The system tray

PhotoTray is a tray-resident app, designed to keep running quietly in the background so Watch Folders can keep working and the bandwidth exchange can keep the app free.

• Left-click the tray icon to open or focus the main window.
• Right-click for a menu:
  • Open PhotoTray — show the window.
  • Share idle bandwidth — a checkbox mirroring the setting in Settings. Below it, a non-clickable line states the consequence plainly: Utilities available, or Utilities disabled while sharing is off.
  • Pause all watch folders — a checkbox that stops every watch rule at once. It persists across restarts.
  • Settings… — open the window.
  • Check for updates… — open the window and check for a newer version.
  • Quit PhotoTray — fully exit the app.

The tray tooltip reads PhotoTray — sharing or PhotoTray — sharing off.

Closing vs. quitting — important

• Closing the window (the ✕ button) does not quit the app. It hides the window to the tray and PhotoTray keeps running. Click the tray icon any time to bring it back.
• Quitting (from the tray menu's Quit PhotoTray) fully exits the app. Because quitting also stops the bandwidth exchange that keeps PhotoTray free — and means the app can no longer keep itself up to date, watch your folders, or run in the tray — you will be asked to confirm first. The default button on that dialog is Cancel.

If something goes wrong here

• Turning sharing on from the tray did nothing. If the engine refuses to start, PhotoTray raises a Could not start sharing dialog rather than silently leaving the checkbox unticked. Check that Massive is installed and running, then try again.
• The sharing checkbox is greyed out. The exchange is in the terminal Unavailable state on this machine — see Troubleshooting.