iCloud Photo Downloader

Jon Seager (jnsgruk) Publisher Star developer Star developer

Install latest/stable of iCloud Photo Downloader

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

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Install using the command line

sudo snap install icloudpd

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A command-line tool to download photos from iCloud

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)

Details for iCloud Photo Downloader

License
  • Apache-2.0

Last updated
  • 1 October 2025 - latest/stable
  • 1 October 2025 - latest/candidate

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