Updating Immich deployed via Docker Compose is quick and safe — the whole process takes under 5 minutes. Here’s everything you need to know. 1️⃣ Back Up Your Data First Before any update, back up your photos and database. These two directories contain everything: cp -r /path/to/immich/uploads /backup/immich-uploads-$(date +%Y%m%d) cp -r /path/to/immich/postgres_data /backup/immich-db-$(date +%Y%m%d) 2️⃣ Navigate to Your Immich Directory Go to the folder where your docker-compose.yml file is located: cd /path/to/immich/ Not sure where it is? Run: find / -name "docker-compose.yml" 2>/dev/null | grep immich 3️⃣ Pull the Latest Immich Images This downloads updated versions of immich-server, immich-machine-learning, and related services — without stopping anything yet: docker compose pull 4️⃣ Restart the Containers Apply the new images by restarting all containers in detached mode: docker compose up -d Wait 30–60 seconds for Immich to fully initialize before opening the web interface.…