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mhkmatt Author

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Backing Up Photos' to External Hard Drive

Currently using iCloud for backup of my photo album on MacBook Pro. Can I also copy via a time machine to external hard drive without creating any issues.

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Earlier Mac models

Posted on Sep 12, 2023 8:24 AM

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muguy

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Posted on Sep 12, 2023 3:56 PM

Yes. iCloud is not a backup. You should be backing up your Mac using Time Machine. If you have optimize photos enabled, you may wish to disable that feature. Optimize puts lower-res versions on your Mac and those are backed up. If the originals are on the Mac, those are the ones that back up.

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