How do I back up my entire photo library
I am running macOS High Sierra. All my full resolution photos are on iCloud how do I back them all up to an external hard drive?
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13
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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
- Manually copy your library to an external storage device: Drag the Photos library (by default in the Pictures folder on your Mac) to your storage device to create a copy.
- See this article also Photos library - Move your Library to an external storage device