How to download edited version of photo in high resolution from iCloud

I've been downloading my edited photos from iCloud to my Windows PC for years and today when I tried, the download icon in iCloud photos now downloads the original, unedited photos. If I click the "more" icon (3 dots) there are two options to download the edited version. Only the low resolution option gives me the edited photo. If I select "High Resolution" under "Include Edits", the photo downloaded DOES NOT have any edits. It is the original file.

iPhone 6, ver. 12.5.7

Posted on Oct 15, 2023 2:29 PM

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eccoboy Author

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Posted on Oct 16, 2023 12:22 AM

Solution: selecting "unmodified originals" downloads a zip file of the EDITED photos. Yes, it's backwards. I need to select "unmodified" if I want to see the edits that I made to photos (mostly cropping and rotating). My guess is this is related to me using an old phone and an outdated iOS. And I noticed last week on my work phone (iPhone 11 I think) that photos are in some new HEVC format so that could be why there are additional options for downloading photos now. My iPhone 6 still uses JPEG or JPG so that could be why the new download options don't function properly. But at least I figured out how to download the edited photos.

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