iCloud Photo Downloader (icloudpd) Package name

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Details for iCloud Photo Downloader

Package name

icloudpd

License

Apache-2.0

Last updated

17 August 2026 - latest/stable
17 August 2026 - latest/candidate

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A command-line tool to download photos from iCloud

Three modes of operation:
- Copy - download new photos from iCloud (default mode)
- Sync - download new photos from iCloud and delete local files that were removed in iCloud (--auto-delete option)
- Move - download new photos from iCloud and delete photos in iCloud (--keep-icloud-recent-days option)
Support for Live Photos (image and video as separate files) and RAW images (including RAW+JPEG)
Automatic de-duplication of photos with the same name
One time download and an option to monitor for iCloud changes continuously (--watch-with-interval option)
Optimizations for incremental runs (--until-found and --recent options)
Photo metadata (EXIF) updates (--set-exif-datetime option)
...and many more (use --help option to get full list)

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