#Instructions to install google backup and sync update

Currently gphotos-sync will refresh your localД¬opy with any new photos added since the last scan but will not update any photos that have been modified in GoogleДЄ.

There is no way to discover modified date of library media items.

To Google and this project will be updated once they are resolved.

If you have shared albums and have clicked вЂadd to libraryвЂ™ on items from othersвЂ™ libraries then you will have twoД¬opies of those items and they will show as duplicates too.ДЄ few outstanding limitations of the Google API restrict what can be achieved.

Was originally created using gphotos-sync). It will run without it but will not be able toД®xtract metadata from video files and revert to relying on Google Photos meta data and file modified date (this isДЄ much less reliable way to match video files, but the results should be OK if the backup folder

#Instructions to install google backup and sync code

the comparison code uses an external tool вЂffprobeвЂ™.

This is a flat structureДЄnd the symlink filenames have a numeric prefix to make them unique and group the duplicates together.

duplicates - contains symlinks to any duplicate files found in the comparison folder.

The folder structure is the same as the photos folder.

extra_files - contains symlinks into to the files in photos folder which appear in the Library but not in theД¬omparison folder.

These are theДЇiles that you would upload to Google Photos via the Web interface to restore from backup. The folder structure is the same as that in the comparison folder.

missing_files - contains symlinks to the files in the comparison folder that were not found in the Google.

comparison a new folder off of the specified root containing the following:.

The additional folders after a comparison will be:

That the files are arranged in the same folders, it uses meta-data in the files such as create date andД®xif UID to match pairs of items. The option is used to make aД¬omparison of the contents of your library with a local folder such as a previous backup. In addition there will be further folders when using the вЂ“compare-folder option. The files are symlinks to content in the photos folder.

albums - contains a folder hierarchy representing the set of albums and shared albums in your library.

Of the file (this matches the approach used in the official Google tool for Windows). Will be as per the original upload except that duplicate names will have a suffix вЂ (n)вЂ™ where n is the duplicate number Structure вЂphotos/YYYY/MMвЂ™ where вЂYYYY/MMвЂ™ is the date the photo/video was taken.

photos - contains all photos and videos from your Google Photos Library organized into folders with the.

#Instructions to install google backup and sync full

ДЄfter doing a full sync you will have 2 directories off of the specified root: This project uses the new Google Photos API see. Google Photos, but also the album information and additional Google Photos вЂCreationsвЂ™ (animations, panoramas, Google Photos Sync downloads your Google Photos to the local file system. For a very good description and detailed instructions see LogixвЂ™s Article at Linux Uprising