ibi - The Smart Photo Manager with Wi-Fi - White

I was so surprised how it was so easy to set up and use. To set it up, I just plugged it into a power outlet, installed its app (on my iphone Xs), then its setup wizard just walked me through to the completion. It probably took me 15-20 minutes for this part. To use it, it just silently uploaded pictures/videos off my phone to the device. Even better, I hooked up my other HDD to its usb port and I could even (again silently) copy and back up files from my other HDD over this ibi drive...how wonderful this is...I'm going to buy another one....

Works as promised—so far I have not had any problems—sent music and photos to it—

The initial experience I had with ibi was upon opening the package. Absolutely simplicity of setup! Download the ibi app on the phone, plug the device into an AC outlet, give it about one minute to wake up and go through its initialization, and then the app walks you through the process of getting ibi on your WiFi network and copying photos from your phone to ibi . It is literally that simple. ibi is small and unobtrusive, requiring a tiny amount of footprint on our kitchen countertop. I got this for my wife, who loves to take photos using her iPhone. After that, it is nearly impossible to find what she wants to share unless it happens to be in the past few days. After getting ibi setup on our network, the app went to work loading her photos from the phone to ibi. ibi is much more than a phone photo archive though. It can preserve photos that are posted via social media, as well as photos on a network connected PC. Basically one-stop-shopping in terms of backup, organization, and sharing. ibi will give us a shot at finally organizing our photos in an intuitive manner!

Great for storing photos in a central location on your network. The mobile app and desktop app make it convenient to access the photos quickly. The mobile app allows you to backup your mobile device photos automatically while at home making them available to your desktop via the desktop app. ibi's desktop app maps a drive on your desktop as a network drive. Setup - 5/5 The ibi team has simplified the setup process. It's as simple as downloading the app from your mobile device's respective app store, launch it, create an account, answer a few questions in their setup wizard, and your done. Device/Warranty Registration - 5/5 From within the app you are able to launch the registration. If you have a Sandisk account simply sign in, otherwise, create an account. Enter the seriel number and choose an option from each of the dropdown lists, tap the registration button, and your done. Use - 5/5 On your mobile device, launch the app to access your photos. On a Windows desktop, you can access your photos from the ibi mapped drive. It's drag and drop on a desktop to move photos back and forth. Noise Level - 4/5 There is a fan inside the ibi to keep the hard drive cool. If the fan runs a full rpm and you are close to it (within 2-3ft), you can hear the fan. I wasn't able to hear the fan when I was more than 3ft away. Your hearing may be better than mine or you may have a different level of background noise, so audible distance may vary a little. I didn't find the fan to be a problem as I will not have the ibi sitting right next to me. If you plan to place this on a desk right next to you, the fan is something to consider. Construction Quality - 4/5 The ibi's case is made of light plastic. It's lighter than what you would typically see in an external HD case. This shouldn't be a problem though as this is something that people will setup, then move to it's long term location (desk, shelf, etc.). Since it's so light, it can easily sit on a shelf or something similar that wouldn't normally take a lot of weight. Just make sure you have at least a little airflow and that you can connect the ibi's power cable to a power outlet. Overall - 5/5 So far I have nothing to complain about it. ibi has made the setup and use of it incredibly simple. Accessing photos from my iPhone and Windows 10 system is about as straight forward as you can get.

Ibi was packed in recyclable materials. Setup was extraordinarily simple: Plug Ibi into power, download app, create account, follow prompts, connect to WiFi and voilá! You’re in business. All of 15 minutes from beginning to end. Depending on the storage of your device, a complete backup could take a significant amount of time, best done at night time. The app allows you to share all or some of the content stored, as well as allowing invited people to have their own private folders. There is also a desktop application available for even more control of your sharing and privacy. I have been using it for a few days now and have found everything works exactly as described.

Ibi Smart Photo Manager I have spent a few days with the Ibi Smart Photo Manager thus far and it has been great for its intended use. Some thoughts: - The hardware is well designed and made by SanDisk, a reputable brand who is known for their great digital storage products. - The app is great. It’s intuitive and has a great and responsive interface. - It’s designed with ease of use in mind. I plugged it in, held my phone up to the device and the app automatically found the device. Also, it automatically backed up my photos and videos after registering. - The ability to share the storage with multiple users is super nice. - The only drawback of this device is that it does not include features found on the more expensive NAS devices, such as RAID, the ability to store files outside of photo and video, DLNA support. I would recommend this product to those who are looking for - an easy to use photo/video storage solution - don’t want to have to pay for cloud storage - don’t want something overly complicated to use/set up If you are looking for more of a pro device, I would consider other options.

I was looking for a quick and easy way to share photos with our mutiple devices and my wifes online accounts. I think this is a great all-in-one-solution to store photos and videos automatically from our ipads, tablets, phones (android and iPhone) and other online sources that my wife relies on like her Facebook. Setting it up took a few minutes and scanning the QR Code was really simple to do. I used my phone via the app and it was really responsive and quick to begin the photo downloads This is great to have a convenient place to store and find them was very helpful. I also connected a USB drive that had a lot of photos directly to the IBI and let it download the pictures from there, really slick too. I would recommed setting up a photo albums using the app. It was really simple by just selecting the photos you want in each album. You can also choose to share ibi and your selected albums with different people to only the pictures you select, and you only have access to the ones they choose to share. They have to download the app as well, but after the initial setup is done once, it's easy for them to get connected. i also see this as just a great backup, tool!

Really nice replacement for Google photos and the images are in house and easily used, without monthly fees