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This is exactly why I have syncthing setup to mirror my iCloud Drive folders to my NAS. In the best of times, iCloud is used to seamlessly sync between iDevices

This is exactly why I have syncthing setup to mirror my iCloud Drive folders to my NAS. In the best of times, iCloud is used to seamlessly sync between iDevices. If it fails, I still have a local backup, accessible from iDevices, albeit less convenient.

silicon2401 5y ago
I've gotten into data hoarding for the same reason. Google photos, youtube, icloud; storing your content on your own hardware is always best for critical features like predictability and access (I don't even want to imagine managing multiple TB through my consumer internet connection). Cloud is great for convenience and redundancy but I consider those secondary features to data preservation. Follow-up: any recommendations for a beginner NAS? I'd love something cheap and simple; a 2-4 drive system with plug and play functionality would be awesome. I can live without streaming 4k videos or top-of-the-line features like that, though streaming 1080p would be nice.
- mceachen 5y ago
  > any recommendations for a beginner NAS? I did a bit of research and wrote it up here: https://photostructure.com/faq/how-do-i-safely-store-files/#that-sounds-great-which-nas-should-i-get https://photostructure.com/faq/how-do-i-safely-store-files/#...
  - silicon2401 5y ago
    great, thanks!
  - Ir0nMan 5y ago
    +1 for UNRAID.
FearlessNebula 5y ago
How do you set this up? I’d love to get a good backup workflow going for my iCloud.
- nucleardog 5y ago
  Not the guy you asked, but for my stuff I’ve just been using icloud-pd and rclone. I’m really only worried about my photos. Basically all of the photos and videos of my kid only exist on my phone and on iCloud, and even if I trusted Apple to not shut down my account, I’m one account compromise or dummy mistake away from a “delete” being synced and removing that content from all my devices forever. I just have a script that runs nightly that runs icloud-pd to download all new photos and videos at full quality to the server in my basement. So that gets me a local copy totally disconnected from iCloud. From there, I have rclone encrypt and push up changes to Backblaze B2. Ends up costing me like $1.50/mo. If you do this, make sure you put some monitoring in place. The 2FA on my Apple account tends to expire every few months and I need to go reauthenticate it.

silicon2401 5y ago

I've gotten into data hoarding for the same reason. Google photos, youtube, icloud; storing your content on your own hardware is always best for critical features like predictability and access (I don't even want to imagine managing multiple TB through my consumer internet connection). Cloud is great for convenience and redundancy but I consider those secondary features to data preservation. Follow-up: any recommendations for a beginner NAS? I'd love something cheap and simple; a 2-4 drive system with plug and play functionality would be awesome. I can live without streaming 4k videos or top-of-the-line features like that, though streaming 1080p would be nice.

mceachen 5y ago
> any recommendations for a beginner NAS? I did a bit of research and wrote it up here: https://photostructure.com/faq/how-do-i-safely-store-files/#that-sounds-great-which-nas-should-i-get https://photostructure.com/faq/how-do-i-safely-store-files/#...
- silicon2401 5y ago
  great, thanks!
- Ir0nMan 5y ago
  +1 for UNRAID.

FearlessNebula 5y ago

How do you set this up? I’d love to get a good backup workflow going for my iCloud.

nucleardog 5y ago
Not the guy you asked, but for my stuff I’ve just been using icloud-pd and rclone. I’m really only worried about my photos. Basically all of the photos and videos of my kid only exist on my phone and on iCloud, and even if I trusted Apple to not shut down my account, I’m one account compromise or dummy mistake away from a “delete” being synced and removing that content from all my devices forever. I just have a script that runs nightly that runs icloud-pd to download all new photos and videos at full quality to the server in my basement. So that gets me a local copy totally disconnected from iCloud. From there, I have rclone encrypt and push up changes to Backblaze B2. Ends up costing me like $1.50/mo. If you do this, make sure you put some monitoring in place. The 2FA on my Apple account tends to expire every few months and I need to go reauthenticate it.