Icloud photos

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Prerequisites #

Instructions #

  1. Open a command-line shell.

    • macOS/Linux: Terminal
    • Windows: Command Prompt

  2. Create a directory in your home directory.

    • macOS/Linux: mkdir -p $HOME/Photo_Backups
    • Windows: mkdir -p %USERPROFILE%/Photo_Backups

  3. Change the current directory to the newly created backup directory.

    • macOS/Linux: cd $HOME/Photo_Backups
    • Windows: chdir /D "%USERPROFILE%\Backups"

  4. Run the command below. Ensure you replace the environment variable placeholder values with your iCloud username and password as environment variables.

     1ICLOUD_USER="my_icloud_account@icloud.com" \
 2ICLOUD_PASS="my_icloud_password123" \
 3docker run -it --rm --name icloudpd \
 4  -v $(pwd)/Photos:/data \
 5  -v $(pwd)/cookies:/cookies \
 6  -e TZ=America/Los_Angeles \
 7  icloudpd/icloudpd:latest \
 8  icloudpd --directory /data \
 9  --cookie-directory /cookies \
10  --folder-structure {:%Y/%Y-%m-%d} \
11  --size original \
12  --username "$ICLOUD_USER" --password "$ICLOUD_PASS"