Mac & Windows
A full-featured desktop app for family photos, chat, and calendar.
ILY’s native Mac and Windows apps are built for the people who already live on a computer: touch up photos, keep libraries on the desktop, talk with family, check the kid calendar, and manage the whole album without needing the mobile app if you prefer not to.
Bulk upload is a first-class workflow. Point a watch folder at a directory, drop in exports from Google Photos or other albums, and let ILY keep the family album current while you work.
Why desktop
Built for photo workflows that phones make hard.
Many family apps are mobile-only, which makes large photo libraries and bulk uploads painful. ILY’s native desktop apps remove that restriction: drag in hundreds of photos, sync from a folder, and review the album on a real screen.
Bulk upload
Upload at desktop scale
Select many files at once, drag and drop from Finder or Explorer, and fill the family album without the friction of phone-only uploaders. Catching up after a trip, a school year, or a Google Photos export is part of the product, not a workaround.
Watch folder
Directory sync that keeps up
Set a watch folder and ILY can pick up new photos as they land on disk. Export albums from Google Photos, drop edits into a working directory, or keep a local photo workflow—then let the desktop app sync into the shared family album.
Desktop editing
Touch up, then share
If you already edit or organize photos on a Mac or PC, keep that workflow. Finish the touch-ups where you are comfortable, then upload into ILY from the same machine instead of shuffling files to a phone.
Full family app
Not just an uploader. Chat, calendar, and the whole album.
The desktop app is a complete ILY client. Use it as your main way to talk with family, keep the kid calendar in view, browse every month in the album, and upload into it—all from Mac or Windows.
Family chat
Message parents, grandparents, and caregivers from the computer you already have open during the day.
Kid calendar
School, practices, doctors, and handoffs stay visible on a larger screen next to the rest of family life.
Full photo album
Browse the private month-by-month timeline, review uploads, and manage the library where it is easiest to see detail.
Compared with mobile-only apps
Native desktop means real bulk workflows.
Other family products may skip a native Mac or Windows client entirely, which leaves large libraries stuck behind slow phone uploads. ILY ships native desktop apps so bulk importing, folder sync, and day-to-day album management stay practical.
Use mobile when you are out capturing moments. Use desktop when you want to organize, import in volume, or live in chat and calendar on a bigger screen. Same family, same plan, either way.
Google Photos exports & other libraries
Moving albums off another service? Export to a folder, point ILY’s watch folder or bulk uploader at it, and bring the moments into your private family home.
Optional without mobile
Prefer not to live in the phone app? Desktop covers chat, calendar, album viewing, and upload so you can stay on Mac or Windows as your primary ILY home.
Same private family plan
Desktop is included with the same whole-family experience as iOS and Android. Invite relatives once; everyone meets in one private place.
Ready for Mac or Windows?
Get ILY on the devices your family already uses. Mobile for capture on the go; desktop for bulk upload, watch folders, and a full chat-and-calendar workstation.