I can't select multiple photos in iCloud with my control key or shift key. Has always worked until today. Please help!

I'm on a Mac and I can't shift select groups of photos, I need to get them off my icloud and into google photos because I've run out of space, and I can't access 80% of the photos on my phone anymore.

The problem is, it was answered dozens and dozens of times for PC users, NOT Mac users...I, too, am on a Mac and have tried the solution that was posted here. It does NOT work on Macs. No combination of keys seems to work for a Mac. I have 225 photos I want to download to an external drive to make room in my iCloud account. The only way to select multiple photos on the Mac is to hold the command key and select each photo one-by-one, and if you accidentally click outside of a photo, they all become deselected! What a waste of time.I just updated to a paid iCloud account, and as soon as I spend however long it's going to take me to download them to get them out, I am downgrading before I pay a cent. There should be an easy way to select multiple photos, especially on a Mac, an Apple product.

Actually, the question has not been answered b/c I am curious as well. The question she has is similar to my problem and I think that there is no answer (or at least none offered here). Here's the deal: >2,000 photos and I think she (like me) does not want to click 2,000 times. The shift function (on a PC) allows you to click on Pic #1 and then Shift-Click on Pic #2,000 and get all of what's in between. I believe the answer is make sure your stuff doesn't end up on iCloud and use a PC to process photos (I use my husbands computer if I have to work with photos in files that contain >500 pix).

Perhaps, Larry, you might refrain from responding if you do not have helpful input. Anyway, your response was actually a lot more characters than saying "did you try alt-click?" 😉

NONE of the hundreds of responses work when using a MAC....not option(alt) , shift, command, control.....or any combination of them. Selecting a group of consecutive photos is not an odd request....and is very frustrating....SEEMS like a simple request....and has been an issue for years.

It hasn't worked for years....although I though I had found a solution.. I think the solution is not consistent....ie...when using accessing icloud from a PC or from a phone....but when on my macbook air....if I go into icloud and try to organize photos....I cannot select a consecutive set of photos.

I wish someone could help.....its been a problem for years.

So, you are indicating that you are having issues with the first method I described above? And, again, are you referring to iCloud.com?

Best,

GB

I am having the same problem!

Recent issue, never noticed this until today. 😟

Have you found a solution?

Also having this exact same problem. Do not understand if it was an intentional change with the latest update or something.

You are most welcome. Glad that some of our fellow users who are using iCloud Photo Library on a PC posted the solution 🙂

Best,

GB

I had that problem, too. It was really frustrating!

Thanks so much for your help! :-)

You are most welcome 🙂

Cheers,

GB

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LN

Thank you so much!!!!!