AIPPics — User Guide
AIPPics (short for AI Personal Pics) is a photo and video gallery for
The four repositories
AIPPics can show photos from four different sources, called
Gallery and Albums
At the bottom of the screen there's an AIPPics tab (this app's own
Display modes: List, Grid, Document, Tree
Four buttons on the bottom-right switch how folders and files are
View / Edit / Select modes
Every folder screen (Local, Desktop, and SMB — see the notes below for
The full-screen photo/video viewer
Tap any photo or video (outside Select mode) to open it full-screen —
Cropping a photo
Open a photo, switch to Edit mode in its viewer, and tap the crop
Selecting things and dragging them into folders
To select several photos or folders, switch to Select mode (the ✓
Copy, Cut, Paste
Available in the Local repository only — Desktop and SMB are real
Deleting photos and albums
How deletion behaves depends on where you are:
Adding photos
Tap the + icon in Edit mode to open the add-content menu. Under "Add
Exporting, downloading, and importing
- Export (Local only) — select some photos/albums, tap Export, and
Connecting to Desktop and SMB
Desktop: switch repositories to "Desktop Server". AIPPics lists
The Photos repository
Switch to "Photos App" to browse your iPhone's own Photos library
Settings: Demo, Free and Plus
Tap the gear icon in the bottom panel to open Settings.
Hidden folders
Local only. A hidden folder is a normal album that's invisible
Sorting files and folders
The leftmost icon in the footer's view-mode group (the up/down arrows,
Filtering files and folders by name
AIPPics can hide certain files and folders by name pattern (for example,