Ego guides.

Practical guides to photo privacy on iPhone, encrypted vaults, source copies and recovery. Understand your options before moving personal files.

• Apple Photos Hidden album vs an encrypted iPhone vault

  Compare the built-in Hidden album with a separate vault: passcodes, files, iCloud behavior and recovery.

• Choosing an iPhone vault: separate passcodes, no account and recovery

  A checklist for independent codes, account requirements, encryption, free limits, paid features and lost-phone recovery.

• How to hide photos on iPhone — and what it means

  Use Apple Photos’ Hidden collection and understand its lock, iCloud behavior and limits.

• Does importing into a vault delete the original?

  Understand which copies remain in Photos, Files, shared albums and backups after an import.

• Ego iCloud backup vs manual recovery: what changes on a new iPhone?

  Compare device-bound local recovery with Ego’s planned optional encrypted iCloud backup and its replacement-iPhone requirements.

• How to password-protect a PDF on iPhone

  Use Preview in iOS 26 to lock a PDF, keep track of unprotected copies, and understand how a vault import differs.

• Offload vs delete an iPhone app: what happens to local files?

  Learn what iPhone keeps when you offload an app, what Delete App removes, and how to protect local vault files before deleting.

• How to lock or hide an app on iPhone

  Use iPhone’s app-level authentication, find hidden apps, and understand how app locking differs from hiding or encrypting private files.

• How to remove location from iPhone photos before sharing

  Check photo details, remove a saved location, or turn off location sharing before you send an iPhone photo or video.

• How to hide notifications in an iPhone screen recording

  Turn on Focus, limit notification previews, and review a screen recording before you share it so message banners are less likely to appear in the video.

• How to share iPhone photos with AirDrop safely

  Limit who can AirDrop you, review share options before sending, and understand what a recipient keeps when photos leave your iPhone.

• How to keep private photos off your iPhone Lock Screen and widgets

  Hide sensitive images from the Photos widget and featured content, review Lock Screen widgets and wallpaper, and understand what still appears when iPhone is locked.

• How to control who sees photos in an iPhone shared album

  Review Shared Album invites, subscriber permissions, and Public Website settings so fewer people can view or add to sensitive iPhone photos.

• How to delete photos and attachments from iPhone Messages

  Remove sensitive images from a Messages thread, review large attachments, empty Recently Deleted, and understand what recipients still keep.

• iCloud Shared Photo Library vs your personal library on iPhone

  Understand how Apple’s Shared Library differs from your personal library, who sees moved photos, and how to control Library View and Camera sharing.