Saving money on Google Photos with Immich: Your own personal photo storage

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Post by speckx » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC

Saving money on Google Photos with Immich: Your own personal photo storage
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Post by pavel_lishin » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC

> The ability to upload photos from your device automatically

I don't think the article actually covers this; they mention installing the immich app on your device and uploading a photo, but it's not at all clear that this will automatically back up all photos taken on your phone.

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Post by toomuchtodo » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #2

> The ability to upload photos from your device automatically I don't think the article actually covers this; they mention installing the immich app on your device and uploading a photo, but it's not at all clear that this will automatically back up all photos taken on your phone.

Docs for context: https://docs.immich.app/features/mobile-backup/

https://github.com/immich-app/immich

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Post by normalaccess » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

Fantastic project. I have been using it for about a year and have had no problems yet. Building another box to deploy for family.

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Post by exabrial » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

Can this sync when you migrate onto LAN?

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Post by toomuchtodo » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

exabrial wrote: post #5

Can this sync when you migrate onto LAN?

> By default, Immich will only upload photos and videos when connected to Wi-Fi. You can change this behavior in the backup settings page.

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Post by _ink_ » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC

Great project, saved my photos when the Pixel device wasn't as waterproof as promised.

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Post by LandoCalrissian » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:33 PM UTC

I switched earlier this year and it has been really good. Exporting and uploading your google photos is a little time consuming because of the size, but other than that pretty pain free.

After using it for a while I actually prefer it to google photos and think it does quite a few things better. I would recommend switching for sure.

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Post by _blk » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:33 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #2

> The ability to upload photos from your device automatically I don't think the article actually covers this; they mention installing the immich app on your device and uploading a photo, but it's not at all clear that this will automatically back up all photos taken on your phone.

Easy read but indeed. That's what I read the article for. I'm very happy with Photoprism but the box is not always on and I'd like to keep a cached set of photos on my phone while also having automatic (multi-user) sync whenever the box is available..

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Post by carlosjobim » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC

"it’s now easier than ever"

Followed by 300 lines of obscure config commands and server configuration. Great...

My solution: I connect my iPhone once or twice a year and import my photos to a folder on my hard drive. Then I delete the old photos from the phone. That has worked fine for a couple of decades now.

Or you can use iCloud or Google Photos, which is about one dollar per month.