What problem does it solve?
This Skill eliminates the risk of permanent iPhone photo and video loss during phone storage cleanup, and removes the frustration of unorganized, hard-to-access media backups spread across multiple devices or cloud services.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Backup-first safety workflow: Never requires deleting phone media until a verified, complete raw archive is created and you give explicit approval for cleanup.
- Finder-browsable date-organized archives: Creates structured, external drive-based media folders sorted by capture date, so you can browse photos and videos like any local file collection without relying on proprietary Photos apps or iCloud.
- End-to-end integrity verification: Validates backup health, archive completeness, file decodability, and correct Live Photo/AAE sidecar pairing to avoid corrupted or missing media.
- Use Case: If you need to free up iPhone storage but want to keep all your photos and videos accessible offline on a portable external drive, this Skill guides you through every step to create a verified archive before you approve any phone-side deletions.
Quick Start
Use the iphone-media-archive skill to create a verified, date-organized raw photo and video archive on your mounted external drive from your latest iPhone backup, and confirm the archive is complete before you approve deleting any media from your phone.
