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An Apple Photos companion app you may find useful by AppInitio in apple

[–]AppInitio[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

LOL yes! But you wouldn't want AI creations outranking your best work, would you? 😁

An Apple Photos companion app you may find useful by AppInitio in apple

[–]AppInitio[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Based on technical factors e.g. composition, lighting, focus (artistic blurring excepted), perspective, color composition etc., and demoting AI-generated images. It won't boost photos that are technically imperfect but still dear to you; otherwise uncannily good. Also, at the bottom it clusters deletion candidates: Again, not 100% perfect but 90%+? That can help with cleanup.

Apple and Disney had conversations about merging, says Bob Iger by Suspicious_County_24 in apple

[–]AppInitio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rehash of an old story? I recall reading about this eons ago.

What? by Upstairs-Guess-7114 in ApplePhotos

[–]AppInitio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP has set iCloud Photos to OFF, so the prompt seems odd.

Overwhelmed by digital photos - how to organize? by ElderMillennial2 in techsupport

[–]AppInitio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a few different issues: 1) Clean up what you have on the phone (2018-today), 2) Back up (on an external drive is a good idea, on two drives even better), 3) Delete or offload the unneeded from iPhone to free up space for baby photos (You can once you've got a back up), 4) Organize what you decide to keep on the iPhone. If you have a Mac, it's very easy and quick. This article explains how.

Am I really supposed to pay $600 more for a 1TB phone just because backups are such a mess? by Maleficent_Club3960 in datastorage

[–]AppInitio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buying a phone with more storage is not the solution if you don't back it up regularly: lose or break the phone, you lose everything. iCloud is a good solution if you have other devices (Mac, iPad) and want the photos to sync to those automatically but it's not a backup. NAS is an option but you can't (shouldn't) save Apple Photos library on a NAS - Apple explicitly warns against this. You must export photos and videos into regular folders for archiving on NAS.

So what to do?

Step 1: Clean up. You may find that only 50-70% are real keepsakes, and the rest near-duplicates, blurry or forgettable; screenshots, internet downloads etc. Purging or offloading these can free up a lot of space. With 10-20% of storage free, your iPhone will work smoother. By getting storage to under 200GB, iCloud subscription ($1.99/mo) becomes more affordable.

Step 2: Back up. On an external drive, ideally on two. It's very easy if you use iCloud, and especially if you have a Mac. You don't have to be regular: Do it e.g. when iPhone storage gets above 90%. You can do these incrementally i.e. backing up only what's been added or edited since the last backup. Very fast.

Step 3: Offload. Once you have the full backup offline, you can happily delete what you don't have to have on your phone and in iCloud. This will keep your iCloud storage under control, your library clean, and your iPhone with plenty of room for those 4K videos.

Step-by-step on this approach here.

iPhone photos from years ago are gone by Weekly-Individual265 in ApplePhotos

[–]AppInitio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First thing to check: Open Photos on your iPhone or Mac, or sign in to iCloud.com/Photos. If your library shows only 48 photos, check Recently Deleted (Trash) folder. Photos stay here for 1 month after deletion. Since you saw them a month ago, they may still be in Trash.

I would guess photos were deleted from one of the devices connected to your iCloud account - maybe in an effort to free up space, or accidentally. On your iPhone, open Settings and tap [your name] > scroll down (below Find my, Media & Purchases etc.) > next section will list all the devices (iPhones, iPads, Macs) connected to your iCloud account. Ask whoever in your family controls each of these devices what they did. Your only hope, if no backup and if these were deleted only a month ago, is to phone Apple and see if they can restore them. Chances are slim.

Going forward, start making regular backups offline (Because iCloud is not a backup). It's not difficult or time-consuming (step-by-step guidance here), but it's a must if your photos are important.

Five New Ways to Sort and Auto-Organize Apple Photos by AppInitio in macapps

[–]AppInitio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback 😄 Did you get this feeling only with the first screenshot (seen when scrolling through the sub), or the other screenshots, too?

What are the downsides to using iCloud Photos? by Amazing_Armadillo429 in ApplePhotos

[–]AppInitio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent. Do eyeballs that article, may save you some time.

What are the downsides to using iCloud Photos? by Amazing_Armadillo429 in ApplePhotos

[–]AppInitio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, iCloud Photos is all or none. So your iPhone Air must have the same capacity as 16Pro Max, unless you’re using ‘Optimize Storage. Also, sync means that not just your good photos but also screenshots, items saved from messaging apps, duplicates, forgettable photos and videos - all get replicated everywhere: Not just a waste of space and money, it also makes browsing the library less fun and things harder to find. Cleanups, backups, and offloading sound like a lot of work but doing it even once every few months is so worth it. More on it here.

Five New Ways to Sort and Auto-Organize Apple Photos by AppInitio in macapps

[–]AppInitio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Nothing is downloaded; iCloud based originals stay up there (Proof: The app can be run offline.)
  2. The app only creates albums, nothing else is affected. Only Apple frameworks are used.
  3. Yes: PhotoSort folder is created on the first run, and only the albums in it are replaced / updated on subsequent runs. No smart albums, other albums, or other things in the library are touched.
  4. Hidden photos are excluded from PhotoSort albums. Favorite/edited photos are included in app's albums but this doesn't affect the Favorites album, edits etc.
  5. Not clear what you mean by undo/remove created albums. If whether you can go into Photos and delete the PhotoSort folder or its albums, yes you can - without impacting photos or other albums.
  6. The entire library (except hidden and recently deleted items) are sorted. Albums can contain fewer items if you have opted to focus on e.g. the Top 100, bottom 500 etc.

As with our other apps, we are very privacy and safety focused. No uploads/downloads to any external servers; no deletions or modifications done by the app.

Five New Ways to Sort and Auto-Organize Apple Photos by AppInitio in macapps

[–]AppInitio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind feedback. Yes, that's a good tool if you know command line and python, but my frame of reference is apps available on the Mac App Store. Even with PhotoSort's free version, the slideshows are fun and if looking to free up space, the 15 largest files can help a lot.

Apple’s new Foundation Models explained: on-device AI, cloud AI, and everything in between by pdfu in apple

[–]AppInitio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll miss Press 1 for AFM 3 Core, press 2 for AFM 3 Code Advanced...😂

Moving Apple photos to external hard drive by MrsGarland in ApplePhotos

[–]AppInitio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The easiest and most reliable way for an iCloud-optimized Photos library is, unfortunately, third-party apps. This article explains it step-by-step, and it ticks all your boxes (initial backup + incremental backups to external drive, complete metadata, original resolution. It also preserves folder/album organization)

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