Why You Should Delete Burst Photos

Deleting burst photos can significantly free up space on your iPhone. These series of images, taken in quick succession, often capture similar shots, leading to unnecessary storage use. While iPhone's camera capabilities are impressive, they inadvertently lead to clutter. Here's how to tackle it. #burstphotos #duplicatecleaner #iPhonestorage #LivePhotos #photomanagement

https://lcdmediagames.com/delete-burst-photos-clutter/

Ars Technica: After complaints, Google will make it easier to disable gen AI search in Photos. “The rollout of the Gemini-powered Ask Photos search experience has not been smooth. According to Google Photos head Shimrit Ben-Yair, the company has heard the complaints. As a result, Google Photos will soon make it easy to go back to the traditional, non-Gemini search system.”

digiKam 9.0 Open-Source Photo Manager Released as a Massive Update

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://9to5linux.com/digikam-9-0-open-source-photo-manager-released-as-a-massive-update

Fstoppers: The Anxiety of the Archive: The Heavy Burden of Digital Hoarding. “We don’t talk about this enough. The photography community obsesses over gear, technique, and portfolio curation, but we rarely discuss the psychological weight of maintaining a digital archive that grows larger every single year. We treat storage as essentially free, which it is in dollar terms. But the true cost of […]

Piwigo is a self-hosted, open-source photo gallery for managing and sharing your photo library.

Run it on your own server no Google Photos / iCloud needed.

GitHub: https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo

Find more Big Tech alternatives: https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/

#OpenSource #FOSS #SelfHosting #Privacy #PhotoManagement

The technical and design challenges of building the image editor of Immich, the popular open source alternative to Google Photos.

It's obviously a highly requested feature, especially for rotation, so what makes it so difficult? Well, it turns out that there are actually a lot of considerations that make it quite complicated.

https://immich.app/blog/immich-editor

#immich #PhotoManagement #PhotoEditor

Over the years, I’ve built up a massive photo collection of more than 200,000 images—scattered across too many drives and storage locations. I’ve finally consolidated them into my NextCloud, but it’s still a mess: tons of duplicates, multiple edits of the same photo, and redundant shots of the same subject that should have been sorted ages ago.
I’ve set up a PhotoPrism server, which is steadily (but slowly) scanning through my archive. So far, 9,000 images have been indexed, and it’s already helping me regain control. Once everything is in PhotoPrism, I’m excited to start using facial recognition (all on my own server, of course).
As someone who’s spent years shooting and developing analog film—including color and black-and-white—this digital cleanup feels like a new chapter. Can’t wait to rediscover what’s hidden in the archives.

#PhotoManagement #PhotoPrism #NextCloud #Photography #SelfHosted #FacialRecognition #PhotoArchiving #opensourephotography

🚀 90,000 Stars! Huge congrats to the #Immich core team on this massive GitHub milestone.

The v2.5.0 "90K Stars Release" is officially here, and we're currently rolling it out for all PixelUnion users!

What’s new:
📱 Reclaim phone storage by removing local copies of backed-up media.
🎨 Non-Destructive Edits
⚡ Native HTTP/3
⭐ Mobile Star Ratings:

Read more about this release: https://pixelunion.eu/blog/immich-release-v2.5/

#Immich #PixelUnion #PhotoManagement #Privacy #TechUpdate #SaaS #tech

I’ve cut out Meta entirely since ages and avoid Google where possible, but Apple Photos is the end boss. It’s not about replacing the storage of my photos, it’s the seamless experience of organizing, non-destructive editing, and syncing that’s hard to replace.
What’s the actual alternative that doesn’t feel like a downgrade?

If you’ve found a setup that works without sacrificing the seamless experience, please let me know.
@DonDahlmann @pallenberg

#DIDit #ApplePhotos #PhotoManagement #iCloud

Open-source iCloud Photos Downloader (AKA escape from iCloud)

https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader

#HackerNews #Open-source #iCloud #Photos #Downloader #(AKA #escape #from #iCloud) #iCloudPhotosDownloader #openSourceTech #privacyTech #photoManagement