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Entries are kept in the app's storage. With iCloud sync on, they are also saved, along with their photos, to your own iCloud account and kept in step with your other devices on that account.

Deleted entries stay in Trash in Settings for 7 days, and you can restore them during that time. Right after you move an entry to Trash, tap Undo in the notice to bring it straight back.

While editing an entry, tap the photo button on the bar above the keyboard, then choose from your photo library. Once an entry has photos, the + tile in the photo row below the note adds more. Each entry holds up to 30 photos, the same on free and Pro.

Tap a photo to see it large with the entry's date, title, and note, and swipe left or right for the others. Swipe down to close, and use the trash button to delete a photo. Photos are left out of CSV files, book PDFs, and timeline images.

iCloud sync is on from the start, and you can turn it off or back on in Settings. The change applies after you close the app from the app switcher and open it again. On a Mac, it applies after you quit Life Tyde and open it again.

On your other devices, sign in to the same iCloud account and keep iCloud sync on. The first sync between devices can take a few minutes.

You can keep up to 100 events, 1 timeline, and 10 tags for free. Reaching a limit never locks what you have already written, and you can still read and edit it.

With Pro, events and tags have no limit, and you can create up to 3 timelines. Search, photos, and The World Then work the same on free and Pro.

Turn on The World Then in the More menu above the timeline, and each year that has your entries gets one faint line, marked World, above its first entry about something that happened in the world that year. It starts off, and The World Then under Display in Settings is where you pick the Topics you want.

World lines are not saved as entries, and they stay out of search, the tag filter, landscape view, books and exports, and Replay. They appear only when there is a list for the app language, and entries you added from the Event market earlier stay as they are.

When you have 2 or more timelines, tap the title at the top center of the screen to switch to another one. Manage Timelines in the same menu is where you add or edit a timeline. On an iPad running iPadOS 26 or later and on a Mac you can also switch from the Timeline menu in the menu bar and, from the keyboard, with Control-1, Control-2, and Control-3.

For a timeline other than the main one, Edit Timeline in Manage Timelines has Age base, with two options: Same as main timeline and Separate. Choose Separate and set a birthday, and ages on that timeline count from that date.

After switching devices or reinstalling the app, open Settings, tap Upgrade to Pro, then tap Restore at the top right. On the same Apple Account you won't be charged again.

An entry dated tomorrow or later becomes an upcoming event. Once it has a month and a day, Remind me offers Same day, 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month before. The app asks for notification permission the first time you save an event with a reminder.

When the date has passed, tap Mark as done to turn the event into a regular entry. If you set it to repeat, the next round is scheduled at that point.

Tap Export to CSV in Settings to save your entries as a CSV file. When you bring them back with Import CSV, choose Add to existing events or Replace all events.

A CSV file is a backup you make when you need one, and it is separate from iCloud sync.

Open Make a book from the More menu above the timeline or from Settings, set the book title, the years, and the tags, check the A4 pages with Preview, then save or send the file with Export PDF. Make a book is part of Life Tyde Pro.

Writing, Replay, and exports work without an internet connection. iCloud sync and buying or restoring Pro need one.

Exchange nearby connects two devices directly, without the internet. Both people need to open Exchange nearby in Life Tyde.

Summarize this chronicle, Add AI foreword, and essay drafts appear on devices that support Apple Intelligence, running iOS 26 or later or macOS 26 or later with Apple Intelligence turned on. They stay hidden if the on-device model does not support the app language.

AI text needs at least 5 entries to work from. You can edit anything it writes before exporting.

The Mac version runs on macOS 14 or later. It is the same app as on iPhone and iPad, so on the same Apple Account you won't be charged again for Pro. Settings opens in its own window from Settings in the app menu, and you switch timelines from the timeline name at the top left of the window.

Press Command-Return to finish the entry you are editing and Esc to cancel. Control-Command-Up Arrow and Control-Command-Down Arrow move to the previous and next entry, and the Left and Right Arrow keys page through a photo opened large. Exporting a timeline image is only on iPhone and iPad.

Life Map opens in its own window. The File menu has Import CSV and Export to CSV, and the View menu has Make Text Bigger and Make Text Smaller. An entry you were writing without a title comes back the next time the timeline opens, even after you close the window.