Comment on Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days agoI have similar issue with Google.
At some point I used to use Google Photos backups. I wanted to delete the backed up files, but there’s no way to do that. It would also delete them from the devices.
And I guess it checks them based on hash, because even in the main view it always figures out where the files are currently stored, if on device, even after I moved them elsewhere. Otherwise these other images only show up in their respective folders, not the main view.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
I had trouble like this too, so what I’ve done is just give up on using Google photos in any meaningful way.
I still sync to it as a temporary backup, but I periodically copy all media from my device to my local home storage as the true copy.
I have yet to implement a proper open-source alternative for photo organization, but hopefully that’ll be one of the projects completed this year.
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Just in case you’ve not heard of it, I can highly recommend Immich. If you’re familiar with Docker it’s incredibly easy to set up, and even if you’re not it’s not that complicated.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
yeah it’s on my list, but ty