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I want to stop using iCloud to store my original photos, how do I download them back onto my device?
When I go to turn off iCloud for photos, it says that the originals for over 600 photos will be deleted as they have not been downloaded to my device. How then do I go about downloading them all to my iPhone?
iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1
I have clicked "download and store originals" but it does not actually download them. Every time I go to turn off the iCloud photo sharing it still says "This iPhone was not able to download 593 full-resolution photos and videos. If you continue, the low-resolution versions of these photos and videos will be removed."
How do I go about downloading the 593 original pictures? Simply selecting "Download and Keep Originals" does nothing to those previously stored, and only has an effect on those being stored from here on out.
I have clicked "download and store originals" but it does not actually download them. Every time I go to turn off the iCloud photo sharing it still says "This iPhone was not able to download 593 full-resolution photos and videos. If you continue, the low-resolution versions of these photos and videos will be removed."
How do I go about downloading the 593 original pictures? Simply selecting "Download and Keep Originals" does nothing to those previously stored, and only has an effect on those being stored from here on out.
See the information below from Get help with your iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support
To turn off iCloud Photo Library for a single iOS device, go to Settings > iCloud > Photos and turn off iCloud Photo Library.
To turn off iCloud Photo Library for a single Mac, go to System Preferences > iCloud > Options next to Photos, then deselect iCloud Photo Library.
If you have Optimize Storage turned on, you might not have all of your original photos and videos on your device. To download the original photos and videos on your iOS device, go to Settings > iCloud > Photos and select Download and Keep Originals. On your Mac, open Photos, choose Photos > Preferences, then select Download Originals to this Mac. Then you can turn iCloud Photo Library off. You can also select the photos and videos that you want to download from iCloud.com.
To reemfromridgewood,
Are you sure you have enough iPhone storage to download ALL your photos from iCloud? You may find this article helpful:
Get help with your iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support
especially the last section:
Photos and videos will be stored in your account for 30 days. To download your photos and videos on your iOS device, go to Settings > iCloud > Photos and select Download and Keep Originals. On your Mac, open Photos, choose Photos > Preferences, then select Download Originals to this Mac. You can also select the photos and videos that you want to download from iCloud.com.
But, do you have enough space on your actual device's storage?
It's unusual to have that much storage available on a device even under standard conditions/usage
You may have to download them elsewhere
Hello Clark
I am facing the same problem! have you managed to fix it? please let me know.
Thank you
hi,
i'm facing the same problem.
are you saying that i can turn of icloud photo even there are some photos not dowloanded to my device, and then turn it on again to download those photos back?
hello there,
did you get a solution on this problem?
please assist if you know how to fix it, i'm facing the same problem
Has anyone found a solution? I have more than enough space to download all the pictures on my iCloud however I keep getting a message saying that I was not able to -- as talked about above.
Yes I do... That's what I was implying in my original post. I have 50gb of free space on my phone and my iCloud pictures are only 5gb.
I want to stop using iCloud to store my original photos, how do I download them back onto my device?
