Tip: If you’re signed in with your Apple ID and have iCloud Drive turned on, you can export photo files to iCloud Drive, then access them from any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Windows PC set up to use iCloud Drive.See Use iCloud Drive to store documents. Sign in to iCloud to access your photos, videos, documents, notes, contacts, and more. Use your Apple ID or create a new account to start using Apple services. I am a photographer, currently I have been storing all my images on photos on my MacBook Pro (2016) running the current OS Catalina. I have 2TB worth of data on my iCloud storage however only 250GB on my Mac’s hard drive. I import and work on my photos at quite a high volume and the amount of space taken up by this on my Mac is about 100GB. Tip: You can also import photos by dragging files or folders from the Finder to the Photos window or to the Photos icon in the Dock. If you use iCloud, you can copy photo files to iCloud Drive from any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Windows PC you’ve set up to use iCloud Drive, and then import the photo files to your Mac from iCloud Drive.
- External Mac Hard Drive To Download Apple Iclouds Photos Windows 10
- External Mac Hard Drive To Download Apple Iclouds Photos Mac
- Apple Photos On External Hard Drive
- Download Icloud Photos To External Hard Drive Mac
External Mac Hard Drive To Download Apple Iclouds Photos Windows 10
How to Backup iCloud Pictures to Mac/Windows Computers
External Mac Hard Drive To Download Apple Iclouds Photos Mac
To backup iCloud photo library to computer, you need to download these photos to your Mac/PC first. Follow these steps to access iCloud photos and copy them to Mac.
Step 1: Open Photos app on macOS.
Step 2: Head to Photos > Preference, then click iCloud and sign in to iCloud with your Apple ID.
Step 3: Click Download Originals to this Mac and transfer iCloud photos to Mac.
You can check our previous guide on how to download photos from iCloud to Mac/PC computer to make a local backup for iCloud photos.
Apple Photos On External Hard Drive
Once you transfer iCloud photos to computer, you can also move them to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, box etc. to make an online backup.
Download Icloud Photos To External Hard Drive Mac
If you already backup your Mac with Mac backup software like Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, Time Machine, iCloud photos you moved to Mac will be backed up as well. If you haven't, Mac's built-in backup software, Time Machine is recommended. Click System Preferences, select Time Machine, click Select Backup Disk, choose disk for iCloud photos backup, together with other data, and check the box Backup Up Automatically to backup iCloud photo library automatically on Mac.