Time Capsules

Sealing

Open Capsules, the shield on the bottom bar, and tap Seal. Pick the Memories to put in, give the capsule a name, and seal it; it appears in the list at once. The first time, Livo asks for your name, which is stamped on every capsule you seal. Stop keeps what is already finished. If a photo or video cannot be fetched (it is gone from the Camera Roll, or it is only in iCloud and there is no connection), the capsule still seals: Livo says “Sealed with 11 of 12 items”, names what was left out and why, and lets you Keep It or Discard and Try Again. The capsule’s README lists anything not included.

What is inside

The photos and videos at full quality, with the names, the place and the story written into each photo where Photos, Windows and other apps can read them; the story; your narration; the Memory as a video; the names of the people and places; a list of every file with its checksum; a README that says what each file is; and a page called START HERE - open with any web browser.html. Unzip the capsule on any computer and open that page: no app, no account, nothing to install. The README asks whoever keeps it to copy it to a new drive every five years or so.

Keep a copy

Until you choose a place, a capsule is only on this phone, in the Files app under On My iPhone › Livo › TimeCapsules. Under Keep a copy on the Capsules screen, add a folder from the Files app (iCloud Drive, or another app’s folder) and every capsule you seal is copied there too, and checked now and then. See Keeping capsules safe. With Curator, OneDrive is a place as well.

The list

Each capsule shows its name, the date and time it was sealed, and its state: Checked 6 Nov · 2 places when all is well; Not checked yet; Needs attention; Re-seal; Lost. The line at the top sums them up. Tap a capsule for its screen: look inside, Share with Livo, Keep a copy, the checks and repairs, and Delete. Delete says which copies Livo knows of and offers Delete and Remove Its Copies or Delete Here Only.

A gift’s video and book

A capsule that was made as a gift has a section called The gift with The video and The book (PDF); an older capsule with a video has Inside. Each pulls the file out of the capsule and opens the share sheet under a name a person would keep (“For Grandma - Birthday - the book.pdf”), so the capsule is where the video and the book live, and nothing is stored twice. Give it again… (Livo Plus) reopens the whole “Your gift is ready” screen for that gift, and + › Make a Gift… at the top of Capsules starts a new one from any Memory. See Making a gift.

Bringing one in

Bring in at the top takes a capsule file from Files. Its photos go into your Camera Roll and your Gallery, and the Memory appears in Memory Lane; see Sending to someone.

Older versions

Re-sealing a Memory makes a new capsule and keeps the old one under Older Versions; nothing you sealed is ever thrown away by Livo.