Peakto's Interface - Getting Started

1.1 Peakto’s interface

Peakto’s Interface 

Peakto offers a flexible interface that adapts to what you’re doing with your media, showing only the elements you need. The main interface is composed of the following:
  • Navigation and Quick Actions (top of the left sidebar) :
    • Access to all the volumes and sources connected to Peakto
    • Access and management of all the Albums (basic and smart) and Bins you have created
    • Access to the workspaces  that enhance interaction between Peakto and third-party apps.
    • Access and management of the Spaceshares, where you share your content with guest users and collaborators.
 
  • Navigation and Quick Actions (bottom of the left sidebar) :
    • Export your selection
    •  Quick export of your selection via email, SMS...
    • Access to Peakto trash, the centralized deletion features.
 
Click on the icon to expand or reduce the left sidebar.
 
  • Top Search Bar (main toolbar):
  • Center: The search bar, which allows you to:
      • Find images or videos automatically by simply describing them (Conversational Search)
      • Enter filters such as filename, ISO, or categories...
      • Right of the search field: Icons to open the Filter Panel and the Timeline Widget
      • Timeline Widget: Shows the distribution of capture dates for the images you’re viewing. Like the Filter Panel, it can be opened or closed with its toggle button in the toolbar.
      • Far right: Icons to show or hide the side panels





The menu bar mode

With this feature, Peakto runs in the background without a main window, performing regular synchronizations at set intervals without interrupting your work. Peakto does this by providing a menu bar companion app that appears in the macOS menu bar.

The menu bar app allows you to adjust the synchronization frequency and control the performance mode for ongoing ingestion. This setting determines how many computing resources (CPU cores) can be allocated to ingest new content or perform synchronizations:

  • Standard Mode: Delivers good overall performance while keeping your Mac responsive for other tasks.

  • Slow Mode: Runs more slowly, leaving most of the computer’s resources available for other activities.

  • Turbo Mode: Uses nearly all available resources. You should only use this mode when you don’t plan to run other intensive tasks at the same time.

To switch Peakto to background mode, simply close the main window—Peakto will automatically continue running in the background. To reopen the main window, click on Peakto in the Dock or select “Open Peakto” from the menu bar.


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