Using icloudpd

icloudpd is a python utility to download images from icloud. Handy to make backups as I don't want to only rely on icloud to have my images.

pip page

Github repo

Installation:

pip install icloudpd==1.17.0

A sample script that I use:

#!/usr/bin/bash

icloudpd --directory /home/username/images/icloud \
    --recent 3000 \
    --username email@example.com \
    --password password \

This script will get the most recent 3000 images. You can skip that flag to do a full sync.

There may be a prompt to do the 2 factor authentication so you will need your phone.