Offline Photo Storage

IMPORTANT!!! DO NOT use memory cards or flash drives with exFAT format. Because after copying files (from the folder of this application), reconnecting the memory card and moving through folders, the files disappear along with the folders. This was verified using the iOS Files app. Use memory cards with FAT32 format, despite the fact that the copying speed will be very slow (but the files will not disappear and the dates of creation and modification of files will be saved). When using the APFS format, the dates of creation and modification of files are NOT saved (it was checked using the iOS Files application and after reconnecting the memory card).

IMPORTANT!!! Check the copied files ONLY after reconnecting the memory card or better using a desktop PC/laptop.

IMPORTANT!!! This is a new app. Therefore, check the copied files very carefully using your desktop PC/laptop.

IMPORTANT!!! Only photos and videos available on this iPhone/iPad will be copied. Photos and videos stored in iCloud or synced via iTunes are NOT copied. In order to prevent accidental deletion of photos or videos that were not copied, delete them using this application, as the app does not delete photos and videos that were not copied (by default).

With this app, you can easily copy your photos and videos from the iOS Photos app to your memory card. From memory cards, photos can be copied to a desktop PC/laptop, or you can use your memory card for storing your photos and videos. No doubt, iCloud is a great and convenient service, but if iCloud does not suit you, or your photos and videos have so much importance that you must back them up to your own storage media, even if you already use iCloud, then this application is for you.

When copying, all file metadata (date created, location, etc.) is preserved. IF THE FILE CREATION AND MODIFICATION DATE HAS CHANGED, TRY USING A DIFFERENT MEMORY CARD OR TRY REFORMATTING THE MEMORY CARD USING A DIFFERENT FORMAT. Even the way your photos are organized into albums is preserved. At the same time, you can select and view photos from a specific album in any operating system WITHOUT INSTALLING additional apps or software. It is possible by adding the album names to the file names. This way, photo and video files from a specific album are easily searchable in the OS's built-in file manager. The file name also contains the date when that photo or video was created. This insures that the file's creation date won't be overwritten and guarantees that photo and video files can always be sorted by the date they were created. When a photo is edited in the iOS Photos app, the original is not changed, but backup files are created instead. After copying, these backup files have the same name as the original (with some minor differences to distinguish between the original and the edited photo or video), which ensures that all files related to the same photo or video are located next to each other in the folder when you sort your files by name. Of course, you can turn off copying the original file of the edited photos or videos in the app settings.

IMPORTANT!!! The app has a function to search for photos and videos that have already been copied to the SD card. After you selected photos and videos as well as the location for copying, the app checks the copy destination (a folder named OfflinePhotoStorage) for files that match the files selected for copying. If it finds identical files, the files that already exist in the destination folder are not copied. For this function to work, it is important that you do not change the location of the copied files, their names and extensions. You can change (edit, add, delete) only the album titles contained in the file name (any text in square brackets) and any text in parentheses. It is also important not to make changes to the files themselves. Therefore, if you want to edit a photo, make its copy with a different name and edit it.

For more information, see the Help section in the app.