Ari Ber

Ari Ber is part of the team building Glow, your family's living story in one private place. Ari writes about digital legacy and the family's things: what happens to a person's photos, accounts and messages, how to scan the shoebox and photograph heirlooms with their story attached, and the practical, sanctioned ways families can keep them.

Articles by Ari Ber

• A Family Heirloom Inventory: Cataloguing Treasures With Their Stories — Go room by room, give each object a number, a photo and eight short fields, and record the story in the owner's words. A simple heirloom inventory, start to finish.
• How to Scan Old Letters and Keep the Story With Them — Sort old letters gently, scan or photograph each page in good light, name the files consistently, and record who wrote them and why they matter before that's lost.
• A Family Archive Across Four Generations: Where to Start — Start with the oldest living person and the boxes already in reach. Gather, sort by person and decade, scan, label with stories, then invite every generation to add theirs.
• How to Scan a Shoebox of Old Family Photos Without Losing a Weekend — Scanning old family photos doesn't take a weekend - it takes a short triage, the right tool for your equipment, and twenty anchor photos to start a conversation while you still can.
• Apple Legacy Contact: How to Set It Up, and How to Use It After a Death — If someone named you as their Apple Legacy Contact, you can reach their iCloud photos, messages and files with the access key and a death certificate. Here is every step, what's included, and what to do if they never set one up.
• What Happens to a Facebook Account When Someone Dies — and How to Memorialize or Download It — When someone dies, their Facebook account can be memorialized, removed, or - if they set up a legacy contact - downloaded. Here's how to do each one without the password.
• How to Save a Loved One's Photos, Messages, and Voicemails After They Die — The official, safe routes to save a loved one's photos, messages, and voicemails after they die - no passwords required.