Livo guide

27 topics · Last updated 15 November 2026

How to use Livo, one topic at a time. The same pages are inside the app.

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Getting startedThe six steps on Livo’s Getting Started list, in the order a first capsule gets made.
Where things areThe Gallery, Memory Lane, Capsules, the book (Organize) and Search, in one page.

Bringing in your photosImporting from the Camera Roll and iCloud Photos, what Livo keeps, the badge on the ≡ menu, and the other ways photos arrive.
Moments and the GalleryChoosing a Moment, marking photos, selecting them, and what the bar at the bottom does.
Tag the MomentSaying who is in a day’s photos, what the event was and where it happened, one thing at a time, with the shortcuts that make it fast.
Naming the facesHow Livo helps you name everyone in a Moment, quickly and by hand.
Events and the storyNaming what happened (an Event with its dates, people and places), writing a line of story on the photos, and tags.
Finding photosThe Filter and Livo Search — the two ways to find photos by who, where, when and what.
Editing photos and videosRotate, crop and adjust a photo, cut a long video into dated segments, save one frame of a video as a photo, and join clips into one video. Livo never changes the original.

Making a MemoryMaking a Memory from marked or selected photos, the canvas, narration, the Memory video, and Scrapbook and Collage pages.
Memory LaneYour Memories as cards, the People, Places and Events rows, the Share menu, Make a Gift, and Order prints.
Time CapsulesSealing Memories into a Time Capsule, what is inside one, where copies go, and how anyone can open it, with or without Livo.
Sending to someoneSending a Time Capsule to one person, and what happens when you receive a capsule or a gift.
Making a giftTurning a Memory into a gift - a dedication, a video Livo makes for you, and every way to hand it over - and what the person receives.
Order printsPrint-size photos, the gift book, a poster, and a book made from any Memories and pages in your order, ready for a print service or your own printer.

Keeping capsules safeHow Livo keeps at least two copies of every Time Capsule, checks them, and tells you while a problem can still be fixed.
Backup & RestoreWhat a backup holds, where it goes, and how to restore onto this phone or a new one.
Trash, and what Livo never deletesThe two steps of deleting, what Empty Trash really removes, and the things Livo will never touch.

Free, and Livo PlusExactly what is free forever in Livo, what the one purchase (Livo Plus) adds and why each piece is useful, and the rules that hold either way.
CuratorWhat Curator is, who it is for, the tools it adds, and how it fits in Livo Plus.
Scan PrintsBringing printed photos into Livo with the camera, a box at a time, with the words on them read for search.
OneDrive and your accountsSigning in, what “Needs sign-in” means, and the folders Livo keeps in your OneDrive.
Family ShareSharing Memories, photos and capsules with your whole family through your own OneDrive, and seeing what they share with you.
People, Places, Life Events, Tags and BucketsThe lists behind your photos - People, Places, Events, Life Events and Tags in Livo; Buckets with Curator.

Settings, Curator and Livo PlusYour name, the five palettes, how stories are shown, the Curator switch, Livo Plus, what Livo Search has learned, and About.
When something looks wrongWhat the captions mean, finding a photo that is not on this phone, Activity, and how to reach us.

Ask an AI, try the demo, find missing photos, keep a second backupFour things that are easy to miss: asking an AI assistant about Livo, trying Livo with demo photos, finding photos Livo lost track of, and keeping a copy of your backups outside the app.