Backing up photos on iCloud to external hard drive
I am trying to back up all my files on my mac to an external harddrive but it won't work, (I assume) because all the files are on icloud. I have left my laptop on and plugged in for 24 hours to try and download the icloud files but that hasnt worked. Any ideas how I can get my iCloud files downloaded to my Mac and then copied to hard drive?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro