Related projects

The following projects are useful for understanding additional details about how Photos stores information about photos. Several of these are either no longer maintained or only work for older versions of Photos libraries but are none the less useful for reference.

• patrikhson/photo-export: Exports older versions of Photos databases. Provided the inspiration for osxphotos.
• orangeturtle739/photos-export: Set of scripts to export Photos libraries.
• ndbroadbent/icloud_photos_downloader: Download photos from iCloud. Currently unmaintained.
• AaronVanGeffen/ExportPhotosLibrary: Another python script for exporting older versions of Photos libraries.
• MossieurPropre/PhotosAlbumExporter: Javascript script to export photos while maintaining album structure.
• ajslater/magritte: Another python command line script for exporting photos from older versions of Photos libraries.
• neilpa/phace: Go project with the goal of exporting face tag data from the Photos library.
• iphoto2xmp: Ruby project to export an Apple iPhoto image library to a new directory (using hardlinks) with all metadata saved in XMP sidecar files.
• abentele/PhotosExporter: Swift implementation that worked well with macOS 10.14, but not compatible with 10.15. Used in photossync/PhotosSync which is not maintained any more.