Resources

Digital Photo Organising

Mylio+

is an awesome photo management app, especially but not only for iPhone users with a Windows PC. It not only allows you to easily upload your phone photos but to also implement the 3-2-1 backup method in an easy way why staying in total control at all times (your photos will not live in the cloud). The curating options are many and you can easily gather photos from additional sources, such as from your partner’s phone or other devices (affiliate).

iMazing 

is my absolute favourite tool to download photos from an iPhone or iPad to a Windows computer! However, it can do much, much more than this. It is a trusted software to transfer and save your music, messages, files and data. On top of that, you can safely back up any iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. (affiliate)

Photo Mechanic 

is a paid, fast media browser for Mac and Windows to help view, organise, manage and export digital photos. It is my go-to software to batch-add metadata to photos and videos, such as very customised filenames, keywords and descriptions/captions.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 

is a paid professional photo management software (for Windows and Mac) that allows viewing, organising and editing large numbers of digital images. Edits are non-destructive, which means you can always revert back to the original.

Adobe Bridge 

is a free app for Mac and Windows (you will need a free Adobe account though). It gives you centralised access to all the files and assets you need for your creative projects. Organise personal and team assets, batch edit with ease (e.g. add keywords), add watermarks, set centralised colour preferences and more. Adobe Bridge acts like a browser, no need to copy or import your files.

PhotoSweeper 

PhotoSweeper is a duplicate photo finder for Mac users. You can find duplicates in Photos libraries and/or images that are stored outside of Photos.

PowerPhotos 

Duplicate photo finder and tool to merge Mac Photos libraries. It only works if the images are in a Photos library.

Duplicate Cleaner Pro 

Duplicate photo finder for Windows users.

DupeGuru 

A free tool to find duplicate files including pictures and music on your computer. It is available for Windows users and Mac users alike.

NameChanger 

for Mac is an easy-to-use app to batch-rename your files. It is free, and donations are appreciated.

Advanced Renamer 

for Windows is an easy-to-use app to batch-rename your files.

Photo Move 2.5 

for Windows is a program that automatically moves photos to directories of folders based on the exact date taken.

A Better Finder Attributes 

for Mac can change file creation and modification dates.

DigiKam 

for Mac and Windows. The application provides a comprehensive set of tools for importing, managing, editing, and sharing photos and raw files. It’s like a browser, no need to import or copy your photos.

VisiPics

A free duplicate finder for Windows users. It’s great if you don’t have thousands of duplicates or to get an idea about how many you are dealing with before investing in a paid app.

Genealogy

Family Echo 

Draw your printable family tree online. Free and easy to use, no login required. Add photos and share with your family. Import/export GEDCOM files.

Display your Photos

Nixplay

Display, view and share your moments with Nixplay – the only frame that lets you combine photos with video. My favourite are the wifi cloud frames to which you can simply email your photos from anywhere and the next moment they show up on your frame at home.

Skylight

Skylight is also a WiFi-enabled, touchscreen digital frame that lets you send pictures to your loved ones through a unique email address.