Who has never given someone their smartphone in the hope that the latter does not come across confidential pictures or videos? Although you are happy to exchange some data, others are made to remain confidential in order to protect your private life. So for that, you need to guarantee the protection of your media. The most common option turns out to be to create a private album. However, knowing how to use it is not necessarily easy. Learn today how to open a private album on a Motorola One Macro. First, we will see why to use a confidential album. Secondly, learn the various procedures to open a private album on your Motorola One Macro.

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Why use a private album on your Motorola One Macro?

What is the role of a private album on his Motorola One Macro?

You do not share all of your confidential information with someone you do not know and the same spirit of confidentiality should equally apply to the data that is on your Android smartphone, and in particular your images and videos. Especially since we are in no way immune to a phone theft or a malicious attack that could put our private life in danger. And without even imagining the most extreme situations, sometimes it happens that you lend your Motorola One Macro to someone you trust a lot without the assurance that they are not going to take a look at the contents of your phone.

It is therefore up to you to protect the confidentiality of your data. And to achieve this, the best solution turns out to be creating a private album on your Motorola One Macro which will offer you the possibility of placing your files, pictures and videos away from prying eyes. This private album can be secured by a certain number of processes (secure platform, by hiding it in your mobile phone, by adding an access code or fingerprint, etc.). Thus, opening a private album on your Motorola One Macro can only be done by yourself or by third parties whose access code you have given.

How to create a private album?

So, if you want to hide documents, snapshots or even videos, the best solution is undoubtedly to create a private album on your Motorola One Macro. And to achieve this, there are a number of ways to do it.

You can use an app to install via Google Play Store or it is possible to go through Parameters option from your Android. Indeed, many smartphone manufacturers have seized the obligation for customers to have to secure their data. Therefore, on various versions of Motorola One Macro, they offer the possibility of creating a secure private album immediately integrated.

If you want to choose the solution that best suits you to hide pictures or videos on your Motorola One Macro, you can read our article about it.

How to open a private album on your Motorola One Macro?

To open a private album on your Motorola One Macro, everything will depend on your Android device version et how you proceeded to lock the album.

Open a private album on your Motorola One Macro using private mode

Some versions of Android mobile have a " Private mode". It allows you to create an album from your Motorola One Macro to hide your images and videos. This way when this private mode is not turned on on your mobile, the album is hidden. In order for this mode to work, you will first have to set the private mode and define a secret code.

To view and open the album you have inserted in private mode on your Motorola One Macro, here is the procedure:

  • Activate private mode.
  • There are two possibilities to do this. The first way is to:
    • Go to the notifications menu,
    • Unroll it notifications menu
    • Press the private mode icon 
  • Or the second way is to:
    • Go to Settings
    • Activate the button on the Private mode.
  • Enter your private mode code.
  • You will now have the authorization to access the images and videos put in your private album.

Open a private album on a Motorola One Macro using a password

Whether you want to open a private album created by your phone or by a third-party application, you must type the access code that you administered at the time of its creation. It may be a PIN code, a fingerprint, a drawing, or a password. To open your private album on your Motorola One Macro, all you have to do is go to the album and enter your secret code.

Be careful to save the access code in your memory, since in order to avoid any intrusion on your precious private files, in most cases there is no other way to recover it. In some cases, you can reset it if you have entered an e-mail address or if you have attached it to a specific account. If this is the case, when entering your password, you will also have the solution to press " Forgotten password". It is up to you to follow the instructions to recover it.

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