iPhone favourite sync

README.md

Sync your favourited photos from your iOS device

Dependencies

brew.sh

brew install libimobiledevice
brew cask install osxfuse
brew install ifuse

Usage

Mount your device's filesystem

mkdir ~/iPhone
ifuse ~/iPhone

List your favourited photos

cd ~/iPhone
echo "SELECT ZDIRECTORY || '/' || ZFILENAME FROM ZGENERICASSET WHERE ZFAVORITE = 1;" | sqlite3 PhotoData/Photos.sqlite | tee favs.txt

Copy them to your computer

cd ~/iPhone
mkdir -p ~/Favourites
rsync -aP --files-from=favs.txt . ~/Favourites

favourites.sh

#!/bin/sh
# first:  ifuse ~/iPhone

output=~/Favourites
mkdir -p "$output"

cd ~/iPhone
echo "SELECT ZDIRECTORY || '/' || ZFILENAME FROM ZGENERICASSET WHERE ZFAVORITE = 1;" \
    | sqlite3 PhotoData/Photos.sqlite \
    | rsync -aP --files-from=- . "$output"