To avoid future data lose, you can backup all your icloud photos locally. Checkout icloud_photos_downloader[1], they have a docker container that is drop-dead s

To avoid future data lose, you can backup all your icloud photos locally. Checkout icloud_photos_downloader[1], they have a docker container that is drop-dead simple to use. I run this[3] about once a month, I could probably automate it, but that feel like it'll take more time than it'll save[2]. [1] https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_do... [2] https://xkcd.com/1319/ https://xkcd.com/1319/ [3] #!/bin/bash mkdir "$(pwd)"/{photos,cookies} 2> /dev/null if [[ -z "${ICLOUD_PASSWORD}" ]]; then exit 1 fi podman container run -it --rm --name icloud \ -v $(pwd)/photos:/data \ -v $(pwd)/cookies:/cookies \ -e TZ=America/Boise \ icloudpd/icloudpd:latest \ icloudpd --directory /data \ --cookie-directory /cookies \ --folder-structure {:%Y/%Y-%m-%d} \ --username mysuperduper@username.com \ --password "${ICLOUD_PASSWORD}" \ --size original