I recently noticed that my nextcloud instance was missing photos. I have the android app set to automatically upload my photos. When I need to clear up space on my phone, I make a separate backup (because I’m a paranoid SOB and hard drives are relatively cheap). I noticed that nextcloud auto upload missed about 10% of the photos. I’m not going to bash the nextcloud devs, as I recognize that I am using a free product and am owed nothing, but I’m making this post so others are aware of this risk. Apparently I’m not alone https://help.nextcloud.com/t/android-client-does-not-auto-upload-all-images/216849/14

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    8 hours ago

    I thought with this for years. It’s unreliable and buggy on Android and iPhone. I caved and paid for some photo sync app and it’s been super stable.

    That or folder sync on Android. Then feed into immich or photosphere.

    I spent many nights running diff and comparing sources and destinations and md5sums and so on

    • tatann@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Is that the proprietary FolderSync or is there a FOSS solution for syncing folders ?

      I used FolderSync with OneDrive (in the past) a’d it worked ok, not shitting on it, I’m just looking for a FOSS equivalent with Nextcloud

        • tatann@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Thanks but the goal is to sync with the “cloud”, for backup in case of fire or something.

          I have hundreds (thousand ?) of albums I need to backup. I can reencode them cause 98% are on CD, but if I loose both my computers and my CDs, I’m done :/

          I only use cloud backup for music and the few photos I take with my phone so I don’t really need real-time syncing.