Back up your Flickr Photos using FlickrEdit

If you are a hardcore Flickr user, this piece of information is worth spending five minutes on. I recently stumbled on a free open source Java Desktop application called FlickrEdit that enables backup of all Flickr photos on your personal computer. Not only that, it also allows burning of these photos on a CD or a DVD with great ease.

Using FlickrEdit, you can download or upload any photo to and from Flickr. Besides taking backup, FlickrEdit features photo search based on date and tags; rotation of photos; deletion of photos or sets; switch between multiple Flickr users; display your Not in Set, Recent, Favorites, Contacts and Group photos, and much more.

The new application is written in Java and uses flickrj framework for accessing Flickr.

FlickrEdit

Here’s what you need to do in order to get started.

  1. Launch FlickrEdit from here. Alternatively, install the Windows executable on Windows platform or Java jar file on other platforms from here.

  2. Install the application after the download and run it. You’ll receive a prompt to enter your Flickr account login details.

  3. Enter the login details and proceed to a window containing all your Flickr Photos.

  4. Select the photos you want to backup and run the backup Wizard.

  5. Choose between the two options:
    + Backup to hard drive (you can also create zip files using this option.)
    + Backup to Media (you can burn photos to a CD or DVD disc using this option.)

  6. Click the Start Backup button to backup all the selected photos. If you have a large amount of photos, the time taken for backup will also be more.

Finally, if you are looking for a better way to access your Flickr Photos, you can surely try FlickrEdit without a second thought.

This post was published by on February 4, 2008

About the Author: Thilak Rao works as a Social Media Expert. He is one of the first professional bloggers from India, and he loves to write, travel and click photos. Follow him on Twitter @thilak

  • http://green-flamingo.com Nathaniel

    This sounds cool. And since it’s called FlickrEdit I was wondering if you could edit photos further, maybe to join them, or something more “technalized?”

  • http://www.evawhite.com Eva White

    Is FlickrEdit a site which enables free upload and download of photographs for free ? The current site which I use for uploading and editing of photographs has become a paid one recently.

  • http://www.rakshitk.com Rakshit

    Hey, this is really very useful. Flickr free service does not allow us to view all albums at a time. It’s very frustating if you want to view your older pics. Now, I can easily download them to my desktop without must fuss.
    You solved my big problem.

    Stumbled!!!

  • http://www.slblogs.org Niro

    This is awesome. I recently added Flickr pics to my site too. You know I found this BSG plugin which is awesome with nice Galleries. Hmm I have to try this and see. Anyway I am not hardcore on Flickr he he..

  • http://www.venukb.com/blog Venu

    Nice tool; But I am wondering why the post is titled “Backup your flickr photos”, one of the reasons I bought Flickr account was to backup all my photos to an online service !

    But for downloading the photos in one shot, the tool will definitely come in handy.

  • http://technodorm.com Fahad

    I recently tried this tool as well. Was very impressed with it. It definitely is a nice little program that saves a lot of time. :)

  • http://techblissonline.com Techblissonline dot Com

    yeah i use online services to backup photos and not the vice versa…good tool though…I have come across a few such good tools for flickr…

  • http://jayaprakashkv.blogspot.com Prakash

    Thanks for sharing this great information!

  • http://techno-globe.blogspot.com Manoj

    The app seems to be good.I need to try once before i give any comment good or bad huh !!

  • http://www.slblogs.org/ Niro

    This is awesome. I recently added Flickr pics to my site too. You know I found this BSG plugin which is awesome with nice Galleries. Hmm I have to try this and see. Anyway I am not hardcore on Flickr he he..