How can I transfer pictures and videos from iCloud storage to a thumb drive?

How can I transfer pictures and videos from iCloud storage to a thumb drive?

iMac 24″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Jun 19, 2023 8:47 PM

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Jun 19, 2023 8:57 PM in response to jenniferdana

"How can I transfer pictures and videos from iCloud storage to a thumb drive?"

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Finding Specific Filetypes from iCloud:

To search for specific filetypes in iCloud (i.e. all png image files), you would perform the following...


How this Works:

You would...

  1. Plug in: the External Hard Drive to a Mac.
  2. Download: all of iCloud to the External Hard Drive (using my user tip)
  3. Create: a folder on the External Hard Drive
  4. Search: for the images by filetype (enter the extension in the top-right corner of the Finder window).
  5. Drag & Drop: all of these found item to the folder (in step three)
  6. Move: the rest of the download to the Trash
  7. Delete: the files from the Trash
  8. Eject: the hard drive in a Finder window.


Then...

Copy & Past the folder to the external flash drive.

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