icloudpd 1.24.0

icloudpd is a command-line tool to download photos and videos from iCloud.

iCloud Photos Downloader

A command-line tool to download all your iCloud photos.

Install

pip install icloudpd

Windows

pip install icloudpd --user

Plus add C:\Users\<YourUserAccountHere>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python<YourPythonVersionHere>\Scripts to PATH. The exact path will be given at the end of icloudpd installation.

macOS

Add /Users/<YourUserAccountHere>/Library/Python/<YourPythonVersionHere>/bin to PATH. The exact path will be given at the end of icloudpd installation.

Usage

icloudpd --directory /data --username [e-mail] --watch-with-interval 3600

Synchronization logic can be adjusted with command-line parameters. Run the following to get full list:

icloudpd --help

Getting Python & Pip

You can get Python with accompanying Pip from Official site.

Alternatives for Mac

Command Line Tools from Apple

Apple provides Python & Pip as part of the Command Line Tools for Xcode. They can be downloaded from Apple Developer portal or installed with

xcode-select --install

Use pip3 to install icloudpd:

pip3 install icloudpd

Homebrew package manager

Homebrew is open source package manager for macOS. Install Homebrew (if not already installed):

which brew > /dev/null 2>&1 || /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install Python (includes pip):

brew install python

Alternative for Linux (Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python

More

See Project page for more details.