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Hi 😊
I am looking to clear my iCloud memory as I currently have no space left.
I am wanting to export all of my photos from iCloud to my external hard drive.
It won’t allow me to download any more than one photo at a time, and at that rate it will take me years 😂
Thank you
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13
Photos can’t be transferred directly from iCloud to an external hard drive for that you need to set up iCloud photo library see the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204264
And its preferences https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht5156cc968/4.0/mac/10.14 , open finder > Go > home > your user name > pictures either drag and drop Photos Library.photoslibrary to an external hard drive , the second method is right click on Photos Library.photoslibrary and click on show package contents in the upcoming column , you can also drag and drop complete masters folder to an external hard drive that is connected .
Also as per the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht6d60d10f/mac
You are using previous version , the masters folder exists in Mac OS Mojave , so the name of that folder will be different .
Photos can’t be transferred directly from iCloud to an external hard drive for that you need to set up iCloud photo library see the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204264
And its preferences https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht5156cc968/4.0/mac/10.14 , open finder > Go > home > your user name > pictures either drag and drop Photos Library.photoslibrary to an external hard drive , the second method is right click on Photos Library.photoslibrary and click on show package contents in the upcoming column , you can also drag and drop complete masters folder to an external hard drive that is connected .
Also as per the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht6d60d10f/mac
You are using previous version , the masters folder exists in Mac OS Mojave , so the name of that folder will be different .
Thank you, for some reason my photos weren’t updating in the photos app on my Mac so have had to upgrade and now they’re all uploading then I will be able to export them all.
thanks for your help
welcome !
Export bulk photos on iCloud to external hard drive
