File structure when syncing from Google Photos to Dropbox

[Jamie_Turner]

Hi,

I am attempting to sync from Google Photos to Dropbox.

Files are being transferred, so that's a good start.

However during the process, files are being duplicated on the Dropbox side.

I’ve noticed that rclone creates thje follwoing directories:

album/[subfolder]
feature/favourites
media/all
media/by-day
media/by-month
media/by-year
shared-album

The challenge I'm facing is that media/all contains every photo.

Then copies of each photo (up to 4 copies) are placed in the following directories.

album/[subfolder]
media/by-day
media/by-month
media/by-year

THis is very annoying and taking ages to transfer

Any ideas on how to move forward?

Thanks!

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

welcome to the forum,

you can choose what to copy by specifying the path, instead of copying from root.

@Jamie_Turner

The challenge I'm facing is that media/all contains every photo.

can exclude folders, something like
rclone ls remote: --exclude=/media/all/

@Jamie_Turner

THis is very annoying and taking ages to transfer

if you want to make a backup of your google photos you might choose to backup remote:media/by-month

[Jamie_Turner]

I did not read the ******* instructions.....

Thanks for highlighting this!