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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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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

They do work, but Apple has a shitty system of ranking apps based on usage for background keep alive.

The more you open the app. the higher it'll rank in priority and background upload will work.

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

    That is very much the problem here, I would like to set up a set-and-forget system for family members so we can collect photos together easily. But that goes against how apple systems work

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

    Aahhh i see, in that case, replave for them the default gallery app icon with immich; they won't notice :D

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