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Last month I switched from Google Workspace to proton.me for hosting email for my domains.

It went smoothly, but if you're considering it, here's some things I wish I'd known when I was starting to move my old email.

https://unixorn.github.io/post/2025-12-26-advice-for-switching-to-proton-hosted-email/

TL;DR Proton is focused on privacy and cheaper than Google Workspace. And you get a VPN too. And they're a non-profit, so you don't have to worry about them selling your data later to prop up their stock price.

#protonmail #google_apps #google_workspace

Last month I switched from Google Workspace to proton.me for hosting email for my domains.

It went smoothly, but if you're considering it, here's some things I wish I'd known when I was starting to move my old email.

https://unixorn.github.io/post/2025-12-26-advice-for-switching-to-proton-hosted-email/

TL;DR Proton is focused on privacy and cheaper than Google Workspace. And you get a VPN too. And they're a non-profit, so you don't have to worry about them selling your data later to prop up their stock price.

#protonmail #google_apps #google_workspace

Last month I switched from Google Workspace to proton.me for hosting email for my domains.

It went smoothly, but if you're considering it, here's some things I wish I'd known when I was starting to move my old email.

https://unixorn.github.io/post/2025-12-26-advice-for-switching-to-proton-hosted-email/

TL;DR Proton is focused on privacy and cheaper than Google Workspace. And you get a VPN too. And they're a non-profit, so you don't have to worry about them selling your data later to prop up their stock price.

#protonmail #google_apps #google_workspace

Last month I switched from Google Workspace to proton.me for hosting email for my domains.

It went smoothly, but if you're considering it, here's some things I wish I'd known when I was starting to move my old email.

https://unixorn.github.io/post/2025-12-26-advice-for-switching-to-proton-hosted-email/

TL;DR Proton is focused on privacy and cheaper than Google Workspace. And you get a VPN too. And they're a non-profit, so you don't have to worry about them selling your data later to prop up their stock price.

#protonmail #google_apps #google_workspace

Last month I switched from Google Workspace to proton.me for hosting email for my domains.

It went smoothly, but if you're considering it, here's some things I wish I'd known when I was starting to move my old email.

https://unixorn.github.io/post/2025-12-26-advice-for-switching-to-proton-hosted-email/

TL;DR Proton is focused on privacy and cheaper than Google Workspace. And you get a VPN too. And they're a non-profit, so you don't have to worry about them selling your data later to prop up their stock price.

#protonmail #google_apps #google_workspace

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So if anyone knows of a tool, preferably macos or linux, that will let me mass delete every photo in Google Photos in a specified date range, please _please_ let me know.

#google_apps #google_photos

3/3
So if anyone knows of a tool, preferably macos or linux, that will let me mass delete every photo in Google Photos in a specified date range, please _please_ let me know.

#google_apps #google_photos

3/3
So if anyone knows of a tool, preferably macos or linux, that will let me mass delete every photo in Google Photos in a specified date range, please _please_ let me know.

#google_apps #google_photos

3/3
So if anyone knows of a tool, preferably macos or linux, that will let me mass delete every photo in Google Photos in a specified date range, please _please_ let me know.

#google_apps #google_photos

3/3
So if anyone knows of a tool, preferably macos or linux, that will let me mass delete every photo in Google Photos in a specified date range, please _please_ let me know.

#google_apps #google_photos

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An idiot like me would think "Great, I just deleted 12GB, problem should go away"

Except... now when I go into the photos directory, it tells me "This folder is no longer synced with Google Photos. Your photos are safe in Google Photos"

So now I have to delete thousands of photos via the Google Photos shitty interface.

Good thing they only let me delete 500 at a time, that's super fucking helpful.

#google_apps #google_photos

2/3

An idiot like me would think "Great, I just deleted 12GB, problem should go away"

Except... now when I go into the photos directory, it tells me "This folder is no longer synced with Google Photos. Your photos are safe in Google Photos"

So now I have to delete thousands of photos via the Google Photos shitty interface.

Good thing they only let me delete 500 at a time, that's super fucking helpful.

#google_apps #google_photos

2/3

An idiot like me would think "Great, I just deleted 12GB, problem should go away"

Except... now when I go into the photos directory, it tells me "This folder is no longer synced with Google Photos. Your photos are safe in Google Photos"

So now I have to delete thousands of photos via the Google Photos shitty interface.

Good thing they only let me delete 500 at a time, that's super fucking helpful.

#google_apps #google_photos

2/3

An idiot like me would think "Great, I just deleted 12GB, problem should go away"

Except... now when I go into the photos directory, it tells me "This folder is no longer synced with Google Photos. Your photos are safe in Google Photos"

So now I have to delete thousands of photos via the Google Photos shitty interface.

Good thing they only let me delete 500 at a time, that's super fucking helpful.

#google_apps #google_photos

2/3

An idiot like me would think "Great, I just deleted 12GB, problem should go away"

Except... now when I go into the photos directory, it tells me "This folder is no longer synced with Google Photos. Your photos are safe in Google Photos"

So now I have to delete thousands of photos via the Google Photos shitty interface.

Good thing they only let me delete 500 at a time, that's super fucking helpful.

#google_apps #google_photos

So Google Photos shows up in my GDrive as a folder. I am getting notifications that I'm at 90+% usage in my account and have all my photos on my Synology.

I go into the folder, delete 5 of the year folders, empty trash.

Of course it's not that fucking easy.

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#google_apps #google_photos

So Google Photos shows up in my GDrive as a folder. I am getting notifications that I'm at 90+% usage in my account and have all my photos on my Synology.

I go into the folder, delete 5 of the year folders, empty trash.

Of course it's not that fucking easy.

1/3

#google_apps #google_photos

So Google Photos shows up in my GDrive as a folder. I am getting notifications that I'm at 90+% usage in my account and have all my photos on my Synology.

I go into the folder, delete 5 of the year folders, empty trash.

Of course it's not that fucking easy.

1/3

#google_apps #google_photos

So Google Photos shows up in my GDrive as a folder. I am getting notifications that I'm at 90+% usage in my account and have all my photos on my Synology.

I go into the folder, delete 5 of the year folders, empty trash.

Of course it's not that fucking easy.

1/3

#google_apps #google_photos

So Google Photos shows up in my GDrive as a folder. I am getting notifications that I'm at 90+% usage in my account and have all my photos on my Synology.

I go into the folder, delete 5 of the year folders, empty trash.

Of course it's not that fucking easy.

1/3

#google_apps #google_photos