What we're building.
The Apple Photos integration will talk to the Photos library through the macOS PhotoKit framework — Apple's own sanctioned path, no library-file surgery, no fragile scripts. SyncShot will ask Photos.app for access once, you grant it, and from then on Photos becomes a destination like any other: a target on the workflow card you tick or untick.
Files will land as the originals shot them — JPEG, HEIC, RAW, video — and be filed into the named album you nominate on the workflow. Metadata Photos already understands (timestamps, location, orientation) will land alongside the files.
Why it's worth waiting for.
- Parallel writes
- Apple Photos will join the same multi-destination job as your other targets. The same SD card read that fills the archive drive and the NAS will, in the same pass, land an imported copy in your Photos library.
- Verified copies
- Every file imported into Photos will be hash-checked against the source before SyncShot marks the copy complete, the same verification model that already protects copies to drives and S3 today.
- Workflow templates
- Apple Photos will be a selectable destination in saved workflows. Your personal-shoot template can drop into a 'Family' album by default; your client-shoot template can leave Photos untouched. Set once, picked with a tick.
- Named album drops
- Pick (or create) a target album per workflow. The trip you shot in March goes into the 'March 2026' album; the client gallery you shot last week goes into 'Client: Acme'. No manual drag from the inbox.
What ships today.
SyncShot already offloads to multiple destinations right now — in parallel, verified, from the same job. If you were hoping Apple Photos would be one of them today, the shipping workaround is to point a workflow at a local drive (your Mac's disk or an external SSD) and drag the finished folder into Photos.app once it lands.
External drives, NAS shares, FTP, and S3 are shipping too — pick as many as the shoot needs. When Apple Photos lands as a first-class destination, it joins that list. Until then, your work has a home in a working destination, not a waiting room.
Tell me when it ships.
When the Apple Photos integration ships, we'll email you the day it lands. No marketing, no upsell — just the heads-up, and a download link if you don't already have the app.
Working today — Local drive (today) is the closest workaround. Or browse everything SyncShot loves.