Instead of utilizing a third-party option, the majority of iPhone and iPad users utilize the built-in Photos app to peruse the photos and videos they take with the device’s camera or save online.
A new jailbreak tweak called AlbumManager by iOS developer NoisyFlake fills in some of the high-demand features that more experienced users would like to see in the Photos app, despite the fact that it performs admirably as a media player.
AlbumManager has a ton of new power user and security-based capabilities that will help you operate more efficiently and protect your material from prying eyes.
The following are just a few of the features that AlbumManager brings to the built-in Pictures app:
- AlbumManager is capable of moving (as opposed to merely copying) media from one album to another. In most cases, copying an image or video from the Camera Roll and leaving the original in the Camera Roll happens when you try to move it to another album. To ensure that an original is not left in the Camera Roll, AlbumManager will physically shift that material from one album to another.
- Lock any album: With an iPhone or iPad, you can typically only lock the Hidden album. However, with AlbumManager, you can lock any of your albums, independent of their name or intended usage, giving you a greater sense of privacy and security.
- Hide locked albums: To prevent curious minds from developing into nosy minds, after locking an album or multiple albums, you might want to follow the «out of sight, out of mind» rule. Any albums you’ve locked are simply hidden using this feature, meaning that only you will be aware of their existence and where to find them. This function provides a Control Center option that allows on-demand hiding or revealing of those albums.
- Set your own privacy preferences by deciding whether AlbumManager should store your authentication unlocks for as long as you use the Pictures app or if it should request authentication each time you re-enter a secured album. Moreover, you can decide whether a single authentication unlocks all albums or just the album you were going to, depending on your preference.
Once AlbumManager is installed, the Settings app will have a specific choice pane where you may customize the tweak to your preferences:
You can accomplish the following things here:
- turning the adjustment on and off as needed
- Leaving every album enabled until you’ve exited the Pictures app
- unlocking all albums at once using the same authentication method
- Locked albums can be seen or hidden in the Pictures app.
- Restoring default settings for options (everything is turned on by default)
All protected albums stay locked whether you’re perusing them in the Photos app or via a photo viewer from a third-party app, as the developer points out in the tweak’s illustration. The fix also works flawlessly with all album kinds, whether you’re locking the album you use for slow-motion videos, screenshots, time-lapses, or other purposes.
In case you were curious, AlbumManager offers three distinct options for you to verify your identity in order to view a locked album: using an alpha-numeric password, using a numeric passcode, or using biometric verification like Face ID or Touch ID.
You may purchase the new AlbumManager jailbreak modification for $2.99 from the Chariz repository using your preferred package manager tool on any supported jailbreak if you want to use it to improve the Photographs app on your iPhone or iPad.
The patch is currently made to function with all jailbreaks for iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16, including Dopamine, palera1n-c, and XinaA15. Please be informed that there appears to be a problem with the XinaA15 jailbreak itself when using Face ID authentication. The developer is aware of this problem.
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