# PhotoDump Export

> PhotoDump Export is an app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with Apple silicon (M1 and later) that exports photos and videos from iCloud Photos, including files stored only in iCloud, directly to a USB or SSD drive, S3-compatible storage, or a REST server the user controls. It does not keep a second copy of migrated files in the phone's local storage, and requires no iCloud storage subscription to keep files accessible afterward. Made by 278labs.

Site: https://photodump.278labs.co.uk/
Studio: https://278labs.co.uk/
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/photodump-export/id6785649717
Platform: iOS 16+, iPadOS, macOS (Apple silicon, M1 and later). One-time purchase, no subscription. No account or sign-up. No third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDK in the app.

## Key facts

- Destinations: USB/SSD drive (100% local, the most mature option), S3-compatible object storage such as AWS S3 or self-hosted MinIO (Beta), and a REST server the user controls (Beta).
- Many export presets cover common cases: everything, favorites, videos, or anything older than a year.
- Export can be paused at any time and downloaded in parts; it resumes exactly where it stopped.
- Files are marked "safe to delete" from the phone only after they are confirmed on the destination.
- Migration can be paused and resumed at any time and resumes exactly where it stopped.
- One external drive can be shared across several iPhones; each device's files are tracked separately.
- Search and photo and location recognition run entirely on the device.
- Interface languages: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Kazakh.

## Pages

- [Support / FAQ](https://photodump.278labs.co.uk/support/): setup (USB/SSD, S3, REST), migration behaviour, Safe to Delete, search, storage and privacy basics.
- [Privacy Policy](https://photodump.278labs.co.uk/privacy/): no personal data is collected, transmitted to, or processed by the developer; all transfer happens directly between the user's device and the destination they configure. Includes GDPR and CCPA/CPRA sections.
- [iPhone storage full](https://photodump.278labs.co.uk/iphone-storage-full/), [No iCloud subscription](https://photodump.278labs.co.uk/no-icloud-subscription/), [Transfer photos to an external drive](https://photodump.278labs.co.uk/transfer-photos-to-external-drive/): use-case guides.

The home page, the guides, support and privacy pages are also available in Russian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Kazakh, under /ru/, /de/, /fr/, /es/, /pt-br/, /zh-hans/, /ja/, /ko/, /ar/ and /kk/ (for example https://photodump.278labs.co.uk/ru/ or https://photodump.278labs.co.uk/ru/support/).

Contact: sapar@278labs.co.uk

## Optional

- [Full documentation as plain text](https://photodump.278labs.co.uk/llms-full.txt): everything on this site in one file, for agents that prefer a single document.