ViTool

Despite the convenience of automatic cloud-powered backups, the risks surrounding both the privacy and security of your files placed on someone else’s server have lately become a concern for many users who end up preferring the safety net of local storage provided by external hard-drives.

However, since data can pile up quickly when making redundancy backups, making sense of the large array of directories and sub-folders can be a challenge in the case of vaguely named items. The same can be said about popular VoIP app Viber’s downloaded files, which is where a program known as ViTool comes into play.

Given the speed and ease of use regarding file transfers through instant messengers, few privacy-conscious users choose to carry the necessary adapters for sharing freshly taken photos at family gatherings through their USB flash drives to avoid the service’s heavy compression and decrease in quality.

As a result, the pictures in question are stored locally on the device with a different file naming scheme that disregards the camera app’s more useful one, leading to the purpose behind the program at hand. Once downloaded, ViTool instantly searches for Viber’s download files’ directory and applies the appropriate date prefixes to file names, letting you identify the context in which the picture was taken and ultimately allowing you to organize event photos in chronological order for digital family albums.

The app automatically creates and populates sub-folders titled according to the months in which the pictures were taken, thus going a step further to aid you in recognizing the date of a transferred photo that lacks its original metadata.

Sometimes, the convenience behind internet-powered instant messengers can end up causing unexpected problems. If you and your friends happen to transfer documents and photos through Viber, then ViTool’s automation-oriented console commands may come in handy to keep track of the dates in which the pictures were taken.