Add a destination
Connect Dropbox, Google Drive, SmugMug, ShootProof, FTP and more.
Destinations are the places CloudTether delivers your photos — cloud storage, client galleries, servers and messaging. Connect a service once, and you can send any shoot to it, or to several at once.
What you can connect
- Cloud storage: Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Photos, OneDrive, Box — every file, RAW included (Google Photos takes JPEGs).
- Galleries & proofing: SmugMug, ShootProof, Photohawk, Flickr, Adobe Lightroom, Frame.io — galleries receive JPEGs; Lightroom also takes RAW.
- Transfer & servers: FTP / FTPS / SFTP, Amazon S3 (or S3-compatible stores such as Backblaze B2 and Wasabi), WebDAV (Nextcloud, ownCloud, Synology).
- Messaging: Slack, and WhatsApp through your own Twilio sender.
Connect one
- Open the Deliver tab in the app (Destinations in app 1.0 and on the web dashboard).
- Under Add more, tap a provider — or the + button.
- Authorise it. For OAuth services (Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, Box, SmugMug, ShootProof, Flickr, Adobe, Slack) you sign in on the service's own page and approve access — CloudTether never sees your password. Photohawk signs in with your Photohawk email and password.
- For FTP / FTPS / SFTP, choose the protocol and enter the host, port, username, password and folder. New subfolder for each shoot is on by default. Tap Test connection, then Test & save.
- For Amazon S3 or an S3-compatible store, enter an access key and the bucket (and prefix) you control. For WebDAV, enter the server's base URL and credentials. These credentials are stored encrypted.
Choose where in the service
- Dropbox / Google Drive / OneDrive / Box: by default a folder named after the shoot is created on the first delivery, or pick an existing folder. Google Drive can deliver into a Shared Drive.
- SmugMug: pick an existing gallery (create it in SmugMug first).
- ShootProof: pick an event, and optionally an album inside it (create the event in ShootProof first).
- Lightroom: pick an album. Needs an Adobe plan with Lightroom's cloud storage.
Decide what gets sent
Tap a connected destination and open What gets sent: Everything (default), JPEGs for clients (2048 px JPEGs named after the shoot), Small previews (1080 px), Rated picks for clients (Canon and Nikon), or Custom. Use Fine-tune for file types, size, file names and a minimum rating. So a client gallery can get small JPEGs while Dropbox keeps every full-size RAW — from the same upload.
Use it on a shoot
When a camera connects, the Send its shots to… sheet shows where it's sending. Tap Change → Choose other services or folders, tick the destinations under Deliver to, and tap Create shoot. To reuse a set, tap Save these destinations… — it appears in Deliver → Saved destinations and starts a new shoot in one tap.
Each photo uploads from your phone once; CloudTether delivers it to every destination on the shoot.
Re-connecting
If a destination stops working (revoked access, changed password, expired login), it shows that it needs attention. Re-authorise it from the Deliver tab and queued deliveries resume — photos wait safely on the phone in the meantime.
Keep copies on the phone too
To also save shots to Photos, Files or a USB drive, open Deliver → Copies on this phone. See How delivery works for the upload-once, fan-out model.
Connect Dropbox, Google Drive or another service
Add a destination once, then every shoot can deliver to it automatically.
Not sure which you have? 1.1 has the tabs Home · History · Deliver · More; 1.0 has Home · Playback · Destinations · More. What changed in 1.1
1Open the Deliver tab
Tap “Deliver” in the tab bar. Your connected services are listed under “Deliver to”; tap one under “Add more” (Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Photos, SmugMug, ShootProof, Frame.io, FTP, WebDAV, Slack…) or the + button, then sign in and approve access.
2Set what gets sent
Tap a connected service, then “What gets sent”. Pick “Everything (default)”, “JPEGs for clients” (JPEGs at 2048 px, named after the shoot), “Small previews” (JPEGs at 1080 px), “Rated picks for clients” (only shots you rated in camera) or “Custom”, and use “Fine-tune” for which files, size, look, file name and “Rated shots only (★ or more)”. If the screen notes that shoots sent from the cloud use the shoot's own settings, set size and look in that shoot's settings instead.
3Send only your picks (optional)
To send only the shots you rate on the camera, open the shoot's settings › “Transfer from camera” and turn on “Only shots I rate in camera”, then pick the minimum — “At least ★3”, say. “Also send videos” copies clips you record while connected; they're large, so USB is fastest.
4FTP or SFTP server (optional)
Tap “FTP” under “Add more”, pick FTP, FTPS or SFTP and fill in the host, port, username, password and folder. “New subfolder for each shoot” (on by default) puts each shoot in its own folder inside the one you chose. Tap “Test connection”, then “Test & save”.
5Send a camera's shots there
When a camera connects, choose the service in “Send shots to…” › “Choose other services or folders”, or start a shoot from a saved set. By default a folder named after the shoot is created on the first delivery.
6Copies on the phone (optional)
To also keep copies in Photos, Files or on a USB drive, open Deliver › “Copies on this phone”.
1Open the Destinations tab
Tap “Destinations” in the tab bar. Under “Add a destination”, tap a service (Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Photos, OneDrive, Box…) to see what it does and connect it — sign in and approve access. Connected ones show “Connected”.
2Attach it to a cloud album
Create a cloud album and tick the service under “Deliver to” (or add it later in the album's settings). Every shot sent to that album is delivered to the service.
3Copies on the phone (optional)
Photos library, Files or USB copies are set up under Playback › Device › Sync.