What does Download for Mac get me?
Porter.dmg, for macOS 14 or later. It is not on the App Store, and it does not ask for an account.
Image Capture keeps hanging. What is different?
Image Capture can stop halfway and leave you guessing which files arrived. Porter hashes each file while he writes it, reads it back, and counts the card again. The stamp stays not safe yet until that check passes. A stopped run can resume, and files already copied are skipped by content.
My iCloud is full. Does Porter free it?
No. He does not free iCloud, and he does not buy you more space. He copies the photos and videos onto a drive you pick and checks every file, so the backup does not depend on iCloud having room. If iCloud Photos is on, deleting from the phone deletes everywhere. The app says so. Emptying the phone is your call, after the stamp says backed up.
Does he delete anything from my card or phone?
Never. He does not write to the card or the phone, in any mode. Image Capture can delete from the device if you tell it to. Porter will not.
Does my footage get uploaded?
No. A run makes no network calls. The words he says can come from a model on the Mac, and that model does not decide the verdict. The footage stays on your drives.
Can he copy to two drives?
Yes. One copy is the default. A second drive is optional, in the same run, from the same read. If that drive is missing, he can catch it up later. Until both are checked, the stamp says 1 of 2 copies.
What does Mirror do?
Pick any two drives. Each ends up with every file the other has, matched by content, wherever it is filed. Nothing is deleted or replaced. A name clash keeps both files. What he copies is read back and checked.
How does filing work?
By month, by day, by day and a shoot name, by place, or by camera. Places are named on the Mac from the photo's location, and you can rename one. He remembers a camera by its serial, so the next card uses the same folders and names. You see the plan before he copies.
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