My method is to backup the photos 'at source', and treat Google Photos as another backup location. So I use Syncthing on my phone to copy new photos to my PC where I can do whatever backup strategy I like (restic, rclone and Backblaze in my case). The Google Photos app on my phone is also sending them to the cloud for convenience.
My method is to backup the photos 'at source', and treat Google Photos as another backup location. So I use Syncthing on my phone to copy new photos to my PC where I can do whatever backup strategy I like (restic, rclone and Backblaze in my case). The Google Photos app on my phone is also sending them to the cloud for convenience.
Options I have found:
Somewhat manual, using takeout (seems a lot of effort): https://www.markhansen.co.nz/google-photos-backup/
A script using a headless browser (maybe scriptable, but sounds brittle): https://github.com/vikas5914/google-photos-backup
Does anyone use immich?[0].
Can it be used alongside Google photos so as pictures are taken they're backed up to both services?
[0] https://immich.app/
I am interested in this as well. Thanks for asking.