Automatic vs Manual Upload

Updated April 15, 2019 23:30

Uploading Photos and Videos

Monument has two upload options that can be selected during setup: Automatic or Manual. Automatic Upload scans your iOS or Android device and backs up all of your new photos and videos to Monument. Manual Upload allows you to select which photos to upload and when to upload.

Note: Uploading for the first time may take longer if there are a lot of photos 
and videos to back up.

Tip: If near Monument, Keep Bluetooth on so the app can automatically upload 
in background.

Automatic Upload (iOS)

Settings > Upload
Turn on "Auto-Upload"
Upload Progress in Settings
Upload Progress Bar in Photo Gallery

Automatic Upload (Android)

Settings > Auto-Upload > Turn On > Select Folders

Manual Upload (iOS and Android)

Settings > Upload > Turn Off "Auto-Upload"
Click the upload icon in the photo gallery
Select photos to upload

Comments

4 comments

Maarten vd Bruggen July 20, 2018 19:34

Hi... I got 2 questions about the uploading :

1 Is it possible that (while syncing) my footage will be moved to my monument istead of copied? So my memory on my devices will be empty again.

2 Will Monument reconize same photo's ?

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Hunter July 23, 2018 02:24

@MaartenvdBruggen

Hi there!

1. Your photos and videos are copied to the hard drive connected to Monument. If you're using an iPhone, you can go to Settings --> Free up space on my phone. This feature will move all content that has already been backed up to your "Recently Deleted" album in your iPhone. From that album, you can permanently delete the content.

2. Monument recognizes duplicate photos and will not upload the same photo. However, if a photo is a different resolution or has an edit, then Monument will back up both.

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YIGIT GULER December 20, 2018 14:36

I bought Monument thinking that it will scan and automatically find all the pictures on my laptop and various hard drives and sd cards cards etc. Will the Monument perform auto scan and find all the pictures in my various hard drives ?

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Hunter December 20, 2018 16:05
@YigitGuler

That's a great question! Monument automatically backs up from iOS and Android devices (not computers).

Import From Hard Drive
- If you have content already on the hard drive that is connected to Monument, you can import that content by following this article: https://help.getmonument.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001543034- .
Import From SD Card
- If you insert your SD card into Monument, Monument will automatically back up the content on it. Please check out this article: https://help.getmonument.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001543114-
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