data-transfer-project

I would argue that it is exactly in line with Apple's brand identity. Pretty much everybody agrees that you need to backup your cloud storage as well as your local computer, and Apple even backs up your i-devices to the cloud, and yet, there is no automated way of backing up your iCloud storage. About a decade ago, Google initiated the Data Transfer Framework[1] that allows you to transfer data from one cloud provider to another, directly from provider to provider instead of downloading it first. It sadly appears to not have gotten enough traction to be of any use. [1]: https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project

It's not just your parents. I've moved everything to the cloud. I have nothing running at home except networking gear, and a small "server" that pulls nightly backups from the clouds to a local USB drive. In theory i could probably do without the local server if looking at Apple/Microsoft/Google data redundancy (Microsoft is multi geo, i can't figure out what Apple is). Sadly i need to guarantee that some random account closure doesn't remove all my data, so the backup server stays for now. The way cloud prices are going, it will only be a question of months/years before it's cheaper/easier to just utilize two cloud services, one for main storage and one for backup storage, and with projects like the data transfer project [1], you don't even need to download them first. [1] https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project

Indeed, common data structures across platforms feels more common than specialized ones, biggest difference seems to mostly sit in the UI/UX layer at this point. Data Transfer project is also trying to define some common data models that companies can use to ensure they export/import agreed data models, although it's still not very extensive: https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/tree/master/...

Maybe these two are also relevant: https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project https://datatransferproject.dev/

Or you could read DTP site instead of axe-grinding "DTP is an open source project centered around the idea that less-resourced companies can use and build on the common models and codebase developed by the community of contributors. All companies are welcome to participate." https://datatransferproject.dev/faq or you could look at the source and see such big tech oligopolists as 'mastodon' and 'rememberthemilk' https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/tree/master/...

That's interesting, and it's the first I've heard of the project. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Apple has yet released the adaptors to the open source project [1]. As much as I'm not interested in having Apple copy my photos to Google, I am very interested in scripting my own offline backups without having to make space for Photos.app to store all my photos on my laptop's SSD. Hopefully the adaptors are added to the project soon. [1] https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/tree/master/...

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Somehow I had never heard of it - https://datatransferproject.dev/updates There does seem to be some activity, although it also seems to be slowing a bit... https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/graphs/code-...

The adapter is also opensource https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/927

Genius. Open source it so that only the most committed nerds like us would actually use this. God forbid they actually put a BUTTON somewhere in the actual UI to initiate the transfer. God forbid, people might actually USE THIS. No build or usage instructions in teh README: https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project All the Documentation is instructions on how to build custom data transfer projects for YOUR service rather than how to actually use it with Facebook and Google Photos: https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/tree/master/...

Previous threads. The Data Transfer Project: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17574707 137 points l2dy 4 days ago 50 comments https://datatransferproject.dev/ -- The Data Transfer Project: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17580502 97 points cududa 3 days ago 47 comments https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project