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Re: iCloud Photos Downloader

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Post by lostlogin »

reconnecting wrote: post #89
lostlogin wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s missing? The files are there on the Mac, they are there to download on the cloud (various mentions of method mentioned here).

There is NO button on Mac to download photos from iCloud. You can only do this from your phone and then synchronise them to your Mac.

One of us is missing something. In Photos.app I clicked download originals. The photos are there on my Mac. It’s bit gross to get at them though - right click on app > show package contents.

Are you wanting a way that doesn’t involve the photos app?

You can do that from iCloud over a browser.

Re: iCloud Photos Downloader

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Post by Tepix »

nntwozz wrote: post #9
tra3 wrote: post #5

Does anyone know if there’s a way to self host/impersonate iCloud? I’d like to back my iPhone up locally.

You can do manual backups in macOS using Finder, or iTunes on Windows.

There's also a Program called "Apple devices" I believe from Apple for Windows that will let you backup your iPhone/iPad.

If you configure a password for your backup it will backup more (confidential) data than if you don't encrypt your local backup.

Re: iCloud Photos Downloader

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Post by reconnecting »

reddalo wrote: post #21
reconnecting wrote: post #2

Surprisingly, there is no official way to download all (400 Gb) photos from iCloud. Here is an open-source command-line tool to download all your iCloud photos.

Technically, there is: users of the European Union can get a full export of all data that Apple has about them, including all the stored photos. It can be requested from here: https://privacy.apple.com/

It sounds really weird that instead of making a separate utility, or allowing you to download iCloud Photos in the native Photos application on Mac, Apple requires you to go through a legal procedure.

I'm OK with clicking a button to download all photos to Mac, but there is no such button. Or maybe there was one previously, but it has now disappeared.

Re: iCloud Photos Downloader

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Post by reconnecting »

nemothekid wrote: post #13
reconnecting wrote: post #2

Surprisingly, there is no official way to download all (400 Gb) photos from iCloud. Here is an open-source command-line tool to download all your iCloud photos.

I think if you are on PC. But on Mac with the Photos App Cmd+A > File > Export Unmodified Originals

There is no straight way to download photos from iCloud to Mac.

Re: iCloud Photos Downloader

#105

Post by reconnecting »

mr_toad wrote: post #98
reconnecting wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is NO button on Mac to download photos from iCloud. You can only do this from your phone and then synchronise them to your Mac.

There are two options in the file menu - you can export the originals, and there is an option to export them as .jpg.

From iPhotos (Photos) app to hard drive.

Subject is to download photos from iCloud.

Re: iCloud Photos Downloader

#106

Post by reconnecting »

lostlogin wrote: post #101
reconnecting wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is NO button on Mac to download photos from iCloud. You can only do this from your phone and then synchronise them to your Mac.

One of us is missing something. In Photos.app I clicked download originals. The photos are there on my Mac. It’s bit gross to get at them though - right click on app > show package contents. Are you wanting a way that doesn’t involve the photos app? You can do that from iCloud over a browser.

If you open the Photos app (macOS) connected to iCloud with an empty library, there will be no photos until you import them from your phone. Hope this is clear now.

iCloud via browser has a limit of 1k photos per download.

Re: iCloud Photos Downloader

#107

Post by [deleted] »

reconnecting wrote: post #87
fizwidget wrote: post #69

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That doesn’t sound right. My photo library is larger than my iPhone’s storage yet downloads fine on my Mac. Just need to make sure “optimise storage” is enabled on the iPhone and disabled on the Mac. Once everything’s downloaded on the Mac, you can either export through the Apple Photos menu or just copy the “originals” directly from the Photos bundle.

This works because you had synchronised your iPhone with your Mac previously. If you start with an empty Photos library and phone, it is impossible to put all the photos on the phone and thus transfer them to your Mac.

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Re: iCloud Photos Downloader

#108

Post by [deleted] »

reconnecting wrote: post #106
lostlogin wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of us is missing something. In Photos.app I clicked download originals. The photos are there on my Mac. It’s bit gross to get at them though - right click on app > show package contents. Are you wanting a way that doesn’t involve the photos app? You can do that from iCloud over a browser.

If you open the Photos app (macOS) connected to iCloud with an empty library, there will be no photos until you import them from your phone. Hope this is clear now. iCloud via browser has a limit of 1k photos per download.

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Re: iCloud Photos Downloader

#109

Post by qaid »

Is there an iCloud Photos uploader?

I have a script to scan files from my camera and add a compressed copy to a folder. This folder was supposed to work with the iCloud for windows (10) program, but one day it just stopped working.

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