How do you select multiple photos in iCloud?

This is a user to user technical support forum, so Apple is not here (except as the Hosts who manage the forum). And, as léonie has stated several times in this thread, it did use to work. It doesn't now. You can send your feedback to Apple here: Apple - Feedback

Cheers,

GB

Oh please - enough with the Steve Jobs resurrection calls. This is a user to user technical support forum. Apple is not here as has been stated already several times in this thread. If you want to send feedback to Apple, do so at this link (which has also been provided multiple times in this thread): Apple - Feedback

GB

imossyfrog wrote:

Wow. I've been following this topic and every post you make shows you have absolutely no clue. And this one just tops it all. " iCloud is not a permanent storage location" .....Really? Again you show you have no clue. iCloud is as permanent a cloud service as any other cloud service like Dropbox (if you want real permanence then forget cloud).

You need to educate yourself about iCloud Photo Library. It is nothing like Dropbox or Flikr. Those cloud services store your photos, and you can add to and download them to various places from there.

iCloud is now, and always has been, a sharing service. It is intended to provide a single place to house a "source" library that is accessed, updates, and modified by multiple channels. If you delete 100 photos from an iPhone that has iCloud Photo Library turned on, those 100 photos will be permanently deleted from the iCloud Photo Library across the board.

Apple has always been clear about that fact:

Back up your photos and videos

When you turn on iCloud Photo Library, your photos and videos automatically upload to iCloud. They're not duplicated in your iCloud backup. So we always recommend that you keep back up copies of your library. You can download your photos and videos from iCloud.com to your computer and store them as a separate library, transfer them to another computer with Image Capture or Photos, or store them on a separate drive.

Which is why Apple charges for it. I agree that Apple is playing some really dirty tricks with the photo and storage stuff. Makes no sense AT ALL that you cannot click shift and choose as all other applications like Amazon and Google can. You really need to stop spreading fud if you don't know what your talking about Gail as many here have explained to you over and over. I think your just being thick. Work on getting information about the purpose and usage of services provided by Apple before you embarrass yourself. The information I have provided here is accurate. What I have provided in terms of explaining how iCloud Photo Library works, is in response to people not understanding that. However, it has zero to do with how you select multiple photos in that iCloud Photo Library.

That's because léonie and others have already explained what you can do as a workaround for that particular issue. No one is arguing that the issue is something that needs to be addressed by Apple.

But it has zero to do with how iCloud Photo Library works, and of that, I know exactly how it works, and what it is intended to do. Perhaps you might want to familiarize yourself with these articles to help you understand:

iCloud Photo Library FAQ - Apple Support

iCloud Photo Library Help - Apple Support

iCloud Photo Library - Getting Started

Set up and use iCloud Photo Library on your Windows PC - Apple Support

Best of luck,

GB

No I and others on here are fully aware we are on a community board.

It doesn't really appear you do.

We're just asking others and out load why?

If you are fully aware, you would stop asking this question, realizing, through your awareness, that it will not be answered.

Below is the sanctioned, authorized and only mechanism we can offer for your questions of why a decision was made by Apple.

Feedback for Apple goes here >>> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

imossyfrog wrote:

Heck Apple DOES NOT sell space on their iCloud service as an "shared only system" . That's just idiotic. Nope, they sell it as all the other cloud services sell their's. As an Archival cloud service WITH SHARING CAPABILITIES. *****. NOPE

Here's how it works

iCloud Photo Library automatically keeps every photo and video you take in iCloud, so you can access your library from any device, anytime you want. Any changes you make to your collection on one device, change on your other devices too. Your photos and videos stay organized into Moments, Collections, and Years. And all of your Memories are updated everywhere. That way you can quickly find the moment you're looking for.

Your collection uploads to iCloud each time your device connects to Wi-Fi and your battery is charged. Depending on your Internet speed, the time it takes for you to see your photos and videos on all of your devices and iCloud.com might vary. SHARED LIBRARY FOR ALL OF YOUR DEVICES AND COMPUTERS THAT ARE SIGNED INTO THAT SAME ICLOUD PHOTO LIBRARY ACCOUNT.

Apple also offers the totally separate and independent iCloud Photo Sharing, which allows you to share your photos from either your iCloud Photo Library, or if you don't use it, from your Photos collection, with your friends and family. You can share a few photos or an entire photo album if you wish. But the service is separate and not related directly to iCloud Photo Library in any way.

And because iCloud Photo Library is not considered an Archival Library, Apple Recommends that you back up regularly:

Back up your photos and videos

When you turn on iCloud Photo Library, your photos and videos automatically upload to iCloud. They're not duplicated in your iCloud backup. But we always recommend that you keep back up copies of your library. You can download your photos and videos from iCloud.com to your computer and store them as a separate library, transfer them to another computer with Image Capture or Photos, or store them on a separate drive.

AND as to the original topic, you with all your vast knowledge of all things Apple (my knowledge has been demonstrated here to be of iCloud Photo Library, iCloud Services, and how they work together. Hardly "all things Apple) still have not explained the simple issue this op is about. Why can you not delete or manage photo's in the simplest manor like google or amazon or flikr or on and on, like ya know they use to have the ability to shift and choose 2 or more at a time.

And has been iterated many times thoughout this thread, we, as users, do not know the rationale as to why that option was removed from iCloud Photos at the iCloud.com level. We are users. We have no special insight into the minds of Apple. We don't know any more than you do why it is the way it is. All we can do is to recommend over, and over, and over, and over, that you send your feedback to Apple: Apple - Feedback.

That is your only remedy for that problem. That, or use one of the workarounds suggested. But stop beating us up about it. We didn't make it happen, we don't like it any better than you do, and we can't do any more about it than you can.

GB

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Unbelievable how bad icloud *****.

Feedback for Apple goes here >>> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

A gigantic waste of time for a NO answer.

And yet that is the answer. An answer to the original question that has been given many, many times.

Accurately. Fairly. Patiently.

To all those banging their heads against the wall, whining that iCloud is not the tool they want it to be.

Stop.

Find a better tool for your needs.

THANK YOU! This was driving me mad.

Agreed - it should be such a basic feature!

PLEASE SORT THIS OUT!

You are not addressing Apple here. You can use this to provide feedback to Apple:

apple.com/feedback

We are all other users here, so there is no need to shout at us.

It's not really that baffling given the history. We are now more inclined to "Pay another 5 bucks" for however many gigs. Planned obsolescence works like a charm.

Same here,
Any luck since ? I have 30,000 pictures I wanna download and put on hard drive ! HELP ME PLEASE

Thanks in advance,

meaning Window ??
I have a Mac, please help me !

Thanx! You've just made my day! (700 photos......)

Why would you have to download them to delete them?

GB

You my friend, are a hero. I LOVE Apple products but its insane how difficult they make the littlest things.