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Facebook pushes users to download its Moments app
Facebook is urging people to download yet another one of its apps after shoving users towards Messenger. This time, the social network has begun sending out warnings that their synced photos will be deleted by July 7th if they don't install the Moments app. Facebook gave users the capability to auto-sync their photos on mobile with a private album within its app back in 2012. Three years later, it introduced the standalone Moments app for iOS and Android to house those photos, but it clearly decided to wait a while before phasing the old feature out completely.
Facebook is replacing Photo Sync with its Moments app
If you've been storing pictures with Facebook's Photo Sync feature, those will soon be moved to another property from the social network. As spotted by TechCrunch, Facebook has started notifying people that, on January 10th, content from Photo Sync is now going to live in its Moments app. The company didn't mention why it decided to phase it out, but this move is likely to encourage users to try a newer service.Moments was introduced this past June and lets you easily create photo albums, which can be shared privately with friends. At the same time, those are curated using location information and facial recognition of the places you visited and who you were with. The Moments application is available for Android and iOS.
PhotoSync's location triggers send iOS photos to your Mac
The best way to upload photos to Dropbox[1] from your iOS devices is by not using Dropbox. Well, not the iOS app, at least. Uploading to Dropbox is slow, and will drain your battery as it uses the Dropbox API to upload. If you aren't on Wi-Fi, it might even eat up your cellular data. If you have a Mac or Windows PC running Dropbox, it's much faster to upload to that over your local Wi-Fi network, and then let your computer upload it for you. I've done this for ages using CameraSync, but it required using FTP, which isn't enabled by default, and isn't wise to enable because it doesn't encrypt any traffic, including passwords. A much better solution is to use SFTP which you can enable by turning on "Remote Login" in the Sharing panel in System Preferences. Still, that's kind of nerdy, and might be more technical than you want. Turns out there's an even easier method: PhotoSync. It's a $3USD, Universal app available on the App Store. It comes with a free version of PhotoSync for Windows or Mac which you can run on your computer instead of FTP or SFTP. They even have some training videos to walk you through the process, which is pretty simple to do and should only take about 10 minutes. Once you have it configured, you can set up your iOS devices to automatically sync when you arrive at specific locations such as your home or office. Be sure to enable push notifications for PhotoSync, as you may need to bring it to the foreground if you have a lot of pictures to upload. (Blame Apple for that, they reduced the amount of background processing time allowed for photo uploads in iOS 7.) Using Dropbox's own app for photo upload may be easier in the short term, but that doesn't mean it is the best solution. For a couple of bucks you can extend your iOS battery life. Of course, you can also use this to upload to your computer if you don't use Dropbox. You can upload your pictures to any folder on your computer. ↩
Kim Dotcom's Mega cloud app for iOS now auto-uploads your snapshots
Sure Kim Dotcom recently dropped an album, but that doesn't mean he's leaving his other projects to rot. His Mega cloud storage app for iOS just got a refresh, and it now comes with PhotoSync, which enables the app to automatically upload any new pictures you take, just like Dropbox and other backup services. It's pretty customizable, and you can toggle on cellular data upload in the absence of WiFi, as well as turn on an option that instructs Mega to sync images whenever you change locations. In an effort to protect those images (and other files) from prying eyes, Mega also added a four-digit passcode protection system. It has the power to erase all data after ten failed attempts at guessing the combination, so no nosy friend can see the selfies you took while rocking out to Change Your Life.
Facebook Photo Sync boots smartphone snaps to a private album as you shoot
Can't be bothered with adding photos to your Facebook albums à la carte? Well, Photo Sync has your name all over it. Rolling out today for Android and iOS, the new service automatically sends images from your smartphone (or Galaxy Camera, perhaps?) to a private album in the cloud. Once you're ready to flip your frames public, simply tick a box on each image to post it. And, because everything's easier to understand with a fancy promo video, you can learn all about Photo Sync in the dialog-free Facebook montage at the source link below.
Facebook trialling automatic Photo Syncing for Android app
It might not be the biggest Facebook-photo news of late, but if you like to share your life with the network's Android app, there's word of a new feature on trial just for you -- photo syncing. Sound familiar? Sure, that's because you might already be doing something similar with the Google+ app with your very same phone. But, if Facebook is more your jam, then it looks like you might soon be able to shuffle those food pictures up to your profile "automagically." If you're worried that you might accidentally share something a little more private, be assured that photos sent to Facebook won't be public until you decide to share. Also, much like Google's implementation, you can decide whether to use mobile data or WiFi for uploading, with images that are shared over cellular being crunched down to a smaller size. It seems that this is still in trial though, so don't despair if you can't see the option -- or perhaps that's just how you like it. More info at the source.
One Page of Apps: 16 random reviews
Welcome to our new, irregularly-published series "One Page of Apps," where we take four to sixteen apps on a single screen of our iPhones (or iPod touches) and review them all at once. Most of these are pretty simple apps, just as Apple suggests you make for the mobile devices.To kick things off I've got a random sampling of apps on my iPhone:LemonadeFind Your MindFnorderClinometerFreshwater AquariumZen MeditateFish TycoonFS5 HockeyiDoodz LiteDecibelAmnesiaDarkroomMandalaBetaHelperPhotoSyncOblique StrategiesCheck the gallery for screenshots, and continue on to page two for the first four apps...%Gallery-43938%
