Anthony
IImmich
•Created by Anthony on 3/27/2025 in #help-desk-support
Switching from iCloud to Immich in a cleaner way
Hello ! Sorry if it's a duplicate, I searched through the documentation and this channel and didn't find any advice on this topic.
I have an Apple Photos account with arround 35.000 photos, across 10 years. I installed Immich with the objective to switch everything to it and stop paying for iCloud in the coming months. When I run the app on iOS, it rightfully scans my iCloud and starts uploading, but for it to be efficient I would need to let my phone plugged in with Immich in the foreground, which is not something I can do.
I also have a physical backup of those files on a NAS, that I have done a few days ago, so it's pretty up to date. I could just use this folder as an external library but my phone will still try to push my albums to Immich everytime I open the app.
So my question is simple : is there a way on iOS to only push the new photos to Immich and not care about other pictures ?
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