How can I transfer photos from iCloud to hard drive? Thank you
How can I transfer photos from iCloud to hard drive? Thank you
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15
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Your profile shows using an iPhone arrange a Mac and transfer photos from iPhone to Mac see the article Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or PC - Apple Support
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 Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple
And its preferences Change preferences in Photos on Mac - Apple 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 Back up the library in Photos on Mac - Apple
Manually copy your library to an external storage device: Drag the Photos library (by default in the Pictures folder on your Mac) to your storage device to create a copy.See this article also
Photos library - Move your Library to an external storage device