Photanchor for macOS
Know what is safe before you trust the copy.
Photanchor turns iCloud Drive and Apple Photos uncertainty into a readable safety dashboard, then helps you create and verify a second copy on your own drive.
Local-first. No file or photo uploads. macOS 14 or later.
Safety Dashboard
Know what is safe before you copy.
Local scans explain what appears local, what may only be in iCloud, and what is ready for a second copy.
Photos
Needs review6,596 items
iCloud Drive
Action91 cloud-only
Second Copy
ProExternal ready
Verification
NextSample pending
The product
Sync status is not backup confidence.
iCloud keeps devices in step. Photanchor focuses on the missing question: what is actually available locally, what can be copied, and whether the second copy can be read.
Read-only safety scans
Photanchor explains what appears local, what may only be in iCloud, what is waiting, and what cannot be verified from your Mac.
External-drive second copy
Prepare and copy eligible local files into a Photanchor-owned folder without mirror-delete behavior.
Verification and restore confidence
Check that copied files can be read, then validate a small restore sample in a temporary folder.
Local-first licensing
Purchases and activation never upload paths, Photos metadata, scan results, manifests, checksums, files, or photos.
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