How do I download all photos from a burst on iCloud to my Win 10 PC?

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How do I download all photos from a burst on iCloud to my Win 10 PC?

I have 14,000 pictures in my iCloud (plenty of storage), all taken with my iPhone X.

Many of these are bursts, some containing as little as 2 and others as many as 130 individual frames captured as part of the burst function. I can download any single image to my PC, but when I try to DL a burst, only the first image of the burst set is downloaded.

Even when I double-click the burst thumbnail in iCloud to open the selection page & select some or all of the individual burst frames, I get the same result--only the first frame of the burst set is downloaded. How can I (easily I hope) ensure every individual photo in each burst is downloaded to my PC?

And is there a way to select only a subset of the photos in a burst for download or deletion?

Thanks in advance for your input!

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Apr 6, 2020 8:29 PM

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LACAllen

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Apr 7, 2020 10:51 AM in response to Dreams_Raven

You should be able to do this from your iPhone. You don't need and can't use iCloud for this.

Make your multiple selections from the burst, press DONE. Select KEEP EVERYTHING. The selected frames should now be saved to your camera roll as separate photos.

Select those frames/photos and SHARE them via email to an account you can access on your PC.

Save them to your PC from that email.

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Dreams_Raven Author

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Apr 7, 2020 10:37 AM in response to LACAllen

Thanks.

You are correct that I can MAKE a selection within a burst--I can even select multiples or all photos within that burst--but the download function seems to ignore my selection, whether it's one or many or all. Instead, no matter WHAT I have selected, only the first photo is downloaded...EVEN if that particular photo is NOT selected at all. Very frustrating for a loyal (since 2007!) iPhone user who has an HP laptop and can't afford to replace it with an Apple product, which would cost twice as much (and up) to replace the hardware only -- probably three times as much if I factor in all the software that would have to be purchased to replace what I have on my PC. I'm still on a Ramen diet because I'm still paying on my 256g X!

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Dreams_Raven Author

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Apr 7, 2020 2:27 PM in response to LACAllen

Thanks for the reply. I have used your method for one or two photos, but most email services don't allow much in the way of file size for attachments, making this method very tedious and time consuming, especially when I need to move thousands of burst-related photos.

Still, it does work, so I'll file this under "plan D".

Cheers.

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LidaNN

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Apr 15, 2020 1:49 AM in response to Dreams_Raven

I have the same problem.

And it seems that upload of the bursts to iCloud was possible in earlier versions of iOS, option for that existed in menu, there are plenty tutorials how to do that, including this forum.

Any particular reason to exclude these photos? After all it allows to sell more storage space on iCloud...

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LACAllen

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Apr 6, 2020 10:01 PM in response to Dreams_Raven

Don't think you can on iCloud.

You can see the individual photos and make "a" selection, but you need an iOS/macOS photo app to multiple select.

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LidaNN

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Apr 15, 2020 1:51 AM in response to LACAllen

Fully agree with one exception: I do need to use iCloud for that ;) Why big class of photos is totally excluded from backup - beyond my understanding.

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How do I download all photos from a burst on iCloud to my Win 10 PC?

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