The iPhoto library where youĪrchived your photos 10 years ago will need to be migrated into the most recent Apple Photos version. What one needs to understand is that pictures and videos are long-lasting digital assets. Recently, with the presentation of macOS Ventura we sawĪn extreme example of this, with my 2018 Mac Mini Of Apple, you may be forced to spend money on a more modern computer as your current one is removed from the list of In the case of Adobe, such upgrades will ultimately force you into a subscription. Like I said, I want to avoid closed-source, large applications by big names like Apple and Adobe, since they tend to All this has to use free software, because I need money to pay for petrol (€2.30/l in my country at time of writing).Event handling instead of polling, to minimise resource usage. Rsync here to avoid having to scan the whole folderĬontinuously. The script shall use efficient OS mechanisms like fswatch (which I previously combined with.The script shall run continuously in the background, monitoring the folder for new media files, so that I do not need.Duplicates will be detected and deleted from the target folder to save space.The old one ceases to work on new OS versions or Apple drops support for your machine. Ultimately make you hostage by holding your photos while they force you to pay/upgrade again and again when and Versions than I remember) or Adobe Lightroom is not a good long-term choice. Previous experience has taught me that relying on apps like Aperture (deprecated), Apple Photos (more incompatible.The hard drive is organised in a simple folder structure: ///.A script detects these new files and, after looking at each file’s EXIF metadata (date taken), sends the files to myĮxternal hard drive in an organised structure.Power and network cable connected to the Mini. Ideally, this workflow should work with only a I should not need to log into the machine to AirDrop files into it.The files are saved by AirDrop in a folder in my Mac Mini.Send my pictures and video to my Mac Mini using AirDrop (Apple’s wireless file transfer that works pretty well).Is the image above a familiar sight? To me it is, and I today I am showing you how to implement an automated workflowįor organising my media. ICloud always full! Filming in 4k fills up my iCloud drive in minutes! Making the synchronisation script run in the background and on startup.Selecting a media organisation software.
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