Keep Your iCloud Data. Forever.

For photos worked exactly as I hoped/expected. For the iCloud Drive, it works also, I had hoped for more options but I really purchased it for photo backups anyway.

I’ve been needing something like this for a while. Works as design. So for no bugs

Very convenient and reliable.

I wish it could somehow work with BackBlaze (personal) to back up un-downloaded iCloud files with its file-by-file caching & backup, but it might not be feasible given how BackBlaze isn’t mounted in a normal way

True iCloud backup of my photos and drive has been a nagging todo list item for me for years. Thank you for Parachute Backup! (Whew!)

Perfect!!

I've read stories about losing access to iphotos and iCloud due to lost and stolen phones, payment issues, and fraud, so I was glad to see this app. It took me a while to get the settings right, but it works great. The developer is very responsive.

If you offload files to iCloud from local disk, they don't get picked up in your Time Machine backups, and who knows when Apple's servers decide to break. This lets me back them up separately to my local NAS.

This is such perfect fit for the job: back up my photos (and iCloud docs) locally so I have some healthy redundancy in my backups — and peace of mind. I love how simple and well thought out the backup scheduling is. Set it and forget it. Well done!

I love have a little extra security for my iCloud.

Love this app, simple, easy to use and spot on with its use case and that is backing up iCloud Drive and iCloud photos.

Parachute works flawlessly

I have been using this for several months now and it’s one of the few things that I have setup and don’t have to think about it runs in the background everyday and does what it needs to do.

I like the concept, if only it was a faster.

I bought this when the developer was selling it. Now I’ve read the new owners like to make subscriptions of everything. So although it works great, I’d advise against buying it unless you think you’ll be ok paying a subscription for what you thought was a purchase.

I don’t normally write reviews but this simple, reasonably priced tool actually backs up iCloud Photos and files. It makes using iCloud Drive as a primary tool now something I can consider, as it enables offline backup on my NAS. Great product.

This little well designed app just does what it says, which is HUGE. You can now back your iCloud Photos up to an external NAS for peace of mind. If you, like me, do not have enough space on the SSD of your Mac for all the pictures you took but happen to have a NAS then this app is just plain perfect. Well designed, it allows you to back your memories up somewhere other than “iCloud only”. The interface is intuitive and easy to understand, and the progress is visibile and can be monitored. Suggestion for future releases: - localization (languages) - better explain what happens if the Mac “goes to sleep” or the MacBook Pro gets disconnected and brought elsewhere where the NAS is unavailable, either in the middle of the backup (does it resume?) or inbetween backups. As for the rest? A great great app. Worth every penny. BTW also kudos for the “one time only” purchase system. These are rarer and rarer to find and need to be mentioned.

Bought this a couple weeks ago. Seemed to do fine at first. Then the incremental backups seemed to stop but without throwing an error. Now I am testing again with the help of the developer. Hopefully it’s just user error on my part.

This app is an absolute pleasure to use. The only thing I would love for it to do it allow multiple backup destinations. If that could be implemented this would make the app a complete game changer for my backup solutions.

I thought iCloud was a backup but thanks to Parachute I discovered that was not true. One week after I set up Parachute, I was cleaning up files in my Photos and accidentally deleted many photos, I was stunned when I realized what I did. I first checked Time Machine but that did not back up my photos. Then I went to Parachute and was able to go to the exact year, month and day then copy and paste all the photos I deleted. I uploaded them into Photos and they went in and looked like a recent photo but after about 1/2 hour they went back to the original date location. This is a powerful App that can really save your bacon and for such a reasonable one time fee.

Thank you to the dev that made this as its the only app that allows this awful service to be used correctly

This is a great tool for backing up your iCloud. Moving from another long-time Windows user I found a gap in the ability to backup my iCloud data without using storage space on my MacBook. This app fills the need.

Parachute Backup is a wonderfully simple and effective backup tool. I used to find it incredibly troublesome to back up my iCloud Photos — it either required setting up a separate device to download everything locally, or using command-line tools that weren’t exactly user-friendly. This app completely solves that problem with a clear and intuitive GUI, making it perfect for ordinary users who just want to back up their iCloud data safely, in case of account issues or accidental deletions. The pricing is also very reasonable — it’s a one-time purchase and quite affordable. On top of that, the developer is extremely responsive and helpful. When I had a few questions about some features, they replied promptly and thoughtfully. Overall, a great piece of software that does one thing and does it well.

Just downloaded the app and did my first backup of iCloud data and Photos including other data folders from my Mac. Destination was a Synology with SSD drive. Maybe the easiest back I have ever performed. Simple but has most of the options I would need. Worked without a hitch. For 5 bucks- hard to believe.

I just moved my backup workflow from iOS parachute app to macOS in order to utilize better compute, incremental backups and network speeds. One thing I’ve noticed that macOS app created a new “iCloud Photo Backup” directory inside my backup destination share. It would be nice if iOS and macOS apps worked in tandem to keep the backups in the same folder structure so that an incremental backup can be triggered from both platforms. I also assume Parachute does not touch Hidden photos, but a clarification or perhaps a toggle in the app to avoid hidden photos would be nice.

Perfect app, one time fairly priced purchase that lets me back up my iCloud and Photos to destination targets of my choice. Massive bonus points for also being available through the official App Store, which gives more confidence that this isn’t yet another one of those scam apps out there. Kudos!

Lovely design, super intuitive interface and most importantly, it just quietly does its job. Backs up my iCloud Photos and Drive without fuss, runs on schedule, and doesn’t clog my Mac. No telemetry, no hidden fees or subscriptions, just a one‑time purchase. Exactly what I want from a backup app: reliable, unobtrusive, and well made.

I love apps that make life easier, like this one that automates file transfers to your chosen cloud system. It basically handles the heavy lifting, so you can focus on what matters.

The program just works! Authentication took a few seconds and was flawless. Setup took a couple minutes. My initial backup was for 278gb and it just worked. No issues, no stop/restart etc. Backup was super fast onmy 1 gbit fiber connection. Highly recommended!!

Phenomenal, this is exactly what I was looking for. I've been looking to back up all my photos and videos for the past month. I haven't found a good solution since they take up a lot more space than I have available on my Mac and iOS devices.

Can PB backup music apple stores in iCloud?

… what will happen to your favourite cloud provider. I use Parachute to make sure my files and photos are also secured on my backup-disc. And the photos are not in a container. Nice. Still some hickups, sometimes it stalls on files (2 of 500’000) - hope the new update solves that problem. A log with full paths would be nice.

I found this app to be very convenient and beautifully designed. Although I am subscribed to iCloud 2TB and often worry about how to make use of the extra unused storage, I believe this app will help guide my next steps. Since iCloud Drive acts as a hub, it makes it easier to distribute backups to other destinations (such as third-party clouds or a NAS). I would also like to kindly suggest a feature addition for your consideration. It would be highly appreciated if you could consider adding an option to save all files into a single folder while renaming them based on date and time. Another valuable feature would be the ability to extract only the photos with specific GPS location tags. Although this can already be done with osxphotos, having such features available in a GUI application would make the workflow much more convenient and user-friendly.

Great app from an indie dev.

I carry years worth of photos on my phone. I trust iCloud, but not with everything. Whenever I get a new phone I copy the old picture into the new phone. I think I started with iPhone 3. I’m on 16 now. After downloading Parachute Backup I was easily able to backup 3,614 (21 gb) photos and videos to an external drive. It took less than 30 minutes. I checked the external drive when I was done and they are all there. This app is amazing.

Great app! The only request I have to make it 5 stars is if it set the timestamp of the photos when it backs them up.

Set and forget app with clean UI. The only thing I wish is ability to backup files that been uploaded to my library in Apple Music.

I currently have it set up to backup my iCloud docs to a network share and it’s been working great since I set it up.

This is a must buy!

This fills a need that I had tried to solve with rsync and some other solutions with varying success. My biggest ask would be to allow the syncing to not take the entire file hierarchy with it, e.g. I’d like to have the directories in iCloud Drive synced in the destination folder directly instead of /Destination/iCloud Drive Backup/Mirror/Users/username/Library/Mobile Documents/~com~apple~CloudDocs

Just what I wanted— once I realized that iCloud is for synching, not backup.

This is a great backup utility that’s easy to use and “just works” the way it should. Highly recommended!

Does what it says. Peace of mind knowing you are in control of your data and photos. Thanks Parachute Backup!

I’ve looked for an app like this for a long long time. Just tested it and it works fabulously.

Enkel måde at lave backup af samtlige billeder fra iCloud

This is literally a set it and forget it app! It’s so nice to know I have a hard copy as well as iCloud copy for my photos, videos & data. This app makes it super easy to do!

As described, Parachute is a true set-it-and-forget-it backup solution for iCloud files and Photos on macOS. It requires no manual intervention and offers multiple backup modes, including both complete and incremental backups. Reliable, effortless, and flexible.