Google Photos and Albums backup with Google Photos Library API
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Google Photos Sync is a backup tool for your Google Photos cloud storage.
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PyPI pip install gphotos-sync
Source code https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync
Documentation https://gilesknap.github.io/gphotos-sync
Releases https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync/releases
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Google Photos Sync downloads all photos and videos the user has uploaded to Google Photos. It also organizes the media in the local file system using album information. Additional Google Photos 'Creations' such as animations, panoramas, movies, effects and collages are also backed up.
This software is read only and never modifies your cloud library in any way, so there is no risk of damaging your data.
There are a number of long standing issues with the Google Photos API that mean it is not possible to make a true backup of your media. In particular:
For details of the Bugs reported to Google see https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync/issues/119.
To join in a discussion on this issue see https://github.com/gilesknap/gphotos-sync/discussions/347.
To get started see Tutorial <https://gilesknap.github.io/gphotos-sync/main/tutorials/installation.html>
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See https://gilesknap.github.io/gphotos-sync for more detailed documentation.
For a commercial product that backs up your library to the cloud see: See https://photovaultone.com/