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Hello, I have 10,000 photos stored in high in the cloud.
I am wanting to save them to a hard drive.
When i sign into icloud, select all....this is where it stops for me!
I have attempted to drag/copy the photos to hard drive icon....sadly no luck
any suggestions??
many thanks
Denelle
MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.10
Transfer few photos to an external hard drive .
Select few photos https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht40b0be510/3.0/mac/10.13 from system photo library and export https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht6e157c5f/mac to a desired location say download folder in finder and connect an external hard drive to the Mac , then transfer( drag and drop ) the photos from download folders into the external hard drive see this https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl027f1d66/mac
To transfer all the photos saved in photo library .
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
Read this : Back up the library in Photos on Mac - Apple Supportsupport.apple.com › en-in › guide › photos › Mac
Transfer few photos to an external hard drive .
Select few photos https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht40b0be510/3.0/mac/10.13 from system photo library and export https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht6e157c5f/mac to a desired location say download folder in finder and connect an external hard drive to the Mac , then transfer( drag and drop ) the photos from download folders into the external hard drive see this https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl027f1d66/mac
To transfer all the photos saved in photo library .
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
Read this : Back up the library in Photos on Mac - Apple Supportsupport.apple.com › en-in › guide › photos › Mac
transfer icloud photos from mac to hard drive
