I can’t afford the next step up in terms of storage for iCloud as it’s $10 a month. Therefore I need to move the photos that I currently have in iCloud and store them on an local storage device. What’s the best way to do this please?
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 15
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 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
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 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
How do I move photos from iCloud to my local storage
