iCloud Photos Downloader

A command-line tool to download your iCloud photos to local storage

• Three modes of operation:

  • Copy - download new photos from iCloud (default mode)

  • Sync - download new photos from iCloud and delete local files that were removed in iCloud (--auto-delete option)

  • Move - download new photos from iCloud and delete photos in iCloud (--delete-after-download option)

• Support for Live Photos (image and video as separate files) and RAW images (including RAW+JPEG)

• Automatic de-duplication of photos with the same name

• One time download and an option to monitor for iCloud changes continuously (--watch-with-interval option)

• Optimizations for incremental runs (--until-found and --recent options)

• Photo metadata (EXIF) updates (--set-exif-datetime option)

• … and many more (use --help option to get full list)