Mylio Drive+ offers privacy-focused storage, catering to individuals seeking cloud-like functionality with enhanced data security and confidentiality. This solution prioritizes user privacy and is a reliable offsite storage option for safeguarding cherished memories and important digital assets against potential data loss.
Mylio Drive+ requires a SecureCloud storage plan add-on to your Mylio Photos+ membership to sync original-quality photos, videos, or documents. Your storage plan can be smaller than your entire library.
Adding Mylio Drive+ as a Vault
Adding Mylio Drive+ as a Vault is an excellent way to protect your entire Mylio Photos Library by creating an offsite copy of your original-quality photos, videos, documents, and metadata.
Click the Dashboard icon
, then select Devices.Click the Add Vault button at the top of the Devices section, and then click Continue.
Select Mylio Drive+, then click the Choose a Plan button. This will open your default web browser, and you can purchase a SecureCloud plan. Purchase a storage plan that matches the size of your current library with a little room to grow.
Once your purchase is complete, you can return to the Mylio Photos application, then click Looks Good to confirm the Vault setup for Mylio Drive+.
Creating a Custom Setup with Mylio Drive+
Mylio Drive+ can be configured to sync everything in your Mylio Photos Library (as with the Vault setup above), or you can choose which media is stored online and protected offsite.
Mylio Photos+ has several sync policy presets you can apply when setting up Mylio Drive+. If you prefer more granular control, choose the Catalog Only sync policy preset and customize the specific synced media using a SyncCollection.
Click the Dashboard icon
, then select Devices.If you haven’t yet enabled Mylio Drive to sync optimized-quality images, click the Enable Mylio Drive button at the top of the Devices section, then confirm that you’d like to Enable Mylio Drive.
If you’ve already enabled Mylio Drive to sync optimized images, click the Add button at the top of the Devices section, and then click Continue and select Mylio Drive+.
Click the Choose a Plan button. This will open your default web browser, and you can purchase a SecureCloud storage plan.
Once your purchase is complete, you can return to the Mylio Photos application. Mylio Photos will recommend a setup based on your library size and the available SecureCloud storage in your chosen plan. Click on Custom Setup to choose a different option.
Under Customize Your Setup select a sync policy preset, then click Looks Good. Here are a few options that are commonly used with Cloud storage:
Travel Backup – This option will keep original-quality copies of all media from the last three months on Mylio Drive+. Older media will be stored locally on other devices.
Photos Only – This option keeps original-quality copies of all photos on Mylio Drive+. Videos and documents are stored locally on other devices.
Highest Rated – This option keeps original-quality copies of all photos, videos, and documents rated with four or five stars or marked with a pick flag on Mylio Drive+. It is a good option for budget-conscious users who want to keep their best/favorite photos backed up to the Cloud and preserve the rest of their library locally.
Catalog Only – This option keeps thumbnails and metadata for each photo and is the ideal choice for a user who wants to use SyncCollections for granular control.