How can I backup all my Google Photos / Google Drive automatically on linux?
I have around 40Gb of photos in google photos, along with a lot of other stuff in google drive, which I'd like to back up automatically.
Right now I'm having to go into my profile and create a takeout, which has two issues.
- It's a manual process and I can't see how to automate it easily
- It provides the files in 10, 20 or 50Gb chunks, which I then have to extract and combine into the 'full backup'
I'd like to simply have something I can call via cron which takes a copy of all my google photos, and puts them into a folder somewhere.
linux backup google-photos
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I have around 40Gb of photos in google photos, along with a lot of other stuff in google drive, which I'd like to back up automatically.
Right now I'm having to go into my profile and create a takeout, which has two issues.
- It's a manual process and I can't see how to automate it easily
- It provides the files in 10, 20 or 50Gb chunks, which I then have to extract and combine into the 'full backup'
I'd like to simply have something I can call via cron which takes a copy of all my google photos, and puts them into a folder somewhere.
linux backup google-photos
asked Mar 2 '18 at 16:38
djsmiley2kdjsmiley2k
5,07112336
add a comment |
I have around 40Gb of photos in google photos, along with a lot of other stuff in google drive, which I'd like to back up automatically.
Right now I'm having to go into my profile and create a takeout, which has two issues.
- It's a manual process and I can't see how to automate it easily
- It provides the files in 10, 20 or 50Gb chunks, which I then have to extract and combine into the 'full backup'
I'd like to simply have something I can call via cron which takes a copy of all my google photos, and puts them into a folder somewhere.
linux backup google-photos
asked Mar 2 '18 at 16:38
djsmiley2kdjsmiley2k
5,07112336
I have around 40Gb of photos in google photos, along with a lot of other stuff in google drive, which I'd like to back up automatically.
Right now I'm having to go into my profile and create a takeout, which has two issues.
- It's a manual process and I can't see how to automate it easily
- It provides the files in 10, 20 or 50Gb chunks, which I then have to extract and combine into the 'full backup'
I'd like to simply have something I can call via cron which takes a copy of all my google photos, and puts them into a folder somewhere.
linux backup google-photos
linux backup google-photos
asked Mar 2 '18 at 16:38
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asked Mar 2 '18 at 16:38
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Finally it seems google has fixed the Photos access from drive, so your google drive can now view all your google photos - for some users this was incredibly buggy before, sometimes not showing any photos, sometimes not showing some.
To make use of this:
- Go to https://drive.google.com/ and hit the 'cog' to open the settings. Eenable "Create a Google Photos folder", which creates a folder that'll appear in your root 'drive' folder. It looks like this:
- This now starts syncing your photos into a folder in your google drive, called 'Google Photos' - this is not the same as the 'Google Photos' which is listed below 'My Drive', 'My Computers' and so on.
- Once you've allowed this some time to sync, use rclone from https://github.com/ncw/rclone to pull down a copy of your Google Photos folder from your drive:
rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ ./googlePhotos/
/home/<user>/.rclone.conf should be created using rclone config at the command line and following the instructions.
Once completed, the rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ can be placed into a cronjob, or as part of a larger backup script. You can also set it to sync your whole google drive by using GDrive: as the source instead, or use sync instead of copy to pull down all changes including deletions.
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Does this still works? Because currently it appears that photos that I've uploaded in theGoogle Photosfolder are visible in Google Drive, but not in Google Photos :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 6:19
@J4N I don't know what happens if you do it the way you have - My photos upload automatically in Google Photos, and appear in drive - for a long time (over a year) this wasn't working at all, then suddenly one day it started working and I came up with the above solution.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 8:10
This way it works, I see the pictures that are in GPhotos also in the drive, but if I add to the drive(which I taught that was what you were doing), doesn't work for me :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 8:24
No sorry, I only download from the 'normal' drive, not the special folder that appears on the left. I've added an image showing where the Google Photos folder should appear.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 9:37
In my case, I was hopping to do the inverse of what requested the OP: Backup my pictures ON google photos, but doesnt work for now.
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 11:56
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Finally it seems google has fixed the Photos access from drive, so your google drive can now view all your google photos - for some users this was incredibly buggy before, sometimes not showing any photos, sometimes not showing some.
To make use of this:
- Go to https://drive.google.com/ and hit the 'cog' to open the settings. Eenable "Create a Google Photos folder", which creates a folder that'll appear in your root 'drive' folder. It looks like this:
- This now starts syncing your photos into a folder in your google drive, called 'Google Photos' - this is not the same as the 'Google Photos' which is listed below 'My Drive', 'My Computers' and so on.
- Once you've allowed this some time to sync, use rclone from https://github.com/ncw/rclone to pull down a copy of your Google Photos folder from your drive:
rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ ./googlePhotos/
/home/<user>/.rclone.conf should be created using rclone config at the command line and following the instructions.
Once completed, the rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ can be placed into a cronjob, or as part of a larger backup script. You can also set it to sync your whole google drive by using GDrive: as the source instead, or use sync instead of copy to pull down all changes including deletions.
edited Jan 27 at 6:29
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answered Mar 2 '18 at 16:47
djsmiley2kdjsmiley2k
5,07112336
Does this still works? Because currently it appears that photos that I've uploaded in theGoogle Photosfolder are visible in Google Drive, but not in Google Photos :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 6:19
@J4N I don't know what happens if you do it the way you have - My photos upload automatically in Google Photos, and appear in drive - for a long time (over a year) this wasn't working at all, then suddenly one day it started working and I came up with the above solution.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 8:10
This way it works, I see the pictures that are in GPhotos also in the drive, but if I add to the drive(which I taught that was what you were doing), doesn't work for me :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 8:24
No sorry, I only download from the 'normal' drive, not the special folder that appears on the left. I've added an image showing where the Google Photos folder should appear.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 9:37
In my case, I was hopping to do the inverse of what requested the OP: Backup my pictures ON google photos, but doesnt work for now.
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 11:56
|
show 4 more comments
Finally it seems google has fixed the Photos access from drive, so your google drive can now view all your google photos - for some users this was incredibly buggy before, sometimes not showing any photos, sometimes not showing some.
To make use of this:
- Go to https://drive.google.com/ and hit the 'cog' to open the settings. Eenable "Create a Google Photos folder", which creates a folder that'll appear in your root 'drive' folder. It looks like this:
- This now starts syncing your photos into a folder in your google drive, called 'Google Photos' - this is not the same as the 'Google Photos' which is listed below 'My Drive', 'My Computers' and so on.
- Once you've allowed this some time to sync, use rclone from https://github.com/ncw/rclone to pull down a copy of your Google Photos folder from your drive:
rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ ./googlePhotos/
/home/<user>/.rclone.conf should be created using rclone config at the command line and following the instructions.
Once completed, the rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ can be placed into a cronjob, or as part of a larger backup script. You can also set it to sync your whole google drive by using GDrive: as the source instead, or use sync instead of copy to pull down all changes including deletions.
edited Jan 27 at 6:29
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answered Mar 2 '18 at 16:47
djsmiley2kdjsmiley2k
5,07112336
Does this still works? Because currently it appears that photos that I've uploaded in theGoogle Photosfolder are visible in Google Drive, but not in Google Photos :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 6:19
@J4N I don't know what happens if you do it the way you have - My photos upload automatically in Google Photos, and appear in drive - for a long time (over a year) this wasn't working at all, then suddenly one day it started working and I came up with the above solution.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 8:10
This way it works, I see the pictures that are in GPhotos also in the drive, but if I add to the drive(which I taught that was what you were doing), doesn't work for me :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 8:24
No sorry, I only download from the 'normal' drive, not the special folder that appears on the left. I've added an image showing where the Google Photos folder should appear.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 9:37
In my case, I was hopping to do the inverse of what requested the OP: Backup my pictures ON google photos, but doesnt work for now.
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 11:56
|
show 4 more comments
Finally it seems google has fixed the Photos access from drive, so your google drive can now view all your google photos - for some users this was incredibly buggy before, sometimes not showing any photos, sometimes not showing some.
To make use of this:
- Go to https://drive.google.com/ and hit the 'cog' to open the settings. Eenable "Create a Google Photos folder", which creates a folder that'll appear in your root 'drive' folder. It looks like this:
- This now starts syncing your photos into a folder in your google drive, called 'Google Photos' - this is not the same as the 'Google Photos' which is listed below 'My Drive', 'My Computers' and so on.
- Once you've allowed this some time to sync, use rclone from https://github.com/ncw/rclone to pull down a copy of your Google Photos folder from your drive:
rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ ./googlePhotos/
/home/<user>/.rclone.conf should be created using rclone config at the command line and following the instructions.
Once completed, the rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ can be placed into a cronjob, or as part of a larger backup script. You can also set it to sync your whole google drive by using GDrive: as the source instead, or use sync instead of copy to pull down all changes including deletions.
edited Jan 27 at 6:29
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answered Mar 2 '18 at 16:47
djsmiley2kdjsmiley2k
5,07112336
Finally it seems google has fixed the Photos access from drive, so your google drive can now view all your google photos - for some users this was incredibly buggy before, sometimes not showing any photos, sometimes not showing some.
To make use of this:
- Go to https://drive.google.com/ and hit the 'cog' to open the settings. Eenable "Create a Google Photos folder", which creates a folder that'll appear in your root 'drive' folder. It looks like this:
- This now starts syncing your photos into a folder in your google drive, called 'Google Photos' - this is not the same as the 'Google Photos' which is listed below 'My Drive', 'My Computers' and so on.
- Once you've allowed this some time to sync, use rclone from https://github.com/ncw/rclone to pull down a copy of your Google Photos folder from your drive:
rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ ./googlePhotos/
/home/<user>/.rclone.conf should be created using rclone config at the command line and following the instructions.
Once completed, the rclone copy --config /home/<user>/.rclone.cf GDrive:Google Photos/ ./googlePhotos/ can be placed into a cronjob, or as part of a larger backup script. You can also set it to sync your whole google drive by using GDrive: as the source instead, or use sync instead of copy to pull down all changes including deletions.
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Does this still works? Because currently it appears that photos that I've uploaded in theGoogle Photosfolder are visible in Google Drive, but not in Google Photos :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 6:19
@J4N I don't know what happens if you do it the way you have - My photos upload automatically in Google Photos, and appear in drive - for a long time (over a year) this wasn't working at all, then suddenly one day it started working and I came up with the above solution.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 8:10
This way it works, I see the pictures that are in GPhotos also in the drive, but if I add to the drive(which I taught that was what you were doing), doesn't work for me :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 8:24
No sorry, I only download from the 'normal' drive, not the special folder that appears on the left. I've added an image showing where the Google Photos folder should appear.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 9:37
In my case, I was hopping to do the inverse of what requested the OP: Backup my pictures ON google photos, but doesnt work for now.
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 11:56
|
show 4 more comments
Does this still works? Because currently it appears that photos that I've uploaded in theGoogle Photosfolder are visible in Google Drive, but not in Google Photos :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 6:19
@J4N I don't know what happens if you do it the way you have - My photos upload automatically in Google Photos, and appear in drive - for a long time (over a year) this wasn't working at all, then suddenly one day it started working and I came up with the above solution.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 8:10
This way it works, I see the pictures that are in GPhotos also in the drive, but if I add to the drive(which I taught that was what you were doing), doesn't work for me :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 8:24
No sorry, I only download from the 'normal' drive, not the special folder that appears on the left. I've added an image showing where the Google Photos folder should appear.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 9:37
In my case, I was hopping to do the inverse of what requested the OP: Backup my pictures ON google photos, but doesnt work for now.
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 11:56
Does this still works? Because currently it appears that photos that I've uploaded in the
Google Photos folder are visible in Google Drive, but not in Google Photos :/– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 6:19
Does this still works? Because currently it appears that photos that I've uploaded in the
Google Photos folder are visible in Google Drive, but not in Google Photos :/– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 6:19
@J4N I don't know what happens if you do it the way you have - My photos upload automatically in Google Photos, and appear in drive - for a long time (over a year) this wasn't working at all, then suddenly one day it started working and I came up with the above solution.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 8:10
@J4N I don't know what happens if you do it the way you have - My photos upload automatically in Google Photos, and appear in drive - for a long time (over a year) this wasn't working at all, then suddenly one day it started working and I came up with the above solution.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 8:10
This way it works, I see the pictures that are in GPhotos also in the drive, but if I add to the drive(which I taught that was what you were doing), doesn't work for me :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 8:24
This way it works, I see the pictures that are in GPhotos also in the drive, but if I add to the drive(which I taught that was what you were doing), doesn't work for me :/
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 8:24
No sorry, I only download from the 'normal' drive, not the special folder that appears on the left. I've added an image showing where the Google Photos folder should appear.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 9:37
No sorry, I only download from the 'normal' drive, not the special folder that appears on the left. I've added an image showing where the Google Photos folder should appear.
– djsmiley2k
Jul 19 '18 at 9:37
In my case, I was hopping to do the inverse of what requested the OP: Backup my pictures ON google photos, but doesnt work for now.
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 11:56
In my case, I was hopping to do the inverse of what requested the OP: Backup my pictures ON google photos, but doesnt work for now.
– J4N
Jul 19 '18 at 11:56
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