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Export bulk photos on iCloud to external hard drive

Hi 😊


I am looking to clear my iCloud memory as I currently have no space left.


I am wanting to export all of my photos from iCloud to my external hard drive.


It won’t allow me to download any more than one photo at a time, and at that rate it will take me years 😂


Thank you

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Nov 20, 2019 11:54 PM

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Posted on Nov 21, 2019 1:39 AM

Photos can’t be transferred directly from iCloud to an external hard drive for that you need to set up iCloud photo library see the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204264

And its preferences https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht5156cc968/4.0/mac/10.14 , open finder > Go > home > your user name > pictures either drag and drop Photos Library.photoslibrary to an external hard drive , the second method is right click on Photos Library.photoslibrary and click on show package contents in the upcoming column , you can also drag and drop complete masters folder to an external hard drive that is connected .

Also as per the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht6d60d10f/mac


You are using previous version , the masters folder exists in Mac OS Mojave , so the name of that folder will be different .

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Nov 21, 2019 1:39 AM in response to rjsnelling

Photos can’t be transferred directly from iCloud to an external hard drive for that you need to set up iCloud photo library see the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204264

And its preferences https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht5156cc968/4.0/mac/10.14 , open finder > Go > home > your user name > pictures either drag and drop Photos Library.photoslibrary to an external hard drive , the second method is right click on Photos Library.photoslibrary and click on show package contents in the upcoming column , you can also drag and drop complete masters folder to an external hard drive that is connected .

Also as per the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht6d60d10f/mac


You are using previous version , the masters folder exists in Mac OS Mojave , so the name of that folder will be different .

Export bulk photos on iCloud to external hard drive

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