A macOS app for camera cards

Keep the shoot.

DDump verifies the first local copy before eject, organizes cards into real shoots, and keeps unfinished backup work from disappearing in the background.

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macOS 13+Local-first copyNo forced cloud
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Wedding photographer working during a shoot
The irreplaceable part

There is no reshoot button.

DDump keeps the first copy local and verifies it before the card is released.

Camera ready for another card
Multiple bodies

One shoot timeline.

Photographer editing an organized shoot
Editor ready

Named before handoff.

Latest handoff receipt

684 files. Local copy verified. Card safe.

Copy completeVerification passedBackup queued
Copy ledger / live

Two destinations. One visible handoff.

01 / Dump folderVerified
02 / Backup folderQueued

Card urgency first. Cloud urgency second.

A slow network should not hold the card hostage. DDump separates the verified local copy from backup delivery so the next shoot can keep moving.

01 / DETECT

Insert the card

Trusted camera media can start automatically while unrelated drives stay ignored.

02 / COPY

Stage locally

Recent media moves to your chosen Dump Folder before slower backup work begins.

03 / VERIFY

Prove the copy

File-size checks are standard. SHA-256 verification is available when you want it.

04 / CONTINUE

Eject and move

The card becomes safe while pending backups remain visible and recoverable.

More feature. Less mystery.

Not another pretty sync folder. DDump understands cards, shoot boundaries, handoff state, recovery, and the controls photographers need when the day gets weird.

01 / SAFETY

Verified locally before safe eject

The first safety copy is separate from cloud delivery. DDump checks the local result before it treats the card as ready.

LOCAL COPYVERIFIED
02 / CARDS

Photo-aware card detection

Trusted-card memory, recent-file lookback, manual folder selection, and inventory checks reduce wrong-drive surprises.

03 / SHOOTS

Cluster cards from the same job

Capture-time grouping can attach camera, drone, and second-shooter cards to one organized shoot.

04 / NAMES

Calendar and template naming

Use Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, ICS, dates, cameras, sequences, and Lightroom-style tokens.

05 / RECOVERY

Backups that remember unfinished work

Queue pending files, retry with backoff, resume after network reconnect, and use a fallback destination when needed.

BACKUPRETRY SCHEDULED
06 / CONTROL

Automatic, not trapped

Pause, stop after a file, keep a card mounted, run a timed pause, or choose the folder manually.

Make the handoff part of the craft.

DDump is built for macOS 13 and newer, working photographers, multi-card days, and anyone finished babysitting progress bars.

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