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Is it possible to back up iPhone to iCloud and from the back up, use my mac to sync the photos backed up from cloud to iCloud Photos?

I know it is possible to back up iPhone to iCloud. My question is, from the iCloud back up, can you use another device (use mac) to sync the all photos backed up from iCloud to iCloud Photos (so all other device can see the photos) ?

iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13

Posted on Aug 27, 2020 11:05 PM

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Posted on Aug 27, 2020 11:32 PM

StevenVonCuevas wrote:

I know it is possible to back up iPhone to iCloud. My question is, from the iCloud back up, can you use another device (use mac) to sync the all photos backed up from iCloud to iCloud Photos (so all other device can see the photos) ?

No.


An iCloud backup can only be used by an iOS device to restore.

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Aug 27, 2020 11:32 PM in response to StevenVonCuevas

StevenVonCuevas wrote:

I know it is possible to back up iPhone to iCloud. My question is, from the iCloud back up, can you use another device (use mac) to sync the all photos backed up from iCloud to iCloud Photos (so all other device can see the photos) ?

No.


An iCloud backup can only be used by an iOS device to restore.

Is it possible to back up iPhone to iCloud and from the back up, use my mac to sync the photos backed up from cloud to iCloud Photos?

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