Entropy

I need a solution for backing up images and videos from iOS

https://lemmy.world/post/3625976

I need a solution for backing up images and videos from iOS - Lemmy.world

I currently use Nextcloud and Immich, Nextcloud on iOS is garbage though, it can’t auto upload files if they are too big, even with the application open. Immich is great, but is under very active development, so it could break any time. I take backups of the images and store it in my array, and external HDD and Google Drive (encrypted, nothing I upload to G drive is unencrypted). Immich is stores content in a complicated directory structure that goes 3-4 folders deep, I’m hoping to find something that just uploads all my photos and videos to a single folder or two. iCloud only gives me 5GB, and it’s almost full, and I dont want to pay for G Drive and iCloud+. Is there another solution I can use to just store photos on my server, that will auto upload from iOS without issue?

Aug 22, 2023 at 3:26pmWeb
Show threadtiwentyAug 22, 2023
PhotoSync, for a buck per month or 10/year, it can auto upload and sort on a lot of backends. I just use SFTP myself, but there are GDrive, S3, WebDAV… and it auto uploads at night correctly without being open.
Show threadnaviAug 22, 2023

Best $20 I spent on the lifetime premium.

PhotoSync isnwyat my family uses. The best feature is the custom file naming scheme.

Show threadjeanofthedeadAug 22, 2023
I tried this for a while with my 80k iCloud Photo Library and uploading photos from my iPhone to an S3 bucket with this app took so incredibly long. I barely backed up anything after one week. And I have gigabit internet!
Show threadtiwentyAug 23, 2023
Well I see it as more of a daily thing to backup my new photos. I can imagine such amount of photos can take a long time ^^’
Show threadCamAug 22, 2023
I use Filen. Not sure if it works with large files however. Filen is E2EE.
Show threadrikoniumAug 22, 2023
Not an exact answer but I use Photosync to upload to my PC when on a shared network. It supports a number of protocols so I would see if it can connect to your server.
Show threadlando55Aug 22, 2023
Commenting to follow any suggestions that pop up here. iCloud is such a mess for syncing and backing up photos and video.
Show threadbw1faeh0Aug 22, 2023
Sounds like your nextcloud instance has a low limit for the upload file size. It has to be adjusted in the php settings of your nextcloud server. I set it to 1 GB and have no problem in uploading my videos using auto upload of the nextcloud app.
Show threadEntropyAug 22, 2023
I set mine to 5G I think but it seems to be a common issue with iOS from what I’ve seen on GitHub. I’ve got a 14 pro and videos are usually really large file sizes which doesn’t help.
Show threadBrendan McKenzieAug 23, 2023
I use PhotoSync to sync my Apple Photos to my NAS over SMB.
PhotoSync – Photo Transfer and Backup App | For iOS & Android - PhotoSync

The best wireless transfer solution for photo & video backups between iOS devices and Android, computer (PC & Mac), cloud / photo services and NAS devices.

Show threadsunbeam60Aug 23, 2023

+1 for PhotoSync to NAS. Rock solid for me - the only backup solution for iPhone that actually gets the job done IMHO.

They upload via sftp and from there move into an organised and viewable photo hierarchy via PhotoPrism (wholeheartedly recommended). An overnight back from the NAS then moves them to a European and a US cloud storage with different providers (Backblaze B2 in the US and OVH Cloud Archive storage in Germany).

Show threadZ4rKAug 23, 2023

Not an answer to OP; I use iCloud, but I still want my own, external backup of that.

I previously used icloudpd which I run from docker and that synced all files to a NAS from where I took backups. It works great and I highly recommended.

However, I recently turned on Advanced Data Protection on iCloud, which disables the API icloudpd relied upon, so now I’m using osxphotos instead. It works just as good.

You’ll have to turn on downloading all originals to your Mac for this to work. Personally I had to buy an external disk and move the photo library on my Mac mini server to it to have enough storage.

GitHub - boredazfcuk/docker-icloudpd: An Alpine Linux container for the iCloud Photos Downloader command line utility

An Alpine Linux container for the iCloud Photos Downloader command line utility - GitHub - boredazfcuk/docker-icloudpd: An Alpine Linux container for the iCloud Photos Downloader command line utility

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Show threadzerodawnAug 24, 2023
Have you looked into syncthing?