PhotoSync – transfer photos 4+

Backup to computer, NAS, cloud

touchbyte GmbH

    • 4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

PhotoSync – the best solution to wirelessly transfer, backup & share photos / videos to computer, NAS, other phones and popular cloud / photo services.

** Cross-platform solution with native apps for mobile devices, Windows & Mac. Also works on Linux
** Reliable and secure software – operating 12 years in the market and continuously updated
** No limitations – transfer and backup an unlimited number of photos & videos. Full resolution transfer with HEIC and RAW support; all metadata (EXIF, GPS) is preserved
** Flexible: Automatically organise files into folders by recording date, media type, album name and metadata on target device. Customisable file names
** Be totally independent of the cloud and iTunes
** Managed App Configuration over MDM or using a settings file (config.photosync-app.com)


—— MAIN FEATURES ——

Transfer to / from computer
• Directly transfer / backup photos & videos from iPhone / iPad to Windows PC or Mac. Photos & videos are transferred directly over the local Wi-Fi network. No Internet or cloud are required.
• Send photos & videos from Windows PC or Mac over Wi-Fi to iPhone / iPad. Received photos & videos are imported directly into the Camera Roll or an album you defined.

Transfer between phones and tablets
• Directly transfer photos & videos between devices over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or Personal Hotspot. No computer, Internet or cloud are required.

Transfer to / from NAS, cloud and photo services
• Backup photos & videos to NAS devices, home cloud and wireless portable hard drives over FTP, SMB, WebDAV and SFTP. PhotoSync works flawlessly with: Synology, QNAP, Buffalo NAS, ownCloud, NextCloud, WD MyCloud, TrueNAS, OpenMediaVault…
• Backup photos & videos to / from USB drives, iCloud Drive and local storage via the Files app (iOS13).
• Upload photos & videos to popular cloud and photo services like Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Photos, Flickr, OneDrive, SmugMug, Box, Zenfolio, pCloud…
• Transfer photos & videos directly between devices, services and NAS (e.g. OneDrive to SMB).

Visit photosync-app.com for a complete feature list.

LIMITATIONS
The free version of PhotoSync lets you fully test its transfer functionality. Photos & videos are, however, transferred in low quality. RAW and HEIC photos are converted to JPEG. You can remove these limitations by upgrading to PhotoSync Pro, a one-time purchase, inside the app.


—— PREMIUM FEATURES ——

Exclusive features for Premium users:

Autotransfer
Automatically transfer new photos & videos in the background to computer, NAS or supported cloud services, whenever you arrive at pre-selected locations or charge your device.

PhotoSync Camera
Take a photo with the built-in PhotoSync Camera and transfer it immediately to supported targets. Photo booth support over AirPlay & HDMI.

Advanced Siri Support & Workflows
Build powerful workflows using the Siri Actions “Transfer from Clipboard” & “Transfer new photos/videos” – possibilities are endless!

Client-Side Encryption – Protect Your Photos & Videos
Encrypt photos & videos before transfer to ensure safe storage on NAS and file-based cloud services.

Camera Support (Wi-Fi & USB)
Download from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus & Lumix cameras and cameras connected over WiFi or USB. (Wireless) tethering & photo booth support over Airplay & HDMI.

Additional Premium Services & Features
Support for Amazon S3, Backblaze & Wasabi cloud services, SanDisk iXpand USB Flash Drive, Toshiba FlashAir & Transcend Wi-Fi SD cards.

Visit premium.photosync-app.com for a complete feature list.

Premium features require an additional purchase (one-time purchase or subscription with free trial).


LEGAL
Duration and price of each subscription is displayed in the PhotoSync app at time of purchase. Payment is charged to the iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription and auto-renewal can be managed or turned off in the iTunes account settings.

Terms & Conditions: https://bit.ly/33KFb1G
Privacy Policy: https://bit.ly/30gkaKd

What’s New

Version 4.8.2

- New: For services with mulitple configurations (e.g. SMB, FTP, S3) the order of the configurations can now be changed
- New: When uploading to S3 & Wasabi PhotoSync now sets the "X-Amz-Meta-Mtime" header to the recording date of the photo & video. This header can also be interpreted by many 3rd party applications.
When enabling the new option "Query Recording date" PhotoSync will use this information to enable sorting by recording date when browsing photos & videos on S3 & Wasabi. Note: Enabling this option may slow down performance as it requires an additional query for each photo/video.
- New: When uploading to Backblaze, PhotoSync now sets the "X-Bz-Info-src_last_modified_millis" to the recording date of the photo & videos. This information is now also used when browsing Backblaze in PhotoSync, allowing sorting by recording date.
- Fixed: Issues with encrypted video uploads to S3, Wasabi and Backblaze. We recommend re-uploading these videos to an encrypted S3, Wasabi or Backblaze destination.
- Fixed: Wrong extension for XMP sidecar files, when "Keep original names" was enabled in "Expert Settings"
- Fixed: Videos were not recorded for more than 12 seconds in some cases when using the PhotoSync camera
- Fixed: PhotoSync now ignores when a USB or Wi-Fi camera disconnects (or goes to sleep) while a transfer is in progress
- Fixed: Transfers to SMB could result in error 22 in rare cases (e.g. when the target volume is exFAT formatted and mounted with fuse)
- Improved thumbnail loading performance for S3 based services

New in Version 4.8
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- New: Client-Side Encryption (Premium)
Encrypt photos & videos before transfer and store them encrypted on NAS and file-based cloud services. Browse and view encrypted photos & videos directly in PhotoSync.
Rclone and OpenSSL are supported, enabling easy workflow integration and seamless decryption on PC and Mac.
- New: Improved metadata support
Embedding metadata is now supported without re-encoding for most file types. PhotoSync can now also embed modified recording dates and tag photos / videos based on user album name, Moments / location name or media type.
- New: XMP support
XMP sidecar files containing all metadata information can now be transferred. This feature is optimal for integration into professional workflows. Configurable options: XMP files are always transferred; only for photos with edited metadata; only for RAW files with edited metadata; or never.
- New: "Display" option to detect modified / edited photos & videos as new: If you edit a photo or video after it has been transferred, PhotoSync will detect the photos / videos as new and the edited version will be re-transferred. This setting can be enabled under "Display Options" (iOS 16 and later).
- New: PhotoSync can now retain the whole album / folder structure when transferring between iOS devices. To enable this feature enable "Keep Album Structure (iOS only)" under Configure->Phone/Tablet. Preserving the favorite status and location info is supported when transferring between iOS devices.
- New: The PhotoSync Camera can now embed copyright info
- New: Added an option "Set transfer time/date only once" for sub-directory creation. This way only one sub-directory is created for every transfer session.
- New: Added a new custom format %SP for custom sub-directory creation based on media type (Live Photo, Screenshots...)
- New: Added new custom formats %MOT and %MOL to add the Moments title and Moments location into the file name or sub-directory name
- New: Added an option "Assign Live Photo MOV to photo folder" for sub-directory creation. When enabling this option both files of a Live Photo are stored in the photos folder, when the %2P or %3P format is used.
- New: Added option "Upload in Chunks" for WebDAV connections. This option is helpful e.g. for WebDAV servers proxied by CloudFare
- New: Added host key checks for SFTP connection
- New: Added an option to convert ProRes Videos to H264 or HEVC

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
1.7K Ratings

1.7K Ratings

Kilt65 ,

PhotoSync...great app!

Have been looking for a working solution to storing my photos from my phone to Windows 10. Who knew that this would not be an easy task to perform. While Windows 10 does cater for connecting your phone and copying photos and videos, it does not do so without chucking out errors...constantly.
Anyway, looked for solutions and since I only intended to copy photos and videos to my PC and then into a NAS, I came across this app which would allow me to sync them straight into my Synology NAS. Also needed something the rest of my family could use too, and since we can share this app through Family Sharing, it ticked all the boxes functionally for everyone. Very easy to use and documentation from Synology helped the sync process to the NAS be setup very quickly. We now don’t worry about making sure our memories are safe as a simple press of the sync icon is pretty much all it takes. Is this app for everyone? I have no idea, all I know is that it worked perfectly for myself and my family and if that helps you make a decision on using it then I’m glad it helped.
There are other sync options like FTP, Dropbox and several more so have a look at its features and see if it meets your needs.

Aron Rhys ,

Very pleased

As someone who prefers not to rely on cloud storage providers to manage my photos (ex-pro photographer, old habits die hard), I’ve really struggled to find a way to manage, back-up and organise my photos on my preferred mobile iOS and my PC/server.

The discovery of this application has been a game changer! I’ve been able to easily sync from my phone to any device I’ve needed to, I’ve been able to sync from my PC to my iPad a decades worth of photos and have the app auto-create all of the albums I spent days organising way-back-when and I can now back-up my phone to an external drive when away from my desktop.

Honestly, this app has me questioning whether or not I need a desktop anymore...

Daddy Dan G ,

Great app but issues backing up media from 3rd party apps

PhotoSync would be the perfect backup app if it could properly handle non native images and videos that can be put onto the camera roll by 3rd party apps when the default high efficiency saving format HEIC is enabled.
Turning on compatibility mode (saving as .jpg) partly address this issue.
Settings > camera > formats > Most Compatible

After IOS 13.x by default yourApple device will save photos and videos in high efficiency mode HEIC format
This is what causes PhotoSync to have issues with non-native files which are likely to be saved as .jpg

For example; if you save a photo from the Facebook app to your camera roll, PhotoSync thinks this photo is always new even after backing up. This is not an isolated issue. I have 16 files on my camera roll currently that are always marked as new that need backing up.
These files are from several different apps not just Facebook.

Slow motion Video clips recording by a GoPro camera synced to to our iPad/iPhone will cause PhotoSync to get stuck at 0% when trying to back these files up.
You either have manually copy these files off you device and delete them or untag them for backup so you then can’t use the all new files backup feature.

Once these are fixed this app gets 5 stars from me.

Developer Response ,

PhotoSync is fully compatible with HEIC and does not differentiate between photos saved by the iPhone Camera and 3rd party applications - the handling is exactly the same. 
The HEIC/most compatible setting in IOS only affects the Camera App by the way and not any 3rd party apps.

The issues you encountered regarding new detection are most likely related to the unique identifiers of photos/videos changed by iOS after a major upgrade. To work around this issue, please follow these instructions: https://bit.ly/2mJtWWM

We are happy to investigate any issues related to GoPRO camera, if you provide us a problematic file. Just write a quick mail to support@photosync-app.com for in depth support.

App Privacy

The developer, touchbyte GmbH, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Purchases
  • Identifiers
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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