Cleaning up my 200GB iCloud with some JavaScript

Post by mysteria » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 7:57 PM UTC

nytesky wrote: post #130

mysteria wrote: post #98

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As someone who has a Proxmox cluster at home (storage on RAIDZ, hot backups with PBS, cold backups on external HDDs) I literally recommend cloud storage for most people that ask me about backup solutions as it's simply not worth it for the average user. Those people already have all their data in the cloud anyways and share it on Facebook et al and they don't really care about the privacy side. Remember it's not just…

Yeah I have always backed up to external drives and had cloud storage. But now I learn there isn’t rot, so I have to either build a RAID and have refresh software that rewrites and validates, or just buys a new drive every 3 years and backup all over again. And that’s a simple setup.

Post by Dalewyn » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 8:22 PM UTC

nirvdrum wrote: post #112

Dalewyn wrote: post #69

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>So as a consumer, do I just wave my hands and keep throwing more and more money at the problem, Yes. I can go and buy 1TB of Microsoft OneDrive or 2TB of Google Drive for less than a Franklin a year, and most people won't even need 1TB let alone 2TB. Both Microsoft and Google also offer 100GB plans for a Jackson a year, which is what I purchase myself. The average person can get by paying a Washington per month to A…

> For the downvoters, consider this: If I were to manage all this myself, I would need at least three storage mediums with one being a different form factor to satisfy the 3-2-1 backup scheme. I would also need to procure arrangements for that third backup copy in the 3-2-1 scheme. And I would need to spend time managing it all. > That is going to cost me more than a Franklin per year. Life is short, my time is preci…

Post by asdaq1312512 » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 8:38 PM UTC

Groxx wrote: post #142

asdaq1312512 wrote: post #53

Photos.app doesn't show file size… so I thought, why not build a little Photos.app extension or a separate app that queries for large files? Turns out that the API doesn't expose "file size", at least I didn't find a straight-forward way. I think that all "photos" or "videos" are just a view of the underlying "photo or video object". If you crop a video, the full-size video will remain. Only if you export the video,…

Since you're willing to write since code apparently: have you checked the internal databases? They're just sqlite, moderately understandable at a glance last time I looked.

Post by sbr464 » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 8:53 PM UTC

w-ll wrote: post #144

Groxx wrote: post #142

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Since you're willing to write since code apparently: have you checked the internal databases? They're just sqlite, moderately understandable at a glance last time I looked.

Side note, been a while sense i looked, is there a sqlite db for the contacts table?

Post by treesknees » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 9:09 PM UTC

spockz wrote: post #131

I’ve been on a similar hunt. My devices are littered with copies of videos that were shared via iMessage, WhatsApp, and other means. Each of these apps then store the copy locally which then gets backed up in iCloud. Unfortunately I haven’t found a way to automatically delete all the videos/photos that I send which still have the original in the photo stream. It would be awesome to be able to automate that.