Remove iCloud Photos from borgmatic backup

Photos are now managed via Immich, which stores them directly on Sifaka.
The sifaka RAID 5 configuration provides data protection for this data.

- Remove ~/Pictures from borgmatic source directories
- Update borgmatic and backup policy documentation
- Add Sifaka-Native Data section to backup policy

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

ansible/roles/borgmatic/defaults/main.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ borgmatic_source_directories:
   - /opt/homebrew/var/forgejo
   - /Users/erichblume/.config/borgmatic
   - /Users/erichblume/Documents
-  - /Users/erichblume/Pictures
 
 # Backup repository
 borgmatic_repositories:

docs/changelog.d/remove-icloud-photos-backup.infra.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove iCloud Photos from borgmatic backup (photos now managed via Immich)

docs/reference/services/borgmatic.md

@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ Daily backup system using Borg backup, running on indri.
 - `/opt/homebrew/var/forgejo` - Git forge data
 - `~/.config/borgmatic` - Borgmatic config
 - `~/Documents` - Personal documents
-- `~/Pictures` - Photos (see note below)
-
-**iCloud Photos note:** macOS Photos.app defaults to "Optimize Mac Storage" which keeps only thumbnails locally. Borgmatic only backs up what's on disk, so iCloud-only photos are NOT backed up via this method.
 
 **Databases:**
 - `miniflux` on [[postgresql]]

docs/reference/storage/backups.md

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Daily automated backups from [[indri]] to [[sifaka | Sifaka]] NAS.
 | `/opt/homebrew/var/forgejo` | Git repositories | Critical |
 | `~/.config/borgmatic` | Backup config | High |
 | `~/Documents` | Personal documents | High |
-| `~/Pictures` | Photos | Medium |
 
 ### Databases
 
@@ -34,6 +33,10 @@ Daily automated backups from [[indri]] to [[sifaka | Sifaka]] NAS.
 | miniflux | [[postgresql | pg.ops.eblu.me]] | pg_dump stream |
 | teslamate | [[postgresql | pg.ops.eblu.me]] | pg_dump stream |
 
+## Sifaka-Native Data
+
+Some data lives directly on [[sifaka | Sifaka]] rather than being backed up to it (photos via [[immich]], music via [[navidrome]], video via [[jellyfin]]). See [[sifaka | Sifaka]] for data protection details.
+
 ## What Is NOT Backed Up
 
 | Data | Reason |