AR-CADE / Photo utility

Photo
Time Machine.

Your photo library shouldn't become a storage unit you never visit. Photo Time Machine helps organize Apple Photos, protect originals in Dropbox, review cleanup safely, and actually find the pictures you forgot you had.

Built around explicit review. Destructive cleanup is never automatic.
The method

Archive first.
Delete only on purpose.

Dropbox acts as the long-term archive. Apple Photos can stay the active, recent library. PTM keeps the workflow understandable between them.

01 CONNECTConnect your sources

Apple Photos, Dropbox, and selected folders remain under your control.

02 CHOOSEWork in batches

Tackle the backlog or process newer photos without staring down the whole mountain.

03 PROTECTOrganize or archive

Add to Apple albums, or create and verify a permanent Dropbox archive copy.

04 REVIEWClean up safely

Review duplicates, screenshots, and verified Apple Photos copies before anything destructive.

What it does

A photo librarian,
not a bulldozer.

PTM is designed to help you make decisions, not quietly make irreversible ones for you.

Unified Library

Browse cataloged photos and videos across the sources PTM knows about.

Search & Rediscover

Use dates, places, metadata, and visual analysis to surface forgotten groups and moments.

Verified Dropbox Archive

Archive selected Apple Photos originals and verify the external copy before treating them as protected.

Archived & Verified

See what is safely protected and decide which Apple Photos copies should stay or go.

Duplicate Review

Compare candidate pairs while both copies are in front of you. PTM suggests; you decide.

Guided Tasks

Follow common goals one step at a time instead of learning the whole app at once.

The safety rule

Archive → verify → catalog → review → delete. If the archive check fails, cleanup stops. The originals get the benefit of the doubt.