put.. Always sticking to the core topic... Nice presentation of content.. 👍 👍
Hey thank you! 😄
I would categorize photo applications by the following functionalities:
1. The artistic applications - focuses on coloring, shades, and picture enhancing and modification.
2. The techy applications - focuses on bells and whistles; adding music, merging images, slapping text on the picture, face recognition, deleting duplicates, linking stories to the picture, all kinds of automatic functions.
3. The Organizing applications - focuses on organizing and creating a filing system.
The following are some of my concerns:
1. Most applications are focused on professional photographers.
2. There is no clear explanation as to the security of your photos. Do these applications that are internet-based have any privacy responsibility?
3. Are my pictures copied to their site?
4. How can you buy a product, when you don’t have a clear idea of what it offers?
5. Are there any limits as to the number of photos the application can handle? Mylio announces itself as being able to handle 25K photos. When it got to 15K the application told me it was max-out.
6. There seems to be no application that think of people who are organizing thousands of photos, decades of pictures that need to be properly labeled (on the photo) and put in sequence.
7. Ten or twenty years from now, our descendants are not going to want to jumps through hoops to know who is in the photo, where it is and when was it taken. Basic stuff, that should be standard on every application. Shouldn’t there be a standard that labels the photo with date, subject and location on the photo? Old cameras had this feature. A simple stroke of a key should be able to either show the information or suppress it. No photo application should be created without this feature.
8. A function as simple as labeling has been highjacked. I have not found an application that can take my first 20 photos and label them January, the second 200 and label them February, and organize them in a sequential order without making the user jump through hoops.
Totally frustrated with photo applications. Many hours of watching UA-cam with no results.
Hi Jose - I can understand your frustrations as I share them. I now simply teach people to save photos in folders on their computers and then upload them to Forever for storage and to create photo books. It is private and secure and will migrate photos to the newest technology for your lifetime plus 100 years.
I suspect Forever may be too simple of a product for what you want to do but here is a review of it: ua-cam.com/video/3qgyQzTfv74/v-deo.html
Most consumers don't the time or knowledge to learn about all of these things. The words, definitions and icons have no consistency over the various software and apps and make it difficult to even compare.
Within a couple of weeks, I'll be uploading my 2022 overview of photo organizing programs based on all of the feedback I've had for the past year on this video.
Thank you so much for watching and your thoughts. The tech world has truly made a mess of helping consumers save their photos.
Cheers,
Mollie
Jose, I am where you are. I have searched the internet for weeks. I cannot find any real answers. I can't believe there isn't a program that will batch upload with the directory and file info, check for dups, and make note of facial recognition. Storing safely in the cloud where I can easily edit or print. Baffled this does not exist. I would gladly pay for a program that would do this.
It seems like date-subject-location should be the industry standard on every digital photo, for the customer to decide if he/she wants it or not. It should also be a capability available to old scanned/digitized photos.
Best video on this topic on the entire internet
! Congrats. You deserve million of views!
Wow, thank you! I so appreciate it!
Great Presentation… very thorough. Thank You!
Hi Darlene - Thanks so much for watching! I updated this video with a 2022 version - I've definitely learned more over the past year! ua-cam.com/video/3H-DxGPRAe0/v-deo.html
Cheers!
Mollie
Thanks for the great overview and especially the 3 important minimum requirements. I'm helping an older couple organize and backup a bazzion photos that are literally all over their hard drives from 3 different computers. Duplicate finding is a high priority. Looking for something in the very easy category that they can maintain. Your tips have already helped me cross several off my list that I won't spring on them.
BTW, your audio is very low. You might want to bring it up 7 or 8dB. Fortunately, I have desktop speakers that can really crank, but those viewing on phones won't have that ability.
Hi Mike... thank you so much for the feedback! Glad this helps and I will work on the audio... definitely want people to be able to hear! You may need to use a separate duplicate finder... I’ll post a blog article in a bit. Cheers! Mollie
www.pixologieinc.com/how-do-i-find-duplicate-photos/
The duplicate finder info is down the ways in the article. Good luck!
Excellent video! Thanks.
Hey there... thank you so much for the feedback!
This was very informative! You said Mylio was your favorite. Can you tell me if it has a function to identify duplicate photos? That's important to me. Thanks for your videos!
Barbara - this is a feature that is coming, but I don't know when. I saw a beta version of how it might work.
I actually teach my students to organize their folders of photos outside of Mylio and dedup the folders. Then, bring in the folders to Mylio.
I'll be talking about deduplicating tonight by chance! Here's the link:
ua-cam.com/video/3hg09uwOMBM/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for watching!!
Cheers!
Mollie
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I have learned a lot watching this. I really like Mylio and it would be a perfect replacement for Google Photos for me, but it doesn't back up videos. My goal is to have my photos and videos synced from my phone to my computer to my external HDD. Mylio fits the bill for photos, but what do you use for videos?
Hi there! Mylio holds videos as well. In terms of editing videos you would need to use an separate program. Edit your video and then import it into Mylio. I hope this helps and you can download Mylio for free to try it out.
@@Pixologie Thank you so much!
Hi! What is the options to filter by face organization? I Just need a simple and free.. I tried DigiKam, but I found too messy to import my data.
Hi there… I’m sorry for the delay in replying! Facial recognition is a feature thar Google Photos and Apple Photos offers in their app. Mylio has facial recognition as well but you would need to be comfortable using that software to ensure you keep it clean! What kind of phone and computer do you use?
Thank you for this video--it was very helpful. I have always used apple's photo program and because of that, always eventually need a computer upgrade because photos take up so much computer space. How do you manage your computer space if you use apple photos?
Hi there - On my MacBook Pro, I actually chose to store my originals in iCloud. (My iMac has all the originals on the computer but I don't use that computer often.) This can be annoying on my MacBook Pro when I need those originals. Hope this helps? Thanks so much for watching!
Cheers!
Mollie
I'm at square one... I have photos in many places and need to learn to pull them into one place and be able to access them quickly and easily
Hi again - Photo organizing can be a journey! In my previous reply, I shared my master class on organizing photos - I think it might help give you a start!
I'm happy to chat if you'd like - I do photo organizing research calls to learn about consumer challenges with their photos.
Feel free to schedule a time with me: www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch
Cheers!
Mollie
Hello Mollie. Thanks for this video, you're such a pleasure to listen to. Wanted to add my 5 cents to the topic. I was an apple user for long years and I've built myself a digital prison by using iPhoto and then Photos app. Because when you do have thousands of digital shots and videos there carefully organized by albums, it will be very painful and time consuming to jump away from Mac / iPhone and migrate somewhere else without losing you structure. I'm not even speaking about cases, when you do upgrade from one version of Photos to another there's always a chance to loose some of your digital assets without even knowing that. And when you finally realize it happened to you long months after, it's such a pain to figure out what exactly was lost, thanks to the blackbox technology of how it stores your photos (deep inside of photolibrary bundle). So yes, iPhoto / Photos app (I'm speaking about mac here, not the phone) is definitely good looking and smart enough piece of software, but for users it might become a prison with some traps inside. So NO to them. Speaking about some other commercial standalone products you also need to be very careful wrt how exactly do they store the structure of your albums / other metadata. Because if it's somewhere deep inside of them, in some proprietary format - it's also big red NO. The best, if such software can rely on existing folders structure (and here you need to develop some discipline yourself) + make use of metadata. So far my tool of choice is open source DigiKam. It surely won't disappear from market, like Picassa did and as every other open source it has a community behind. Sorry took longer than I expected 😅
PS and yes, sorry, do not trust to "clouds" much. They also tend to loose your data without letting you know or getting closed without further warnings. Even the ones that guarantee you lifetime support / guarantee or similar sweet lies. The only responsibility they bear in case if data loss is to say sorry and give you a discount for the next month
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! There are so many things to think about with saving your photos… I know a lot of people who would like to have Picasa back. I do worry about most photo storage sites for the reasons you say. But, Forever Permanent Photo Storage puts a portion of the purchase price into the Forever Guaranty Fund… I really like their model and leadership. But everyone has to feel comfortable with their photo management solution. I’m glad you like Digikam… I’ll have to check it out!
@@Pixologie digikam might look a bit scary from the beginning, but it's very powerfull tool with a lot of features every digital photo management solution should have:
- it works perfectly with all metadata
- it shows geo info on map
- it can detect faces and put them to photo' tags
- it can search for duplicates
- it has tonns of different view modes
- it's free and opensourse, it's there for more a decade already and it's not going anywhere as long as opensource exits
Really helpful ... thank you!
Thank you!! Hope we can continue to be a resource for you!
Best video on the subject
Hi Sunil - Very kind of you to say! thank you so much for watching!
Cheers!
Mollie
Very helpful. thank you
So glad this was useful! Cheers!
Thank you very helpful
Glad it helped! Did you find a program you were interested in? I am doing market research if you are interested in telling me more about your photo organizing challenges! Schedule here: calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch
Cheers!
Mollie
Very nice information
Thanks so much for watching!
Like you, I am a Forever Ambassador ( but have been a photographer for > 50 years). Also like you I have really started using Mylio. Would you have any thoughts to share on your workflow process for Mylio as local storage but moving photos to Forever for online storage? May I message you with some detailed questions?
Sure - mollieb@pixologieinc.com Happy to see if I can answer!
It seems like date-subject-location should be the industry standard on every digital photo, for the customer to decide if he/she wants it or not. It should also be a capability available to old scanned/digitized photos.
I'm looking for a Cloud based photo backup system. Backup is the keyword. I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 80,000+ family oriented images. I have these files on a primary desktop computer with two wired external hard drive backups and a mobile backup. Two primary file folders. One is Genealogy the other is specific to my personal photos. The sub-folders contain a variety of types of files. Most are Jpegs and include news or text along with image photos. I have been working on the filing system for at least 15 years. Images go back into the 1800's. I have digitized 30 to 40 photo albums/scrapbooks dating back to the 1920's. Every old photo I could get my hands on I have digitized along with my fathers slides and negatives as well as mine. Once the digital cameras came into play cataloging the images was easy and I currently practice delete first on camera the unnecessary photos, then move them into a categorized current year folder. So if one were to ask me what information do I have on my Great Grandfather in the year 1895, it would take me a matter of seconds to pull the folder and sub-folders up to see. For example take my father, before seeing an image you would follow this path: Fox-James-1944-Military-Tonapah then photos or other info would appear. There would be several other folders under 1944 and Military in this example. All these photos are typically being run through Topaz AI - Lightroom - Photoshop to final edit. Original photo is saved along with enhanced photo. I have some photos in Google Photos and Amazon Photos which end up coming from my Phone. I find these programs useless for my photo catalog system. I do not use "Albums" except for an occasional short group of photos to share. Now, why am I doing this! Well, with the advent of the cellphone camera, everyone is a photographer now. Myself, I use the cell camera for convenience but have been taking photos since the '60's with state-of-the-art cameras. My father used several types of cameras, all film based, and I picked up the interest as a teen. I have watched folks try to show me a photo on their phone by thumbing and thumbing through the 1,000's of photos that they have to no avail. I suggest to them that they need to organize the images which includes DELETING many, if not most but that is also to no avail. So, here's my purpose of organizing my collection. Photobooks. Not exclusively photos, but most importantly text or narratives. Many of us have looked through old photo albums, but someone needs to be looking over your shoulder to explain what you are looking at. I interject cations, narratives including near entire pages of explanatory information to inform the person perusing the book as to what they are seeing, and my little stories, many humorous (at least to me) to keep them interested. I use Shutterfly and Photobook currently. I have produced 40 or so of these books. Most are associated with trips or family information associated with my geological research. I have produced a two volume 200+ page book of two of my wife's notable cousins, Toussaint and Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Also a 300 page book of my fathers hunting escapades. My next endeavor is of Michael Fox who at 17 left Ireland in 1848, came to New Orleans, then quickly left for the California gold fields. I only have 2 or 3 actual photos of Michael yet I expect this photobook to exceed 100 pages. What will be inside the book is a variety of clipped maps, news articles, points of interest photos, historical internet photos, google earth photos, etc. Other that actual text I inject into the book the balance needs to be in jpeg format for the company to use it. These jpegs must be in logical file folders to be efficiently accessed. My point in this lengthy oration is have a reason to save your photos. There must be trillions of useless photos that now exist on devices, at least I can find my useless photos. Finally, here's my question (I'm sure you're glad I finally got to this point) what Cloud Based storage system will keep my organized folders and files intact so I can quickly and efficiently access them without having to reorganize them.
Hello Cliff!! Holy Smokes - You have put so much effort into your family history. What a gift to your family both for today and for the future! Thank you so much for sharing your journey - it may help and inspire someone else!! We HIGHLY recommend using Forever Permanent Storage. I would love to tell you more if you'd like to learn. Here are some resources for you:
Free Intro Forever account - www.forever.com/ambassador/pixologieinc
Schedule a Call with Me - www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixplan
Why We Recommend Forever - ua-cam.com/video/wiOcF6YqAE0/v-deo.html
Cheers and blessings!
Mollie
I use Adobe Bridge but find a problem with it. I can't find any way to print a single photo. It seems only possible to print contract sheets. I would be happy if I'm wrong.
Hi Chris- you raise a good point…. This is all that I could find…. helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/output-module-pdf-contact-sheet.html
We don’t have to print photos from Adobe Bridge ever but it would seem like this would be an obvious thing you could do… Are you trying to print actual photographs for personal or professional use? Thank you so much for watching!
Cheers!
Mollie
This is a great video. I have been watching your videos and trying to figure out one program. I have been looking for a comparison of the different organizers, storage, and editing programs. I have Google Photos, Onedrive, Amazon, etc. I want one place. I would like to organize them and edit some but I guess I am mainly looking for a software program that organizes them and maybe even takes my existing directory names to keep them organized as they are moved. Can you help me find one that will do the following?
Don't want Non-compressed files, Faces and similar photos search, Identifying duplicates, Batch uploads from Google, Amazon, and One Drive, Identifying most current photo and/or originals, Decent editor, Ability to download and print selected photos, Access from an app on my phone (Samsung), Not too expensive but larger Gig storage - like 2-5G, Ability to compare pics, side by side, and Ability to see images clearly either list or larger image view. I have a Windows computer. Thank you in advance!
Hi Chelsea! Thank you so much for watching and posting this.
Unfortunately there is no one magic program. And, the good programs require routine use (weekly). If you let time go by, it’s really hard to come back.
Here’s the system I teach for people to manage their photos. There are so many moving parts to this!
ua-cam.com/video/e58WlgnAFTM/v-deo.html
I hope this might help! And if you’d like to chat, I do research calls with consumers to learn about photo saving habits. Schedule a time here:
www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch
Cheers!
Mollie
@@Pixologie I know how to organize them. I just need a program that will store them in one spot.
@@chelle7_myblueeyeddog Hi there… okay… have you tried Mylio yet? It is a very powerful program… I must mention that it is more advanced than most of my clients have the time to maintain. you also need to be careful if you switch computers, change, syncing parameters, etc. I hope this helps! Cheers!
Hi Mollie Thanks for your tips and suggestions! I am currently vetting Mylio & forever, both look great. Does either of these have a photo slide show creator program? I would like to create family slide show videos. Thanks for your help.
Hi Violet Grows! Forever has a slideshow feature in every album, tag or grouping of photos. You can adjust speed and style of slides. . . but you cannnot save it or export it. It is played within the app - which can be viewed on your phone, computer or television (computer with HDMI cord or Amazon Fire TV).
Mylio works the same way where you can play it in the software but cannot export it.
I am expecting that these companies will make this a feature in the future because it sure would be handy!
What kind of computer do you use? On a Mac, iMovie works well and on a PC the Photos app can do it. We have recommended Filmora if you are looking for a good program with advanced editing and design options.
Hope this helps. . .
Cheers and blessings to you!
Mollie
Your video is very good.
Thank you so much!!! I so appreciate knowing the information is useful! Cheers!
I currently use simply just folders on my harddrive backed up to duplicate places. While I would like to use a photo management option to be able to tag, I am struggling with the cost and with security. $120/year seems excessive, and I see few reviews of Forever when I search, and I am worried about forking out that kind of cash without seeing that it is used widespread. Finally, I would like to know what happens to the data (can it e accessed outside of the software) if the company goes out of business. I have seen many companies come and go, and longevity guarantees mean little when the company goes belly up. I thought your review was very good, but I still feel a little overwhelmed in how to select the right option for me as a hobbyist, particularly since they all seem so pricey.
Hi BeeKind… all of these concerns are certainly understandable… I too have seen companies come and go. How many photos do you have in your collection?
I have this link here that explains Forever’s guarantee… www.forever.com/guarantee.
Let me know if you’d like to chat!
Cheers!
Mollie
I need to consolidate all my photos, remove duplicates, and organize my photos. I have a windows computer with internal and external drives. I have a Apple phone and a new iPad Pro. All have photos everywhere. I have just started using Amazon photos as a prime member and lis looks like this provide a way forward. I also need to backup my library. Helppppp. What are your thoughts on a path forward
Hi Geoffrey - Thank you for watching!
I have a new video out than this one with my system shared. Gathering all of the photos to your computer and organizing by folders is the first step. . . Here's the newer video link:
ua-cam.com/video/3H-DxGPRAe0/v-deo.html
I don't think Amazon is the best solution . . . have you seen this video - my review of it?
ua-cam.com/video/3RJxLmoLQKk/v-deo.html
There are many, many moving parts to digital photo organizing . . . I do offer an eight week course . . . Here's a link to schedule a Zoom call where we can chat if you are interested in learning more.
calendly.com/mollieb/focusclass
Cheers!
Mollie
I have 60 years worth of pictures, the early ones on film of course. I have no idea what I have when where and how. This is just stressing me out. PS I actually bought forever from a friend who is doing Creative Memories.
Hi Kathleen - It is crazy how many photos accumulate! I don't know if you've seen this video of mine . . . but maybe it might help you figure out a plan of attack! I talk about where Forever fits in our photo organizing process.
ua-cam.com/video/e58WlgnAFTM/v-deo.html
Happy Thanksgiving!
Mollie
i was usin faststone but thats windows only so i need somethin similar for linux .. i have a shitload on a clickfree thats an older automatic drive backup but that also won't work on a linux os .. so any suggestions on how to retrieve them would be great .. thanks a bunch .. if you're still there ..
Hi there… thanks for watching! I have no experience with Linux… but I did find this article… itsfoss.com/linux-photo-management-software/
I haven’t tested any of the programs listed so I can’t help there.
As for your Clickfree backup, unfortunately it sounds like the company went out of business. There’s no support now it. And it sounds like working with windows 10 is problematic. Without having your drive to look at, from what I saw online, if you can connect your old drive to a windows computer, maybe older than Windows 10. Then attempt to copy the folders and files you want over to a USB drive to then copy to your Linux computer. Please let me know if this helps at all…
Cheers!
Mollie
Excellent presentation. The comprehensive content has enabled us to know what to look for. Short, basic, no-nonsense and to the point. Thank you.
We have thousands of photos we need to categorize, store then copy and eventually upload some of the copies to showcase our work in a website. We do not want a web or cloud based software. We use MS on a PC (non-Apple non Mac). which software do you recommend? Thank you.
Mylio is my hands down favorite! Here's my review: ua-cam.com/video/LO_S1gD2ywY/v-deo.html
So glad this is helpful!
Cheers!
Mollie
I am still using iphotos because I like the features, but my computer is very old and I need to think about when it quits. I like the idea of Mylio, but I have close to 90,000 photos , so What do I do?
Hi Roberta, Thank you so much for watching! And, wow! if you are still using iPhoto, that's amazing. Your question of what to do depends upon how old your computer is and potentially upgrading to a new computer.
I'd love to talk with you about your situation. . . to answer your question best. Here's a link to schedule a photo research calendar appointment with me. calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch?month=2022-01
Mylio is a fantastic program but it does have a high learning curve.
If you know your operating system on your Mac and the year it was made, I could tell you more.
Cheers!
Mollie
Hi, thank you for your videos. Do you have a video on how to learn to organize my onedrive pictures and videos. I have a mess. Lots of crazy folders. When i try to make a folder a make copies by mistakes of those pictures. Im so bad at it. Do you have a video or a pay program that i can learn how to start from scratch to organizing my pictures. Im scare that i would delete my pictures and loose them for ever. TIA
Hi there - I totally understand! I recommend people move their folders of photos out of OneDrive to start. . . but carefully, so nothing is lost. By chance, I think you might have scheduled a time with me tomorrow and we can chat! Thankn you so much for watching!
Cheers!
Mollie
Yes, i didns schedule a call. Can't wait. Thank you for responding
I prefer to own my software rather than continually having to rent it month after month or year after year. What non subscription based software would you recommend for organizing photos?
Hi there - I'm thinking you use a PC. (If you are a Mac user, then Apple Photos is the answer.) I actually simply recommend using your File Explorer to organize your photos. When you organize in folders, it is much easier to run a duplicate finding program. You are in complete control of your photo collection and its easier to maintain. There are a lot of variables with any of the other programs. Once photos are organized and backed up to an external hard drive, I recommend uploading your photos to Forever where you pay one time for the storage you need. Here are a few links to help. . .
Confidently Organize Your Photos (just skip the parts about printed photos)
ua-cam.com/video/-I6A5cgwqkQ/v-deo.html
Organizing Photos with Windows File Explorer
ua-cam.com/video/NrCZt3_9c00/v-deo.html
My Review of Forever
ua-cam.com/video/3qgyQzTfv74/v-deo.html
I hope this helps . . . please let me know any other questions you might have.
Cheers!
Mollie
@@Pixologie Thank you for the detailed feedback. I like the Forever "once and done payment model" though I have aprox 20,000 photos and videos that I need to organize. If each photo/video took 30 seconds to sort it would take nearly 17 weeks working 40 hours a day to sort through all of them. I think I'm going to need something that has AI or face recognition which Forever doesn't have. I'm not sure hot to tackle the problem. Do you have any recommendations for programs that have a pay once business model and that has facial recognition and ways to automate the organization task. Thanks.
Hi again - I understand where you are coming from, but I don't necessarily look at organizing the same way. When organizing by date, it should be pretty quick to group photos by year and maybe with nested albums by month. In the example below, I am showing a folder structure by decades/years/months & events:
2010s Photos
-- 2010 Photos
---- 2010-01 January Photos
---- 2010-02 February Photos
---- 2010-02 California Trip
---- etc.
-- 2011
-- 2012
-- etc.
2020s Photos
-- 2020 Photos
-- 2021 Photos
-- 2022 Photos
Facial recognition, tagging and descriptions are a secondary task in my mind. (although I know some people prefer to organize by person - this is not a good long term strategy)
Once your photos are organized in folders, then you can deduplicate (if that is a problem) and then perhaps entertain moving it into a program to do the work of facial recognition, etc.)
With that all being said, you could try out Forever Historian which does have facial recognition . . . You purchase the software and own it outright. I feel like this is a dated program but it might just be up your alley. It does not allow you to organize in folders, but does have a great timeline feature to sort photos by date easily.
It is sold by Forever (for whom we are ambassadors) and you can upload your photos to a storage account if you want for easy sharing and longterm preservation. There is an upgrade coming soon for it. And, I will say there is a learning curve to it. You can download a free trial here:
www.forever.com/ambassador/pixologieinc/historian
Here's my video on organizing photos in folders . . .
ua-cam.com/video/84xd9dIL_ns/v-deo.html
Let me know if this helps!
Cheers,
Mollie
Thank you so much for this very informative video. I wish I had seen it about six months ago when I started to try to consolidate all of my photos into one place!! I totally appreciate that you did not get super technical. I have found that in a lot of the UA-cam videos… I would be very interested to hear your take on the different organizational programs, in relationship to their cost to maintain their cloud services, etc.; andHow they deal with the privacy of keeping my photos MY phones. Thank you again
Hi Raechel! I so appreciate your comments here... I know that tutorials can get overwhelming and many of my clients just can’t follow them. Keeping things simple seems to help. I will work on something to address the cost to maintain... do you have a program, online service or two that you are looking at? Cheers! Mollie
I have also considered Lightroom...
It’s been a few years since I’ve worked with Lightroom and I’ll review that in the near future... it wasn’t my favorite but I know a lot of photographers who use it. Adobe Bridge I use for batch editing and I like that a lot... stay tuned and thank you!!
OK, you should explain in the title "Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced" You start at 5 minutes by explaining Images are files after 5 minutes of explaining why we are here....
The problem that I see many people have… Is they don’t keep good habits with their photos and maintaining their collection. Good software is out there, but if you don’t use it routinely and come back to it six months later chances are things are still going to be a mess.
You’re not the first person to suggest that I come up with something. However I think I need to figure out the developing a habit issue first.
Also did you try Mylio out?
Cheers!
Mollie
@@Pixologie yes habits are essential for a number of things. Many like me though, put things off then want a quick fix for it. I am trying to source an offline program for local storage. There are a number of programs I am looking at "Photo duplicate finders" to fist find duplicates. Other sites have highly recommended Adobe (Bridge and Lightroom) for sorting images.
I must admit I source programs for free "Trail/educational/non profit/personal" uses so I would imagine some of these other programs are out of reach budget wise. So no I haven't tried Mylio, was that the online one.. Some of your suggestions are great. I didn't know there were dedicated gallery sites just for images.
Some of the programs I am going to try are:
Abelssoft PhotoSort
Duplicate Photo Cleaner
3delite Duplicate Picture Finder
Qimage Ultimate
How do you move pictures around in a folder in windows explorer file? Say I want say I want all pictures with kids 12 and under in the first part of the folder, and then those that are 13 to 21 next and then the adults last in my folder. how can I arrange this?
Hi Ronald - This is tricky - You'll have to name them in the order you want.
01 Kids Under 12 _0001
01 Kids Under 12_0002
01 Kids Under 12_0003
01 Kids Under 12_0004
01 Kids Under 12_0005
02 Kids 13 to 21_0001
02 Kids 13 to 21_0002
02 Kids 13 to 21_0003
02 Kids 13 to 21_0004
03 Adults_0001
03 Adults_0002
03 Adults_0003
Etc.
Windows is not the easiest way to rename photos. (Adobe Bridge works nicely for batch renaming.)
I think it might be easier to create three folders for the batches.
Hoping this helps!
Mollie
watching. Deb.
Debby- than you for watching! Let me know if you have any questions!
Cheers!
Mollie
So frustrated. All I need to do is, have one place where I can organize photos to an album. I have several and the crazy thing is I don't know which pictures are in an album because they stay in the main list. I can't delete them as I organize them because they delete from the album as well as the main list. UG! I have duplicates everywhere as well.
Hi Sara - what program do you use? I am actually doing some market research and would love to talk with you. So many people are overwhelmed and I'm trying to figure out how to help. Would you have time this weekend? Here's the link if you are interested: calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch
Cheers!
Mollie
I am having the same problem. I have 1000’s of duplicates that I need to delete but I don’t know what program to use to delete them. I need something very easy to help me delete duplicates and to organize all my photos into folders. I have always kept pictures in folders with my PC (which would name the pictures the title of the folder), but since I got my MAC 10 years ago, my pictures are a complete mess because Apple does not name pictures that way. Apple assigns them a long number/letter name that has nothing to do with the topic of the pictures and only type of organization is by date. I am so overwhelmed. I have copied all of my pictures over from my PC and external drive onto my MAC but nothing is appropriately organized and there are so many duplicates. Please help!
Hi Jami - A couple of things. . . you need PhotoSweeper a $10 app from the Apple App Store. Here's an overview of it: ua-cam.com/video/7pqSnDMa4vQ/v-deo.html
And if you are looking for an overall plan to manage your photos, I did post a one hour video that might be helpful. (It's a preview of an 8 hour course I offer.)
ua-cam.com/video/2q4Wn8q8_DY/v-deo.html
Good Luck!
Mollie
All I use now is pictures on my Mac and iPhone and I have lost some photos when I got myself off of the Cloud 😩
Oh Susie, I am so sorry you lost some of your photos from the Cloud. Do you have your mac and iPhone under the same Apple account? Here's an older video I did about Apple Photos - ua-cam.com/video/s_HHDPdcVjw/v-deo.html
Let me know if I can help! Cheers, Mollie
See my comments about Mylio in your Adobe Bridge video
Will do! : )
Sounded promising until I checked to see how much it cost, could not find anything of cost, would have to give my email address and sign in, this tells me
FOREVER is ashamed or the price. Good sell but no deal.
Hi Paul - I am so sorry you were unable to see the pricing. . . here's the page. . . www.forever.com/forever_storage
If you scroll down, you can see the cost for the storage. Also, I am happy to chat with you if you have any general questions about digital photo organization!
Use the link I provided for a complimentary 2 GB account and $20 coupon to test it out only if you like.
Cheers!
Mollie
"This video seems to be for those who just learned where the power button is last week and have only discovered double click yesterday."
I mean it seems funny but some people are like that. They do exist.
Ask PC support.. they will tell you.
Hi Jay,
Love your comments! Been doing this for 10 years… It is a small fraction of a percent of my clients who have tech skills. My channel is to help people who don’t have any idea where to start. And PC support as well as Apple support usually make things worse for my clients!
Have you tried a ACD Photo Management software?
Cheers!
Mollie
I don't have any photo program.
Hi there… are you saving photos in folders? A lot of people do that.
Thanks for watching!
cant hear you...
Hey Brian… Thanks for trying to watch. I have a 2022 version of this video and the sound has come along way since I first started doing this. Thank you again for watching! ua-cam.com/video/3H-DxGPRAe0/v-deo.html
Nothing. Thanks for information.
Thank you for watching!
Cheers
Mollie
Why is the sound so low?
Hi Brian - I am so sorry you couldn't hear this well. I recorded it almost a year ago and believe my sound quality has improved on future videos. Is there something specific you need help with? Maybe, I can refer to a newer video.
Cheers!
Mollie
Nothing
Hi Patricia - just checking . . . you don't have any program right now for your photos? I'd love to talk with you to learn more about your situation and maybe help provide some tips if you need! Here's my calendar link: www.calendly.com/mollieb/pixresearch
Thank you so much for watching!
Cheers!
Mollie
One drive. Ugh
No kidding! Nearly all of my clients have a problem with pictures mixed in and out of OneDrive and their pictures folder. You don’t even realize it until it’s a mess! And I speak from personal experience. Thanks so much for watching
But they all cost money if u want to go over 😕
It is frustrating when you want to do this without buying software or paying a monthly fee... Do you use a computer to save your photos? Mac or PC?
@@Pixologie I have an external hardrive on my computer. Its a windows
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Hi Neal - does this mean you aren't storing your photos anywhere and are looking for a solution to manage your photos? Did any of this help?
Cheers!
Mollie
@@Pixologie Yes, that is why i came across your video. I am looking into Adobe bridge. A free software. Looks pretty robust. What do u think?
I love Adobe Bridge! Here's my review of it: ua-cam.com/video/gnegn3l4VvU/v-deo.html
I don't use it to organize my main photo collection because I really like using Mylio better. Let me know what you decide!