How to Select Multiple Files

As you work with your Mylio Photos Library, you’ll often need to choose the images you want to work with. Perhaps it’s to export several photos or to add them to an album. Mylio Photos makes it easy to work with several images at once.

Selecting Media on a Computer

Using the Select All Command

Select All is a quick way to select all media in the current view.

1. Open Mylio Photos and locate the images, Folders, or Albums you want to select.
2. Right-click your selection or tap the kebab icon in the right sidebar to access the Actions menu.
3. Choose Select > All. Your selection will have a Blue Border indicating what is selected.

*TIP: Use the Ctrl+@A@ (Windows) or Cmd+@A@ (macOS) keyboard shortcut to Select All.

Selecting Adjacent Photos and Videos

When working with Folders, Albums, or All Photos view, you can see a grid of multiple photos. If the images and videos you want to select are in an adjacent sequence, you can select them using the following steps.

1. Open Mylio Photos and locate the images you want to use.
2. Click on the first image. It will have a blue border indicating it is selected.
3. On your keyboard, hold down the Shift key and click the last image. Mylio Photos will automatically select all images between the first and last image. All selected images will have a Blue Border indicating they are selected.

Selecting Nonadjacent Photos and Videos

If the photos or videos you want to select are scattered (not in sequential order), use these steps to select them.

1. Open Mylio Photos and locate the images you want to use.
2. Click on the first image. It will have a blue border indicating it is selected.
3. On your keyboard, hold down the Command key (macOS) or CTRL key (Windows) and click the next image you want to select. Continue to hold down the Command/CTRL key to select as many images as you want. All selected images will have a Blue Border indicating they are selected.

*TIP: When you’re finished working with a group of images, you can easily Deselect All images by right-clicking your selection or tapping the kebab icon in the right sidebar to access the Actions menu, the choosing Select > None. You can also use the Ctrl + Shift + A (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + A (macOS) keyboard shortcut to Deselect All.

Selecting Media on a Phone or Tablet

Using the Select All Command

Select All is a quick way to select all media in the current view.

1. Open Mylio Photos and locate the images, Folders, or Albums you want to select.
2. Access the Actions menu in the bottom right corner.
3. Choose Select > All. Your selection will have a Blue Border indicating what is selected.
4. When you’re finished modifying your selection, click the Done button.

Selecting Adjacent Photos and Videos

If the photos and videos you want to select are sequenced, you can select them using the following steps.

1. Open Mylio Photos and locate the images you want to use.
2. Tap and hold the first image. It will have a blue border indicating it is selected.
3. Tap the Range button, then tap the last image in the sequence to automatically select all images between the first and last image. All selected images will have a Blue Border indicating they are selected.
4. Tap Done to exit selection mode.

Selecting Nonadjacent Photos and Videos

If the photos or videos you want to select are scattered across a Folder or Album (not in a sequence), use these steps to select them.

1. Open Mylio Photos and locate the images you want to select.
2. Tap and hold the first image. It will have a blue border indicating it is selected.
3. Tap on additional images in any order to select them. All selected images will have a Blue Border indicating they are selected.
4. Tap Done to exit selection mode.