Google Photos mount hides the existing photo library
Google Photos through rclone shows only photos the tool uploaded, hiding the existing library from people who want their full archive as files.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 4 October 2026 · last reported 4 October 2026
What's going wrong
Users who mount Google Photos through rclone report that existing photos no longer appear, only items uploaded by the tool itself do.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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