PhotoLedger: Backup & Export

Keep your Mac’s storage light while maintaining a local archive of your original photos and videos.

PhotoLedger creates an external archive of your Photos library—even when Optimize Mac Storage is enabled. If your Mac stores space-saving versions of some items, PhotoLedger downloads the full-resolution originals as needed and exports them to your chosen external drive.

Your Photos library remains untouched and continues to be your source of truth. PhotoLedger creates a separate, organized archive of your original photos and videos.

Why PhotoLedger

Optimize Mac Storage helps prevent photos and videos from filling your Mac, but it means some full-resolution originals may be stored only in iCloud.

PhotoLedger gives you an additional local copy of those originals on an external drive, without modifying your existing Photos library.

Key Features

• Export full-resolution original photos and videos  
• Works with libraries using Optimize Mac Storage  
• Download originals from iCloud as needed  
• Create an organized archive on an external drive  
• Preserve album organization  
• Export favorites to a dedicated folder  
• Use incremental sync to export new items on future runs  
• Monitor progress and review export logs  
• Built to handle large photo libraries  

How It Works

1. Grant PhotoLedger access to your Photos library  
2. Choose an external archive destination  
3. Let PhotoLedger scan your library  
4. PhotoLedger downloads and exports originals as needed  
5. Run PhotoLedger again later to export newly added items  

Your Photos library remains the source of truth. PhotoLedger simply creates a separate external archive.

Free Library Scan:
Scan your Photos library for free to preview the estimated archive size and organization before exporting. A subscription or lifetime purchase is required to export your full archive.

Purchase Options:
Monthly — $1.99 per month  
Annual — One-week free trial, then $14.99 per year  
Lifetime — $39.99 one-time purchase  

Privacy
PhotoLedger processes your photo library entirely on your Mac. Your photos and videos are never uploaded, transmitted, or shared by PhotoLedger.

Privacy Policy:  
https://terminalloopstudios.com/photoledger-privacy-policy.html

Terms of Use:  
https://terminalloopstudios.com/photoledger-terms-of-service.html