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All it Takes is 5 QUICK Minutes! 🖐🏼

organize monthly pics photo app tips tips & tricks Sep 03, 2024

One of the EASIEST ways to START organizing your digital pictures is to take 5 minutes each month to add your favorite photos to a "Best of 2024" album! This will allow you to have the best of the best all in one place, making them easy to find and share in just a few clicks! 

So whether you've been doing this all year or are just getting started, follow the steps below and start creating a habit that will save you time and stress down the road!

If you already have a "Best of 2024" album, follow the directions below to add your favorites from AUGUST:   

iPhone/Apple Users: 

  1. Open the Apple Photos app from your phone 
  2. Click "LIBRARY" at the bottom of your screen
  3. Scroll up until you get to August 1st
  4. Click "Select" in the top right corner
  5. Select a FEW of your favorite photos from August
  6. Click the upload button (square with an arrow pointing up) in the bottom left corner of your screen
  7. Scroll down and click "Add to Album"
  8. Find and select your "Best of 2024" album 

 
Android/Google Photos Users  

  1. Open the Google Photos app from your phone 
  2. Select "Collections" from the menu at the bottom of your screen
  3. Click "Albums" 
  4. Find and open your "Best of 2024" album 
  5. Click "Add Photos" under the title 
  6. Scroll up to August 1st
  7. Select a FEW of your favorite pics from August
  8. Click "Add" in the top right corner of your screen 


If you haven't made a "Best of" album yet, follow the directions below to get started! Then go back and add your favorites from August! 

iPhone/Apple Users 

  1. Open the Apple Photos app from your phone 
  2. Click "ALBUMS" at the bottom of your screen
  3. Click the "+" sign in the top left corner
  4. Select "New Album"
  5. Give your album a title such as "Best of 2024" and click "SAVE"

 
Android/Google Photos Users  

  1. Open the Google Photos app from your phone 
  2. Click the "+" sign at the top of your screen
  3. Select "Album" from the menu
  4. Give your album a title such as "Best of 2024" and click "DONE" in the bottom right corner

I hope you have a great start to September!

All the best, 
Melissa