It surprises me that good flickr batch downloading tools are so hard to find! I’ve been on a kick lately, per suggestions from flickr advice articles, to archive and remove my point-and-shoot shots from my flickr photostream so that I can focus on my more artistic work.
To this end, I’ve been looking for a good tool to download my old photos, and have found three good candidates:
1. FlickrEdit (Java)
From the looks of this application, it *should* be the one-stop shop for all of your flickr downloading needs, but for some reason, it consistently failed on my machine. After about twenty failed attempts, I gave up. Hopefully this is just a small bug, but I got dissuaded from using it very quickly. Nonetheless, it looks like a solid app, and it’s probably worth a look. (Please let me know if it works for you, and which version of Java you have installed – I can’t figure out what was wrong with it.)
2. Flump (Adobe AIR)
Flump is a super lightweight, no-nonsense photo downloading tool. You just give it an account, a location to download, and a file mask. It will download all of the photos from that account. The downside? It will *only* download all the photos from that account. If you’re trying to only back up a selection of your flickr stream, you’ll have to wait until the downloading sequence gets that far. But, it’s still worth a look because it’s just that easy to use.
3. FlickrDown (Windows/.NET 2.0)
FlickrDown is by far my favorite of the bunch. It’s super simple to use, gives you a great selection of your sets (and allows you to choose all your photos), and is quite solid. This is well worth the small download. Windows only, though. (Or, you might be able to rig it to run on Mono.)
Update: Just found this via Lifehacker: Flickr AutoDownloadr. Haven’t checked it out yet, but it looks promising.
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I’ve been looking for something like this for a while; thanks for posting! I don’t suppose you know of a similar product for Facebook photos, do you? Thanks again. -Daniel
I do! Check this out:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=5989292041
Thanks for posting this roundup! I needed a quick flickr downloader (to update my mother-in-law’s new photo-frame) and FlickrDown worked like a charm!
I’m surprised that flickr doesn’t have a tool for this, but hey, it stimulates others to develop cool tools 🙂
–Brad
flickredit is the best one here since it works in windows 7.. everything else is outdated and wont work in windows 7
FlickrEdit works great on a Mac OS X 10.5.8
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_30-b03-389-9M3425)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_30-161, mixed mode, sharing)