Tool.BackupMacPhotos

This tool is used to copy files from your Mac Photo Library to an external drive or folder. Within this step it creates a new folder structure.

Keep in mind, I do not check for existing space or something else. This tool is running recursively through each folder.

I use this tool do handle backups of my photos on external drives with my common folder structure.

Go running

main.py -i <inputFolder> -o <outputFolder>

Notes

• By default the Photos library is a file named Photos Library.photoslibrary
• It is located in /Users/$user/Pictures or ~/Pictures
• Original quality of images is in a subfolder called originals
• Output folder can be an external drive or what else
• Final path could be: /Users/$user/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/originals

Folder structure

--TargetFolder
----YEAR (2023)
------MONTH (01)
------MONTH (XX)
----YEAR (2022)
------MONTH (01)
------MONTH (02)
------MONTH (XX)
----YEAR (XXXX)
------MONTH (XX)
------MONTH (XX)

Future stuff

1. Add progress bar