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How to download photos from iCloud

How to download photos from I cloud

iPad Pro 10.5-inch, Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 17, 2018 2:28 PM

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Posted on Oct 19, 2018 6:51 AM

Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, hanid.
If I understand your post correctly, you'd like to download your photos from iCloud. Having access to your photos is important. I'd like to help.
Use these steps for the device you'd like to download your photos to:

Photos and videos

You might already have a copy of your photos in iCloud Photos.

If you enabled iCloud Photos, your photos and videos are automatically uploaded to iCloud at full resolution. You can make copies of your photos and videos when you follow these steps:

  • On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 10.3 or later, tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. Then select Download and Keep Originals and import the photos to your computer.
  • On your Mac with OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 or later, open the Photos app. Choose Photos > File > Export.
  • On your PC, set up iCloud for Windows and turn on iCloud Photos.

If you want to download a few photos or videos, use iCloud.com to download the most recent version of photos and videos to your computer. Just go to iCloud.com and open the Photos app. Then select the photos and videos you want to download and click User uploaded file.

You can also use the steps below to manually copy photos and videos. Comments or likes connected to a shared photo aren't saved, and photos and videos saved from shared albums aren't full resolution.

Copy photos from Shared Albums on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 8 or later:

  1. Open Photos and tap Albums.
  2. Find Shared Albums, then tap the name of the album that you want. You might need to swipe left to find the shared album.
  3. Save photos from the album using one of these methods:
    • Tap an image to open it, then tap User uploaded file. To select more images, scroll the images left or right and tap the ones you want to save. Tap Save Image.
    • Tap Select, then tap the images you want to save. Tap User uploaded file, then tap Save Image.
  4. Import the photos to your computer.

Copy photos and videos from Shared Albums on your Mac

Follow these steps to manually import photos and videos in shared albums to your Photos library:

  1. Open Photos and select Shared Albums.
  2. Double-click a shared album.
  3. Right-click (or Control-click) a photo and choose Import.

After you import your photos, you might want to back up your library. You can store them as a separate library on your computer or on a different drive.

Copy content from Shared Albums in Windows

Saved photos are available even if you turn off Photos in iCloud for Windows. To save photos and videos from a shared album, you must save them to another folder on your hard drive:

  1. Open iCloud for Windows.
  2. Click Options next to Photos. Note the path listed under iCloud Photos location.
  3. Open a File Explorer window (Windows 8) or Windows Explorer window (Windows 7).
  4. Go to the iCloud Photos folder using the above path. Open the Shared folder.
  5. Select the photos you want to save, then copy them to another folder on your computer. Include this folder if you back up your computer.

For information on backing up your Windows computer, see Microsoft Support.

See the full article here:
Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud
Let us know if that resolves this issue for you.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Take care.

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Oct 19, 2018 6:51 AM in response to hanid

Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, hanid.
If I understand your post correctly, you'd like to download your photos from iCloud. Having access to your photos is important. I'd like to help.
Use these steps for the device you'd like to download your photos to:

Photos and videos

You might already have a copy of your photos in iCloud Photos.

If you enabled iCloud Photos, your photos and videos are automatically uploaded to iCloud at full resolution. You can make copies of your photos and videos when you follow these steps:

  • On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 10.3 or later, tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. Then select Download and Keep Originals and import the photos to your computer.
  • On your Mac with OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 or later, open the Photos app. Choose Photos > File > Export.
  • On your PC, set up iCloud for Windows and turn on iCloud Photos.

If you want to download a few photos or videos, use iCloud.com to download the most recent version of photos and videos to your computer. Just go to iCloud.com and open the Photos app. Then select the photos and videos you want to download and click User uploaded file.

You can also use the steps below to manually copy photos and videos. Comments or likes connected to a shared photo aren't saved, and photos and videos saved from shared albums aren't full resolution.

Copy photos from Shared Albums on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 8 or later:

  1. Open Photos and tap Albums.
  2. Find Shared Albums, then tap the name of the album that you want. You might need to swipe left to find the shared album.
  3. Save photos from the album using one of these methods:
    • Tap an image to open it, then tap User uploaded file. To select more images, scroll the images left or right and tap the ones you want to save. Tap Save Image.
    • Tap Select, then tap the images you want to save. Tap User uploaded file, then tap Save Image.
  4. Import the photos to your computer.

Copy photos and videos from Shared Albums on your Mac

Follow these steps to manually import photos and videos in shared albums to your Photos library:

  1. Open Photos and select Shared Albums.
  2. Double-click a shared album.
  3. Right-click (or Control-click) a photo and choose Import.

After you import your photos, you might want to back up your library. You can store them as a separate library on your computer or on a different drive.

Copy content from Shared Albums in Windows

Saved photos are available even if you turn off Photos in iCloud for Windows. To save photos and videos from a shared album, you must save them to another folder on your hard drive:

  1. Open iCloud for Windows.
  2. Click Options next to Photos. Note the path listed under iCloud Photos location.
  3. Open a File Explorer window (Windows 8) or Windows Explorer window (Windows 7).
  4. Go to the iCloud Photos folder using the above path. Open the Shared folder.
  5. Select the photos you want to save, then copy them to another folder on your computer. Include this folder if you back up your computer.

For information on backing up your Windows computer, see Microsoft Support.

See the full article here:
Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud
Let us know if that resolves this issue for you.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Take care.

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