@_elena Thank you for sharing your journey and learnings--you rock!!! 🙌

It's one I embarked on a few years ago, and was daunting, humbling, and also fun and empowering.

My biggest win: I can now access my old phone photos easily, without needing to pay Forever Rent™️ to #apple for #iCloud thanks to the brilliant software #immich

Wir feiern den #DiDay mit einer frischen #Immich-Instanz. 30 Jahre digitale Medien aus der #iCloud befreit. Somit fällt einer der letzten, aber heftigsten Lock-ins.
Ongoing: Settopbox
Next: #Payment-Systeme.

#DigitalIndependencyDay #DID #didit #dutgemacht

Today I discovered iCloud downloader - a CLI tool that can sync photos from iCloud to a local folder: https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader

I’m now willing to set up #Immich and duplicate my photos there to know it better and see if it fits my needs.

#HomeLab #SelfHost #SelfHosted#SelfHosting #iCloud

Today I discovered iCloud downloader - a CLI tool that can sync photos from iCloud to a local folder: https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader

I’m now willing to set up #Immich and duplicate my photos there to know it better and see if it fits my needs.

#HomeLab #SelfHost #SelfHosted#SelfHosting #iCloud

Step 3: turned off #iCloud syncing of calendar, notes, contacts etc. in favour of local syncing (first time via USB from my mac Mini, then after that by WiFi). Clunky, but works. Might switch to an alternative #E2EE service, like Proton or fastmail, soon

Have you folks heard of Parachute Backup https://apps.apple.com/us/app/parachute-backup/id6748614170?mt=12

for backing up your iCloud to local storage? I'm wondering how good it is and if anyone's used it successfully.
#iCloud #iCloudBackup #macos

Step 3: turned off #iCloud syncing of calendar, notes, contacts etc. in favour of local syncing (first time via USB from my mac Mini, then after that by WiFi). Clunky, but works. Might switch to an alternative #E2EE service, like Proton or fastmail, soon

Step 2: change default browser to Brave and install the #iCloud#Passwords Chrome extension, so I can (for now) access all my passwords and verification codes from iCloud. Just used that to authorise Mastodon macOS/iPadOS app to run on my refurbished Mac Mini M2, and write this post!