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Syncing Recents from iOS but photos already uploaded with cli.

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Hi, hoping someone can help me figure this out.

I am running immich with docker compose on my home server.
I decided to download my icloud library to the server using the icloud download tool. I then used the immich uploader to add them all to the immich server.
The reason for this is that i couldn't fit all the original size files on my phone so syncing them would result in the low quality images being added to the server (right?)
I want to use the automatic backup/sync feature on iOS app but if I add the Recents album on the app it will reupload everything again (~350GB).
I though maybe I could create the Recents album on the server and add all the photos to it there but doesn't appear to be an easy way to do that (a lot of scrolling and clicking) . Would this even work or is there another approach I should take to get my camera roll auto syncing?
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