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save my photos on icloud to external harddrive

How do I save my icloud to an external hard drive

iPhone 12 Pro Max

Posted on May 26, 2022 9:32 AM

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Posted on May 27, 2022 1:53 AM

First transfer photos from iPhone to Mac Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or PC - Apple Support

Photos canā€™t be transferred directly from iCloud to an external hard drive for that you need to set up iCloud photo library see the articleĀ Set up and use iCloud Photos - AppleĀ 

And its preferencesĀ Change preferences in Photos on Mac - AppleĀ Ā 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 completeĀ masters folderĀ to an external hard drive that is connected .

Also as per the articleĀ Back up the library in Photos on Mac - AppleĀ 

Manually copy your library to an external storage device:Ā 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


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May 27, 2022 1:53 AM in response to 5scrkds4me

First transfer photos from iPhone to Mac Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or PC - Apple Support

Photos canā€™t be transferred directly from iCloud to an external hard drive for that you need to set up iCloud photo library see the articleĀ Set up and use iCloud Photos - AppleĀ 

And its preferencesĀ Change preferences in Photos on Mac - AppleĀ Ā 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 completeĀ masters folderĀ to an external hard drive that is connected .

Also as per the articleĀ Back up the library in Photos on Mac - AppleĀ 

Manually copy your library to an external storage device:Ā 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


save my photos on icloud to external harddrive

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