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Re:Android users can now use conversational editing in Googl... by prabakarviji on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @01:40PM (#45350354)
Interesting. any alternative options for iCloud Photos?
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Re:Android users can now use conversational editing in Googl... by TranquilMarmot on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @01:44PM (#45350407)
You can import your iCloud photos into Immich. Immich itself is agnostic to the photos and mostly just operates on folders of files.

https://github.com/simulot/immich-go is what I used to import ~300gb of photos from Google Photos to Immich. Not sure how well it works for iCloud.

There is also https://ente.io/ which is a private & secure photo backup app that you don't need to self-host.

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Re:Android users can now use conversational editing in Googl... by CharlesW on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @01:53PM (#45350518)
> Not sure how well it works for iCloud.

iCloud Photos stores originals (assuming you're using "Download Originals to this Mac") in the "originals" folder of your .photoslibrary package.

If you don't sync your originals, use iCloud Photos Downloader (https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_do...) to get them.

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Re:Android users can now use conversational editing in Googl... by 47282847 on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:12PM (#45351434)
I use PhotoSync to transfer files automatically. There is also icloudpd and other tools to grab them from iCloud but it requires Advanced Data Protection off.
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Re:Android users can now use conversational editing in Googl... by JaggedJax on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @01:44PM (#45350404)
Not affiliated, but Immich (https://immich.app/) is a great self-hosted alternative to iCloud Photos.
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