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One-button run
Scan, verified backup, destination sync, preflight, and safe deletion — the whole run in one press.
macOS 14+ · v1.347 controlled beta · free
Your camera roll deserves more than one backup.
Camera Zapper moves, verifies, syncs, and — only when you approve — safely deletes media from cameras, cards, Android phones, tablets, and folders on your Mac.
Free for macOS · 3.9 MB · Apple Silicon or Intel
✓ SHA-256 verified copies
✓ Private-only uploads
✓ Deletes only after every required check
✓ No telemetry · no data sold
Why it exists
Built because everything else was half-baked.
I built Camera Zapper for my own Macs because the sync apps out there were incomplete, awkward, or tied to a single destination. I wanted one understandable workflow — local safety staging, my NAS, Apple Photos, Google Photos, Flickr, private YouTube backup, and NeoFinder — without guessing what finished or risking originals.
— Zebtron
What it does
One workflow, every destination, nothing lost.
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SHA-256 verified
Interruption-safe local staging. Nothing is deleted until it's provably copied.
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NAS catch-up
Reconnect to your LAN or VPN and it resumes right where it left off.
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Many destinations
Apple Photos, Google Photos session albums, Flickr, private YouTube, and NeoFinder — at once.
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Android, first-class
USB or wireless ADB with guided troubleshooting — no iPhone required.
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Remembers your gear
Offline device history, nicknames, facts, and sync status persist between runs.
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Dedup receipts
Durable, multi-Mac-aware deduplication so files never get copied twice.
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Guided setup, portable settings
A seven-step wizard tests destinations and deletion gates. Export the safe configuration for another Mac while credentials stay local.
Destinations & formats
Backs up to the places you actually use.
Local archiveNAS (SMB)Apple Photos
Google PhotosFlickrPrivate YouTubeNeoFinder
Ingests JPEG, HEIC/HEIF, PNG, TIFF, major camera RAW (Sony ARW, Fuji RAF, Canon CR2/CR3, Nikon NEF/NRW, Olympus ORF, Panasonic RW2, DNG, GoPro GPR) and video (MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, AVI, MTS/M2TS, 3GP, WebM). Cloud services accept provider-specific subsets — see the manual.
How it works
Four steps. Originals stay safe.
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Connect
Plug in a device or choose an ingest folder.
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Press go
Hit Sync, Verify & Safely Delete.
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Watch it work
Live progress for every file and destination.
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Safe delete
Originals are removed only after every required check passes.
Private by design
Your media stays yours.
- Private-only uploads. Camera Zapper can't accidentally publish a YouTube video or a Flickr photo, and it never creates a shared Google Photos link.
- Safe by default. Source deletion stays blocked until every service you mark required has verified that exact file.
- No personal defaults. Fresh installs ship with no device names, hostnames, or paths — just a local archive at
~/Pictures/Camera Zapper/Archive, with NAS and cloud disabled until you turn them on. - No telemetry. Nothing phones home. No analytics, no data sold — ever.
Download Camera Zapper
v1.347 controlled beta · macOS 14+ · 3.7 MB · Apple Silicon or Intel
Release details and files are loaded from GitHub Releases.
First launch: Control-click the app → Open (this build isn't notarized yet).
SHA-256 587a3a630c046b2fc5db5e81b8841b2f9e1b44f693ff6fae587d6dd57d1a3f37
SHA256SUMS.txt ↗
⚑ Controlled beta. A hands-on testing build, not a notarized public release.
Google / Flickr / YouTube OAuth is still in review. Start with noncritical media and keep deletion confirmation on while you test.
Free & open source (MIT) — read or build the code on GitHub.
Install & Android setup
Up and running in a couple of minutes.
- Open
Zebtron-Camera-Zapper-1.347.dmgand drag Zebtron Camera Zapper into Applications. - Control-click the app → Open the first time; approve the Photos / removable-media / folder / automation prompts.
- For Android: install ADB with
brew install android-platform-tools, enable USB debugging, connect, and choose Probe Again. (ADB handles detection, listing, on-device hashing, transfer, and confirmed deletion.) - Enable only the destinations you actually use, and leave automatic deletion off until several manual runs check out.
Setting up destinations: version 1.347 includes a seven-step Setup Wizard. Choose only the services you use, test each destination, decide which must succeed before deletion, and arrange their priority. Unselected services stay quietly marked Not set up. Settings can be exported for another Mac or upgrade; passwords, API secrets, OAuth tokens, and Keychain data are never included.
Feedback
Found a bug?
Email a quick report, or file a public issue on GitHub — either helps more than you'd think.
Camera Zapper is independently maintained in limited spare time. Every useful report is appreciated, but replies and fixes may take a while. Thank you for your patience.
Keep it free
No paywall. No ads. No data sold. Ever.
If Camera Zapper saves you the headache it saved me, buy me a beer — it covers hosting and keeps the updates coming.
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