Auto Organize Folders

An organized folder structure is a very rewarding and worthwhile endeavor, but manually organizing folders can be time-consuming and tedious. Mylio Photos’ Auto Organize can help streamline the process of organizing and consolidating folders by automatically grouping photos and videos based on their metadata.

• Using Auto Organize is a permanent action and cannot be undone.
• Your photos and videos will be sorted both inside Mylio Photos and on your computer, hard drive, or other device holding originals.
• Auto Organize uses the metadata from your photos and videos. If the metadata is incorrect, media will not be sorted correctly.
• Auto Organize is available for macOS and Windows computers only. It is not available on iOS and Android devices.

*NOTE: In order to Auto Organize Folders, you must be in the Everything Space with no filters applied.

Using Auto Organize

1. Click the Spaces icon in the left sidebar and choose Everything.
2. Click Folders icon in the left sidebar.
3. Select the folder(s) you want to organize.
4. Right-click your selection or tap the kebab icon in the right sidebar to access the Actions menu.

5. Select More Folder Actions, then choose Organize Folders.

6. Choose how you would like your folders organized:
   • Year/Month will automatically create parent folders by year and subfolders for each month, formatted as 2023 > (09) September
   • Year will automatically create folders for each year, formatted as 2023.
   • Day will automatically create folders for each day, formatted as September 18, 2023.
   • Custom allows you to choose specific information to include in your folder and subfolder names. For example, if you want your folder and subfolder formatted as 2023 > 2023-09-18 you would enter {Y}/{Y}-{m}-{D} in the custom field. Scroll down for a complete list of custom options.

*TIP: By default, auto-organized folders will be placed at the top level of your Mylio Library Folder. To place an auto-organized folder into another location or subfolder, include the name(s) of the folders in your folder hierarchy. For example, auto-organizing files inside a top-level folder called Photos with a subfolder called Travel would be formatted as Photos/Travel/{Y}/{Y}-{m}-{D} in the custom field.

Custom Renaming Options

Selecting the Custom Folder Naming option lets you choose specific information to include in your folder name and folder structure. Expand the list below to see the available parameters and a description and example of each option.

Custom Folder Name Options

Code	Description	Example
{a}	Abbreviated weekday name	Fri
{A}	Full weekday name	Friday
{b}	Abbreviated month name	Sep
{B}	Full month name	September
{c}	Camera serial number	026401
{CY}	Current year	2022
{CM}	Current month	01 to 12
{CD}	Current day of the month	01 to 31
{CT}	Current time HHMMSS	101259
{d}	Date YYMMDD	230918 (for September 18, 2023)
{D}	Day of the month	01 to 31
{F}	Name of the folder that contains the media	Vacation2015 (for a folder named Vacation2015)
{h}	Hour – 12 hour clock	01 to 12
{H}	Hour – 24 hour clock	00 to 23
{i}	Abbreviated camera name	5D (for Canon EOS 5D)
{I}	Full camera name	Canon EOS 5D
{j}	Day of the year	001 to 366
{m}	Month	01 to 12
{M}	Minutes	00 to 59
{n1}	Sequnce	1, 12, 150
{n2}	Sequence with padding for 1-9	01, 12, 150
{n3}	Sequence with padding for 1-99	001, 012, 150
{n4}	Sequence with padding for 1-999	0001, 0012, 0150
{o}	Image file name without the extension	IMG_332 (for IMG_332.jpg)
{p}	Lowercase am/pm indicator	pm
{P}	Uppercase am/pm indicator	PM
{q}	Quarter	Q{q} (shows Q2 for June)
{S}	Seconds	00 to 59
{t}	Time HHMMSS	101259
{y}	Abbreviated year	23 (for 2023)
{Y}	Year	2023

!WARNING: Any changes made to Folders in Mylio Photos will affect the folder structure on your computer and devices. If Mylio Photos shares access to folders on your hard drive with other photo applications such as Lightroom Classic, Luminar AI, or any other application with a catalog, moving folders and images in Mylio Photos can corrupt your catalog in other applications.