The Then & There field guide
Scan, date and
preserve your photos.
Practical guides to digitising old photographs, naming the people, recording memories and exporting dates other photo apps can read. Start with the task you need.
9 guides to explore
How to scan old photos with your phone
Scan printed family photos on Android or iPhone, check each crop and organise the pictures into a bundle you can keep adding to.
Read the guideCrop scanned photos and separate collages
Follow the real photo edges, remove a detected border and give each collage image its own place in the bundle.
Read the guideRecord the stories behind family photos
Save a familiar voice, correct a transcript and keep both sides of a print together.
Read the guideName the people in old family photos
Review detected faces, place a missed face manually and record the life dates that anchor a timeline.
Read the guideHow to date old family photos
Use birthdays, remembered ages, life events and dated photographs to narrow a date range, then choose a reviewed day for export.
Read the guideConnect photo dates and resolve conflicting clues
Keep genuinely connected photos together while correcting the clue or relationship that caused a disagreement.
Read the guideDate scans using Immich, Google Photos and iCloud
Use Immich, Google Photos, iCloud downloads or device photos as visual date anchors, and shortlist candidates before placing a scan.
Read the guideExport scanned photos with dates and metadata
Keep the original photo date in exported metadata, choose a year/month folder structure and preserve the editable collection in an archive backup.
Read the guideRecover photos and restore a Then & There archive
Use the queue, bundle recycle bins and archive backups without throwing away an existing collection.
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