Keep the surprise a surprise
What to do
Underlock is coming soon to the App Store. Here’s how it will work.
For new photos and videos
- In Underlock, tap the Add button (a plus sign), then Take photo or video.
For photos already in your camera roll
Importing puts a copy of each photo in your vault. The originals stay in the Photos app until you remove them.
- In Underlock, tap Add, then Import from Photos.
- Choose the photos.
- Keep Underlock open until the import finishes.
- When the import finishes, Underlock asks whether to remove the originals from the Photos app. Tap Remove.
- When iOS asks to delete the originals, confirm. The originals move to Recently Deleted in the Photos app.
- While the originals are in Recently Deleted, check that the photos are in your vault.
- Delete the originals from Recently Deleted now, so the originals are gone for good.
On the day
- Open the photo or video in your vault.
- Tap Share.
- When Underlock asks you to confirm, tap Share again. Underlock can’t protect the copy you share, and the original stays in your vault.
What Underlock does
- A camera that skips your camera roll. Photos and videos you take in Underlock go straight into your vault. Nothing goes to the Photos app.
- Outside the Photos app. Photos in your vault aren’t in the Photos app, so iCloud Photos, a Shared Library and the Photos widget never show them.
- Locks as you leave. By default, your vault locks the moment you leave Underlock.