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Help topics
- Searching for contact photosHow names find photos, how possible matches work and why a photo may be excluded.
- Getting startedFive steps to start.
- What Buckets isBuckets is one place to find your contacts, photos, videos and events.
- Buckets (names for objects)A name you can assign to any object.
- Two buckets, not one long nameSearch two broad buckets together instead of one bucket with a long name.
- Contact bucketsEach contact keeps their own objects, found by searching their name.
- Expense reportsSay “for an expense report” in a search, and get a PDF you can send.
- Selecting a range of photosTap the first photo, hold the last and select everything between them.
- Sending photos to other appsSend one photo or an entire bucket.
- Your contactSelect your own contact card once.
- Duplicate bucketsMerge duplicate bucket names.
- Nested bucketsNest Siblings inside Family so Family includes both.
- SearchingType a word and search everything at once.
- Distance searchesFind contacts by how far away they live.
- Your photosPhotos lists every photo on your phone by month, ready to put in buckets.
- Your videosVideos lists every video on your phone by month, ready to put in buckets.
- Giving a photo or video a nameReplace an unhelpful file name with a useful name.
- Photo detailsOpen a photo to view and manage its details.
- Photos by monthBrowse photos by month.
- Your contactsEveryone in your phone’s contacts, and what Buckets knows about each of them.
- A contact's pictureAny photo on your phone can be a contact picture in Buckets.
- Contacts in photos and eventsAssociate contacts with photos and events.
- Calendar and invitationsA date, attendees and an invitation you can email or share.
- NotesWrite a note, associate it with a date and set a reminder.
- LinksSave a web address with related contacts and events.
- DocumentsStore bills, scans and tickets for later searches.
- Your calendarYour own appointments are here too, and can go in buckets.
- Notes, links and more on a contactLINE, Instagram, a website, a nickname — details your phone has no space for.
- No results appearHow objects are indexed and what to check when results are missing.
- Names that don’t matchA name printed differently from the contact card is not matched until it is added to Other names.
- Settings and automationMenu ☰ → Settings. Each switch has a line under it that says what it does.
- Keeping a copy of your bucketsMenu ☰ → Utilities → Backup/Restore → Back up to a file.
- PrivacyYour objects stay on your phone.
- Premium featuresFaces, places and trips, Map and distance search, automatic filing and storage management.
- Duplicate photos and videosFind photos and videos saved more than once and send the copies you check to the gallery Trash.
- Connections between contactsDefine a relationship once and both contacts show it.
- NavigationThe home screen is the search box. The rest is under Menu.
- Sending and editing a pictureAny picture you open can be sent, or handed to the phone’s own editor.
Contact
Write to [email protected], or use Settings → Send a suggestion in the app.