Self Hosted iCloud solution?
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Fast-Print-3510 · 2023-12-27 09:29

Hi!

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I'm looking to host my own icloud alternative, something like
NextCloud.

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A must-have is an auto-backup function of photos.

But is there a way i can keep using icloud photos, and delete photos
in this app, and it will be deleted in nextcloud/other solution too?

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Why i'm asking this, once in a while i clean up my library, so it has
to be synced to my local storage too then, otherwise i deleted
pictures on my iphone while they stay in local storage.

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Thanks!

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_Thoomaas · 2023-12-27 23:33

I have no solution for you

Only a hint how to achieve it. You are asking for something that runs
on your phone too delete everything anywhere or got stored. That's the
wrong approach.

Use something that syncs your iCloud to something local. I don't know
if it's possible as self hosted. With OneDrive oder Google drive it is
possible

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adamshand · 2023-12-28 05:41

I haven't done this, but I believe it's possible.

* Use one of the programs that downloads photos directly from iCloud
(eg. [iCloud Photos Downloader](https://github.com/icloud-photos-
downloader/icloud_photos_downloader) or [OSX
Photos](https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos)) into a folder on your
Linux server.
* Use something like Immich or PiGallery2 which will create a gallery
based on a pre-existing folder of images.