21:I[64418,["2399","static/chunks/53c0104b-0bf61919c7da6d97.js","8500","static/chunks/8500-2f0b37d47b98252b.js","8815","static/chunks/8815-a3d30cde6722147a.js","7317","static/chunks/7317-e53b91f569d5aae3.js","1760","static/chunks/1760-823e5ede79a02405.js","8454","static/chunks/app/journal/%5Bslug%5D/page-978ee4012cc7c4c6.js"],"default"] 22:I[60423,["2399","static/chunks/53c0104b-0bf61919c7da6d97.js","8500","static/chunks/8500-2f0b37d47b98252b.js","8815","static/chunks/8815-a3d30cde6722147a.js","7317","static/chunks/7317-e53b91f569d5aae3.js","1760","static/chunks/1760-823e5ede79a02405.js","8454","static/chunks/app/journal/%5Bslug%5D/page-978ee4012cc7c4c6.js"],"default"] 23:Tbe1,

ずっと見ないふりをしていた外付けHDDの写真整理に、ようやく手をつけた。
全部で10万枚以上あった。

正直、仕事じゃないタスクってどうしても後回しにしてしまう。
外的な期限が明確に切られていないと、永遠に先送りできてしまうからだ。
でも、Macの写真アプリのデータが限界を超えていた。
肥大化したひとつの塊は扱いにくく、アプリ自体も動作が不安定。
このタイミングで、特定のアプリに依存した写真管理から完全に脱却したかった。

手作業で整理するのはどう考えても無理な量なので、Pythonで簡単なスクリプトを書いた。
写真データを個別のファイルとして取り出し、画像のExifなどから年月を読み取って、自動で月ごとのディレクトリに振り分けるだけのやつ。

ターミナル叩いて実行してみた。
ちゃんと動いたが、HDDが古いため処理完了までには想定以上に時間がかかりそうだ。
この記事を書いている今もログが少しずつ流れていて、処理は何時間もかかっている。

終わるのを待ちながら、流れるログに表示される末尾の写真ファイル名をぼーっと見ている。
時系列はバラバラだ。
ふと目に留まった写真の中には、何気なく笑っている自分がいた。

懐かしい気持ちになると同時に、あの頃の自分の表情が、今の自分にはなくなってしまったんじゃないかと思ったりする。
ただ大量のデータを移動させているだけなのに、なぜか感情がひどく忙しい。

実は、今回実行している10万枚は、複数ある写真アプリデータのほんの１つに過ぎない。
この途方もない待ち時間と感情の揺さぶりを、あと数回繰り返さないといけないと思うと先が思いやられる。

少し待機時間ができたので、気分転換に今のSSDの相場を調べてみた。
これだけデータがあるなら大容量のSSDに移し替えた方が健全だと思ったからだ。
でも、昨今の半導体需要による価格高騰で、2TBや4TBのSSDは数年前からは考えられないほど値上がりしていた。
今はちょっと買うのを控えよう、と静かにタブを閉じた。

結局、手元にあるあり合わせの古いストレージ群で、なんとかこの大量の過去をやり繰りして完了させるしかないらしい。

技術でアプリ依存やファイルの扱いにくさは解決できた。
でも、過去の圧縮された時間を1枚ずつ見返させられるこの長い待ち時間は、最適化できなかったらしい。
ひとまず、最初の10万枚の整理が終わるまで、もう少しだけログと昔の自分を眺めてみるか。

24:Taf8,

I finally got around to organizing the photos on my external HDD, a task I had been ignoring for far too long.
There were over 100,000 of them in total.

Honestly, I tend to put off tasks that aren't related to work.
Without a clear external deadline, I can postpone things forever.
However, the data in my Mac's Photos app had reached its limit.
The bloated, single chunk of data had become unmanageable, and the app itself was unstable.
Now seemed like the right time to completely break free from app-dependent photo management.

Organizing them manually was out of the question given the volume, so I wrote a simple Python script.
It just extracts the photo data as individual files, reads the year and month from the Exif data, and automatically sorts them into monthly directories.

I ran it from the terminal.
It worked fine, but because the HDD is old, it looks like it will take much longer than expected to complete the process.
Even as I write this article, the logs are slowly scrolling by, and the process has already taken hours.

While waiting for it to finish, I blankly watch the trailing photo filenames in the flowing logs.
The chronological order is completely random.
Among the photos that caught my eye, there was one of me smiling casually.

Along with a feeling of nostalgia, I wonder if that expression I had back then is something the current me has lost.
Even though I'm merely moving a massive amount of data, my emotions are inexplicably busy.

Truth be told, the 100,000 photos currently being processed are just from one of several Photos app libraries I have.
Thinking about having to repeat this endless waiting time and emotional rollercoaster several more times makes me dread what's ahead.

With some free time on my hands while waiting, I decided to check the current market prices for SSDs as a distraction.
I figured if I have this much data, it would be healthier to move it all to a large-capacity SSD.
However, due to the recent price surge driven by semiconductor demand, 2TB and 4TB SSDs have become unimaginably more expensive than they were a few years ago.
I quietly closed the tab, deciding to hold off on buying one for now.

In the end, it seems I have no choice but to somehow manage and complete this massive undertaking of the past using the assortment of old storage drives I currently have on hand.

Technology solved the app dependency and the clunkiness of managing files.
But it seems it couldn't optimize this long wait time that forces me to look back at compressed moments of the past, one by one.
For now, until the organization of the first 100,000 photos is done, I guess I'll just keep gazing at the logs and my former self a little longer.

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