Exporting Photos¶

Open Library → Automations to create a sync. This walkthrough takes you through setup, preview, and the first run.

Set Up the Sync¶

Create a Send Sync¶

Choose New automation → Send to…, select Folder, OneDrive, Google Photos, Immich, or a published custom send service, and name the sync.

Connect an Account¶

For a photo service, complete Account first. Syncs using the same service account share its sign-in; if it needs access for sending as well as importing, Yaffo asks you to sign in for that access.

Choose the Destination¶

Choose the destination in Folder and options. A Folder destination must be outside your library. Folder and OneDrive targets offer folder layouts; Folder also offers JPEG conversion and a photo-frame-sized option.

Choose What to Send¶

In What to send, choose An album, Photos matching a filter, or A custom rule. Album membership follows your edits. Filters are checked again on each run, so new matches are sent and photos that stop matching leave the selection. Choose at least one filter to use this option.

Build a Custom Rule¶

A custom rule opens the selection builder. Describe which photos to send, their destination collections and captions where the service supports them, then test and publish the rule. It selects photos; the sync performs the transfers.

Preview the Transfer¶

Use Test to preview the selected photos and destinations. Turn the sync on after reviewing what will be sent and how removals are handled.

Run the Sync¶

After enabling the sync, Run now is available for the first transfer.

Syncs send photos in batches and remember completed work. An interrupted run can continue later. Changing the account, destination, selection, or access may require turning the sync on again after another review.

What Happens When a Photo Leaves the Selection?¶

The review before enabling explains the destination's removal policy. Removing a photo from its selected album, making it stop matching the filter, or deleting it from Yaffo can remove the copy at the destination:

Destination	Removal behavior
Folder	Remove from destination moves only unchanged copies Yaffo made to the Trash. Keep at destination leaves copies there. Other files and edited copies are protected.
OneDrive	Yaffo removes its own unchanged copy. A copy changed remotely is protected.
Google Photos	Yaffo removes membership from its album; the uploaded photo stays in your Google Photos library.
Immich	The photo leaves the album. A photo Yaffo uploaded also goes to Immich's trash; a photo already there before the sync is kept.
Custom service	The published service defines what can be removed; check its setup review.

If a remote copy is deleted, Items can show that it was removed there. Yaffo keeps the library photo and does not automatically send that same copy again.

Each sync has one direction. Imports do not bring over albums or send library edits back to the source. Creating an import and a send sync for the same service does not make a two-way mirror.

Schedule and Monitor the Sync¶

Set the Schedule¶

New syncs start with a nightly schedule. Open When to adjust it; with no triggers, the sync runs only when you start it manually. Album send syncs also react to membership changes and library deletions.

Check Run History¶

Check Run history for progress. Expand Items to search photos, filter statuses, and read failure reasons. Fix the problem before using Retry failed. If an account needs sign-in again, reconnecting also fixes other syncs using the same account. Turn the sync off to pause automatic runs. Changes to setup or access can require another review before turning it on again.

Automations — triggers, run history, and custom rules.
Creating a Photo Service — add a service outside the built-in choices.
Importing Photos — copy photos into your library.