Mylio Photos is easy to set up on all your devices. The process is straightforward and we provide complete training to get you up and running. Here’s a quick overview of what happens

1. Create a Mylio Photos account.
2. Install the software on your primary computer, where most of your photos are stored.
3. Tell Mylio Photos where your photos are located or let it scan your drive.
4. Choose the folders you want to add to Mylio Photos. You are in complete control.
5. Mylio Photos creates a catalog of all your photos to make it easy to browse your entire library.
6. Install Mylio Photos on other computers, phones, or tablets.
7. Mylio Photos optimizes your original raw files and produces Smart Previews. These files retain the flexibility of the original raw file and have enough resolution for social media, slideshows, and even a 5x7 print. Yet they’re quite small, typically using 5% or less of the disk space of an original raw file.
8. Mylio Photos connects all your devices and authorizes each to see your entire library.
9. Mylio Photos adds the catalog to each device. This lets you browse photos without the cloud (or even an internet connection). This catalog is very small and fits on almost any device.
10. You can take advantage of Smart Previews to save space on any device. They take only a fraction of the space and offer photo editing options and the ability to export images for social media, email, and even basic printing.
11. All image editing and organization are automatically synced across all your devices.
12. Add one or more Vaults to backup your photos and videos to protect against device failure or loss.

Mylio Photos is designed to run on nearly all modern computers, phones, and tablets. We require the following operating systems at a minimum in order to provide the best experience. You can of course use a newer version.

• Mac - macOS 10.14 and newer
• iPhone / iPad - iOS 13 and newer
• Windows - Windows 10 version 1909 and newer (64 bit only)
• Windows ARM (Surface X Pro) – Windows 10 version 1909 and later (64 bit only)
• Android - Android 8.1 and later

In order to enjoy full access to all Mylio Photos features and add unlimited image files and devices to your account, you will want a subscription to Mylio Photos. You can choose to subscribe annually ($99.99/year) or monthly ($9.99/month).

All trial users start with a free 30-day test drive of Mylio Photos. If you decide not to subscribe, you can continue to use our Mylio Photos plan, which has a limit of 5,000 image files and three devices.

Even if you’re already using other photo software, Mylio Photos adds several unique benefits to your workflow. This includes abilities such as:

• Having a single library across all your devices
• Creating Smart Previews that provide nearly all the benefits of the original file at approximately 5% of the file size
• Being able to search with facial and text recognition
• Being able to browse and edit with no need for the cloud or even internet access

Mylio Photos also works seamlessly with other tools for a convenient workflow.

• Exchange files back and forth with Lightroom, thanks to our plug-in.
• Keep your iCloud Photo Library photos in sync with all your other pictures.
• Organize your hard drives and add industry-standard IPTC metadata that other photo applications can read.
• On desktop or laptop, open your original editing files by choosing Photo > Open With and selecting your favorite editing application. When done, just save your photo to the same folder. Mylio Photos will add it to your library.
• Conveniently hand off to any editing or publishing application on your phone with the standard Share menu. You can also share content from other apps to Mylio Photos in order to save it in your unified library.

We truly believe you’ll love Mylio Photos. We even provide a free 30-day evaluation period with a 30-day money-back guarantee after you subscribe. However, if you ever decide to leave Mylio Photos, you’ll find your photo library is in even better shape than when you started.

• Mylio Photos is not a closed ecosystem. All photos remain fully accessible on any computer or external drive you added to your account.
• Any organization you’ve done to remove duplicates or organize folders is reflected right on your hard drives.
• All metadata you’ve added (such as face tags, ratings, labels, and keywords) is stored as industry-standard metadata that other applications can see and use.
• Any GPS or map locations you’ve added will transfer as well.

The only items that are specifically stored in Mylio Photos are the Albums and Calendar Events you create. While we’d be sad to see you go, we never want you (or your photos) to feel that Mylio Photos did not add a benefit to your organized and protected photo library.

Mylio Photos is compatible with iCloud Photo Library. You can install Mylio Photos on your iOS and macOS devices and grant it permission to see all photos you’ve added to your iCloud Photo Library. Mylio Photos can automatically see new images added to your phone’s camera roll or the iCloud Photo Library. For best practices on integrating these two technologies, see this article.

Yes, Mylio Photos works with most other photo software applications.

• You can choose another image-editing tool to be your default editor on your desktop and laptop computer. A selected image can be easily handed off for additional editing with just a click. When done, save your new image to the same folder. Mylio will scan your folders for changes and show them right in your Mylio Photos Library.
• If you use Lightroom Classic to edit, Mylio Photos offers bidirectional support. You can select multiple images in Mylio Photos for a handoff to Lightroom Classic. We also offer a publishing service that automatically returns a copy of all edited images back to Mylio Photos.
• On desktop or laptop, you can choose Photo > Open With and select from any application your computer recognizes for the supported file type. This will open the high-quality image if it's available on your computer and let you edit it in another application.
• On phones and tablets, Mylio Photos fully supports the Share menu. This lets you easily share images to other image-editing applications or even publishing and social media apps. You can also share images right back to Mylio Photos with just a tap in order to store important photos you’ve received via email, text, or social media.

If you are subscribed to Mylio Photos, there are no limits on devices or files. You can add as many as you like. In fact, several subscribers have well over 1 million photos in their library, and some small businesses have 20 or more devices on their account.

You can add devices running iOS, Android, macOS, or Windows. You can add photos, videos, PDFs and Microsoft documents. If you are using a free version of Mylio Photos or Mylio Create, the total number of devices you can have connected is limited to three and four, respectively. And the total number of files is limited to 5,000 or 25,000, respectively.

With Mylio Photos, you can store and organize an unlimited number of photos and videos. The only limitations are the capacity of your devices. To optimize your storage, Mylio Photos provides an intelligent system to maximize the storage available on your devices.

• For space-limited devices such as phones, Mylio Photos creates a catalog with thumbnail images. A 1 TB photo library can be optimized to 1-2 GB for convenient storage. Mylio can then automatically store your most-often-used photos on your device, or allow you to fetch them on demand.
• For devices like tablets, laptops, and higher capacity phones we suggest keeping the Smart Previews on hand. These files are about 5% of the original size but offer nearly all the benefits of the original photo. They still contain raw image-editing flexibility as well as enough resolution to create images for social media, email, presentations, and personal printing. You can also fetch originals from another device on demand if both devices are online.
• On your desktop computer or primary hard drives, you can store the full-quality files of your photo library. Mylio Photos can see these images and serve them up to your other devices when needed.
• For extra protection, we strongly suggest adding two or more Vaults. These are hard drives that you choose to keep a backup copy of your photos and videos. Setting up Vaults can protect against losing a device as well as a drive failure.