Step-by-step guide

Use your own images and music

Import encouraging images, add a personal comment, and organise audio into playlists you can play inside Mind Your Mood.

Before you begin

Mind Your Mood copies imported media into its own local application storage. Removing an imported image, track or playlist removes the app-owned copy; it does not delete your original file.

Open Personal Media

  1. In the left navigation, select Personal Media.
  2. Select Open imagery for images, or Open music therapy for playlists and audio.
Choose the type of personal media you want to work with.

Positive imagery

Add, view, change or remove an image

Add an image

  1. Select Choose Image.
  2. In the file picker, choose a JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP or GIF image, then select Open.
  3. Optionally enter a comment describing why the image is meaningful or helpful.
  4. Select Import. The image card appears in your collection.
What is savedThe app stores its own copy of the image and your comment locally.
Select an image card before using View, Edit Comment or Remove Image.

View an image

  1. Select the image card.
  2. Select View Image.
  3. Review the enlarged image and comment, then select Close.

Edit the comment

  1. Select the image card.
  2. Select Edit Comment.
  3. Change or clear the optional comment.
  4. Select Save.

Remove an image

  1. Select the image card.
  2. Select Remove Image.
  3. Read the confirmation, then select Remove. Choose Keep to cancel.
This cannot be undone inside the appThe app-owned copy and comment are removed. Your original image remains where it was.

Music therapy

Create and use a playlist

Create a playlist

  1. Select New playlist.
  2. Enter a name that will help you recognise the playlist.
  3. Select Add.

Add tracks

  1. Select the playlist in the left column.
  2. Select Add tracks.
  3. Choose one or more MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A, AAC or FLAC files, then select Open.
  4. Wait for the tracks to appear. Mind Your Mood copies them into local app storage.
Select a playlist, then select a track to load it into the player.

Play and control music

  1. Select a playlist, then select a track.
  2. Use Play/Pause and the seek control as needed.
  3. Use Previous or Next to move between tracks. Shuffle changes the order; Repeat controls whether playback loops.
  4. When a track ends, the next available track starts automatically. Leaving the page pauses playback.

Rename a playlist

  1. Select the playlist.
  2. Select Rename.
  3. Enter the new name and select Save.

Remove a track or playlist

  1. For one track, select it, choose Remove track, then confirm.
  2. For a whole playlist, select it, choose Delete, then confirm Remove.
Deleting a playlistThis removes the playlist and its app-owned track copies. Original audio files are unaffected.

If a button is unavailable

Actions that work on an existing item stay unavailable until the relevant item is selected.

  • Select an image before View Image, Edit Comment or Remove Image.
  • Select a playlist before Rename, Delete or Add tracks.
  • Select a track before Remove track or playback controls are used.