Kept keeps your iCloud Photos library backed up to your own NAS or Linux host over SFTP — originals and metadata, always current, no cloud subscription required.
Requires macOS 14 or later · a NAS or Linux host reachable over SFTP
A native menu bar app — no Dock icon, no cloud middleman.
Full-resolution originals plus EXIF and GPS metadata, mirrored to a folder layout on your own hardware.
New photos and edits sync automatically, on a schedule you control.
Remove a photo from your library and Kept removes it from the backup too — so the NAS reflects your library, not just accumulates it.
Talks to any NAS or Linux host with an SFTP server — Synology, QNAP, a home server, or anything else you already run.
Stages transfers in a bounded local cache rather than pulling your whole library onto disk at once.
No Dock icon, no window to manage — just a quiet menu bar item with sync status.
Kept moves photos directly from your iCloud Photos library to a host you choose and control. There's no intermediary service in between — your library never passes through anything Smond Studio operates.