This project is no longer maintained. Check https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader instead.
I have not been using iCloud and Apple devices since 2021 and I do not plan to. This project was started to first off-load my photos from iCloud and then migrate out of iCloud completely.
Probably, it doesn't make sense to fork or attempt to recover it, as https://github.com/picklepete/pyicloud, on which Gimme-iPhotos relies is not maintained for a couple of years as well.
Download media files from iCloud.
This tool uses pyicloud to synchronize photos and videos from iCloud to your local machine.
- Downloads media files from iCloud in parallel (might be beneficial on small files and wide bandwidth)
- Keeps local collection in sync with iCloud by:
- skipping files which exist locally
- removing local files which were removed from the cloud
- Reads configuration from ini-file
- Stores password in the keychain (provided by pyicloud)
- Supports two-factor authentication
- Shows nice progress bars (thanks to tqdm)
$ pip3 install gimme-iphotosor
$ docker pull zebradil/gimme-iphotos$ gimme-iphotos --help
usage: gimme-iphotos [-h] [-c CONFIG] [-v] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-d DESTINATION] [-o] [-r] [-n PARALLEL] [-g] [--zero-pad]
Downloads media files from iCloud
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
Configuration file.
It's ini-like file (see configparser module docs), must contain [main] section.
Keys are fully-named arguments, except help, config and verbose.
Values specified using command line arguments take precedence over values from a provided config file.
-v, --verbose Increase verbosity. Can be specified multiple times.
Use -vvvv to get maximum verbosity.
-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
iCloud username (email). Can be specified interactively if not set.
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
iCloud password. Can be specified interactively if not set.
-d DESTINATION, --destination DESTINATION
Destination directory. Can be specified interactively if not set.
-o, --overwrite Overwrite existing files. Default: false.
-r, --remove Remove missing files. Default: false.
-n PARALLEL, --num-parallel-downloads PARALLEL
Max number of concurrent downloads.
Increase this number if bandwidth is not fully utilized. Default: 3
-g, --group Group the photos into year and month directories.
--zero-pad Zero pad months when grouping photos.
Using config file:
$ cat john.cfg
[main]
username = john.doe@example.com
password = not-secure123
destination = /home/john/Photos
remove = True
$ gimme-iphotos -c john.cfgOverriding config file:
$ gimme-iphotos -c john.cfg --destination /tmp/icloudWithout config file:
$ # Password will be requested interactively
$ gimme-iphotos -u john.doe@rexample.com --destination /tmp/icloud
Enter iCloud password for john.doe@rexample.com:The CLI is the same but requires mounting the destination directory and config file (if needed).
$ docker run --interactive --tty \
-v <destination>:/somedir \
-v ${PWD}/john.cfg:/app/john.cfg \
zebradil/gimme-iphotos -c john.cfgLicensed under the MIT License.
By German Lashevich.
