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Is there a way to auto backup from iPhones? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I've set up a self hosted photo system with immich, and it works doing automatic backups of photos from the filesystem, eg using termux/cron, although it is a bit flakey. Immich also works for backup, but it's less ideal.

iPhone seems to be a lot harder, backup in immich doesn't work, it seems that iPhones have a complicated was of handling background tasks which make background backups very difficult.

Does anyone know a way of doing any kind of backup automatically, without plugging in a cable and without using iCloud?

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[–] 5 points 6 months ago (5 children)

The photosync app is amazing! I think I paid a onetime fee of 5$ for pro

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    Have you tried it yourself? Does it work hands-off in a set and forget way, or do you have to open it for the background tasks to run?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I use it every day and have synced over 80k photos and videos to my servers with it. I absolutely love it. I know of no other option and I do not trust Immich or Nextcloud sync. I have never ever had an issue with photosync and if there is ever a rare error it tells me why.

    I have it set to rsync to my local server. I open the app. It has already selected the recent media that is unsynced to said location. I then press sync and it does it in the background.

    I believe the paid level above pro has some sort of auto sync based on location but I chose to not get that because I didn't need it.

    Super, super recommend!

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Do you need to remember to open it regularly? Or is it sending you notifications? You mention that you open it and then it does a sync, how often do you need to do this?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I don’t see notifications in the setting. Premium has auto transfer for 2,500¥ which is like 15$ or so, but I think I only paid 5$ for pro which is enough.

    It’s on my home screen, I do it once a day or so. Depends how many photos you take. I probably have close to 100,000 from 2017 to today so I back them up regularly.

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