#icloudescape — Public Fediverse posts
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A blizzard was a good time to focus on my #icloudescape.
Picked up a pair of UniFi NAS units — one home, one remote, syncing nightly over site-to-site VPN.
Traded an M2 iPad Air I never touched for a M4 Mac Mini running Parachute, which incrementally pulls down my iCloud content so I actually have a real backup and not just a sync. iCloud is a sync service, not a backup — and getting into this mindset was the biggest ‘unlock’ in the project.
My UnRAID server handles daily working storage, media, Time Machine, and acts as a quick restore source.
Backblaze with a private encryption key sits at the end of the chain as an offsite layer I don’t have to manage.
I’m planning to explore Immich to manage and view the backup photo library when I have more time to dig into Postgres and associated dependencies but wanted to get the overall data pipeline configured first.
I also now feel more confident in safely storing my parent’s long term backup as they move away from having a home PC.
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Some brave soul finally escaped the shackles of iCloud by crafting a command-line tool 🤖🔨. Because nothing screams "mainstream appeal" like a terminal-based photo downloader that even your grandma's toaster couldn't run. Meanwhile, Apple is quaking in its boots... from laughter. 😂📸
https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_downloader #iCloudEscape #commandLineTool #AppleHumor #techJokes #photoDownloader #HackerNews #ngated