Make a Shared Album From the Weekend
For the trip everyone took photos of. DuckyHelper learns Google Photos' web API once, finds the shots from those dates, leaves out duplicates and blurry ones, and makes an album. Sharing it waits for your OK.
“Make a Google Photos album from last weekend's Tahoe trip, skip duplicates, and share it with the family after I check.”
- 01Turn Google Photos' own requests into an APIIt watches Google Photos' own requests once and saves them as actions. Kept on your device.
searchMedia(dates)createAlbum(title)addToAlbum(album, ids)
- 02Find photos from those dates
- 03Leave out duplicates and blurry shots
- 04Make the album
- 05Ask before sharing it
You getMemories, shared. A tidy album, ready to share on your yes. The next trip is one ask.
A run, drawn from this page · early access on Mac
It's built to wait for your OK.
It does the work, then stops with the shared album ready for you. You see exactly what it wrote, then Send, Edit or Deny.
If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.
GooglephotosShared albumNeeds your OKBefore you ask it.
What do I say?
Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud, in your own words, like "Make a Google Photos album from last weekend's Tahoe trip, skip duplicates, and share it with the family after I check."
Why is the second time faster?
The first time, it writes small JavaScript tools for Google Photos and builds an API from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. After that it calls them directly, so the job runs in one go instead of click by click. It costs less and breaks less.
Will it send anything without me?
It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers: you sign in yourself, and it picks up from there.
Why not just do it by hand?
Everyone wants the photos, but picking and sharing them is the job nobody gets to.
Can I use this today?
Doing jobs in your apps is in early access on Mac. Talking to DuckyHelper, and having it see your screen and draw on it, works today on Mac, Windows and Linux.
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Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.