There are solutions like ente and immich but I think they both are pretty overkill for my use case. I almost never look through my old photos so I don’t need an app and a web UI or whatever. The face detection thing does not entice me either. I don’t need encryption either.

Is there a simpler solution for this? I am thinking of just writing a script that syncs the camera folder using adb or something like that. But before I create a jank monstrosity I thought it would be better to ask around.

  • tinsukE@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 months ago

    Syncthing.

    Just configure it to only run while plugged to the wall, so you’re not surprised by the rare bug of it randomly turning your phone into a pocket warmer.

    • lemonuri@lemmy.ml
      5·
      2 months ago

      I use Syncthing-fork (fdroid). It lets you set you granular per folder settings like only sync on home WiFi.

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 months ago

    I went the jank monstrosity path. Well, a few scripts anyway.

    I use an app called SimpleSSHD on the phone that lets me ssh in. Then rsync to transfer files. The script to sync pictures is like this:

    # file 'droidip' contains the local wifi ip of the phone.  
dip=$(cat droidip)

rsync --append-verify --progress  -avz -e "ssh -p 2222" root@$dip:/sdcard/DCIM/Camera newphonepix

    Truthfully it was as much about learning rsync as anything, and now I’m sticking with it because momentum I guess. adb is way faster if you really need to move a lot of files.

  • czardestructo@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    Foldersync pro has worked flawlessly for me for over a decade. At first I just used samba on my LAN and it would sync at night but then I spun up new and more services and it supports most all of them. I highly recommend.

  • essell@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    I have SMBsync2 copy over any photos older than 30 days to a location on my local network.

    Its free, doesn’t run in the background and requires very little setup