How to Download iCloud Photos to Mac in 2 Easy Ways

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Find out how to download photos from iCloud to your Mac computer in 2 easy ways! We'll show you how to have your iCloud photos automatically sync to your Mac computer, or download photos from the iCloud website.
To sync your photos and videos from iCloud to Mac, open your Mac’s system preferences. Select iCloud. Beside Photos, click Options. Then click the box beside iCloud Photo library. Click Done to save your changes. After a few minutes, you can open the Photos app on your Mac, and all the photos from your iCloud account will be synced to your Mac.
To download photos to your Mac from the iCloud website, open your browser and go to iCloud.com. Then sign in to your Apple ID account. Select Photos. Scroll through your photo library to find an image you want to download. Click on a picture to select it. If there are multiple photos you want to select, hold down the command key on your keyboard, then click each photo you want to select. To save them to your Mac, click the download icon at the top right of your screen. Then click Download. The photos will be saved to your Mac’s Downloads folder. Repeat these steps to download as many photos or videos as you’d like.
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@James-lw3gi 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like this needs to be updated. In Big Sur there is not 'Options' next to Photos when looking at the iCloud settings.

@mayumeaic7526 4 жыл бұрын

I want to download my photos from icloud to photos' macbook like the 1st method in the video.. but my macbook isn't downloading photos.. it just thinks there is nothing new in icloud, although latest photos in my mac are from 2017... how can I fix it?

@screenstory 5 жыл бұрын

And when you download photos from iCloud Photo library, they all have a new creation date of today. How can we get our photos out of iCloud and preserve their metadata -- at LEAST the creation date (date we took the photograph)? I can't believe how lamely this was designed by all-seeing Apple.

@HeyitshannahA 5 жыл бұрын

It's not a convenient process because Apple would rather you buy icloud storage for the rest of your life. That's exactly why when you call support or go to the store for storage issues, the only advice they give is to buy more cloud space.

@severinecremoux5728 5 жыл бұрын

@@HeyitshannahA Ugh that's annoying. I'll buy all the storage, but I'd just love to download them on a computer! :(

@johnmenneer3915 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I just got caught in the same trap. Didn't have enough storage to do the two way syn so had to pay for a plan. Once I get my "originals" on my mac I'll be unsycing my devices from icloud and in future will simply import my photos to my mac from my iphone.

@MarkYTChen 4 жыл бұрын

Fxck Apple for doing this on-purpose !

@billytheweasel 4 жыл бұрын

I'll see if I can DL pics from iCloud that I just chose to delete because I was fed up. I have 30 days. May go back to droid. Bad business decision Apple.

@Lxcylou 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Me and my family shared an icloud for so long, and just recently all our photos had combined, I was trying to figure out how to transfer mine to my new apple ID and this was so easy and helpful, THANK YOU!

@techlifeunity 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@supriyakrishnamurthy 5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much, this really really helped me a lot.. because of your video I could recover my oldest and precious photos which I forgot that I synced in icloud.. You donno how happy I am right now.. Thank you thank you soooo much

@techlifeunity 5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@SpelProffsen 4 жыл бұрын

1:13: how many minutes? have waited very long..:(

@ervinisimo 3 жыл бұрын

Note, that if you download your photos in big batches example 1000, the photos will be downloaded as low res. If you want them as originals you have to do them in much smaller batches

@techlifeunity 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@mrhobs Жыл бұрын

Thank you! A little old, but this still helped. EDIT: Actually... was hoping to add to my photos app, not just my computer. "Photos" app on mac is just grayed out when I try to download any pictures... can't you just open Photos and access iCloud from there? Seems not... lame.

@truthhourhealthcareexposed7884 5 жыл бұрын

Just EXCELLENT!! I just an enormous amount of time trying to download my next episode out of icloud on my Iphone X...Yikes-with no success. You just explained it in less than 3 minutes. Wowwwww!!!! All I can say is one word -A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! Thank You! S.R. Ridley, A Nurse You Can Trust!

@techlifeunity 5 жыл бұрын

So glad we could help!

@reed2__ 4 жыл бұрын

This was so useful

@DrShonTV 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. so useful. Thank you!

@techlifeunity 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@HaleyCararini 5 жыл бұрын

Very helpful!! Thank you!!

@techlifeunity 5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Haley!

@rimanime9446 2 жыл бұрын

So helpful ! Thank you SO MUCH !!!!

@techlifeunity 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@lahannahlou 4 жыл бұрын

this is slightly off topic but can you move the apple photo library to icloud drive? i have thousands of photos in another library and i don't want them to sync across to all devices but i do want them backed up online as well as on an external hardrive.

@Rn-js6qt Жыл бұрын

I believe you have to send them to urself over i message or use google photos on the phone that is not sync

@Ahmedalottabi 3 жыл бұрын

is there a way to select all photos ?

@el-gn7vp 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you soooooooo much !

@techlifeunity 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@wieva3 2 жыл бұрын

Is there away to select all the photos?

@jordangonzales8398 4 жыл бұрын

After the photos are downloaded, is it safe to delete your pictures from your icloud? Looking to store them so I can free some space up on the cloud.

@FreeSpeechEchoes 3 жыл бұрын

Someone answere this man!

@AdamU1016 3 жыл бұрын

@@FreeSpeechEchoes - Once you have downloaded to your Mac or external drive you can safely delete all the photos that were stored in your iCloud. You have the backup copy already saved to your Mac or external device.

@wieva3 2 жыл бұрын

The first way worked, thank you.

@techlifeunity 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@danielleramos9686 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, after they are downloaded to Mac, and I delete from phone...will they delete from Mac? So confused...

@techlifeunity 3 жыл бұрын

If you download the photos and save them outside of iCloud, those copies outside of iCloud will be safe even if you delete them from iCloud. If you delete a photo stored in iCloud, it will be removed from all devices that are connected to that iCloud account.

@rowlandh25 5 жыл бұрын

Excelente video. Thank you

@techlifeunity 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Roland!

@billytheweasel 4 жыл бұрын

I used the 2nd method because the 1st wouldn't work for some reason. Thank you very much for this wonderful vid! I think I hate Apple more than MS after this iCloud scam. No way to treat customers Apple.

@techlifeunity 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@krishnasaraf9441 6 жыл бұрын

Nice tips to download photos

@techlifeunity 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Krishna!

@JMxInsanity11 6 жыл бұрын

How would you select all photos if you would like to download all the photos to your mac from the icloud website?

@techlifeunity 6 жыл бұрын

Hi there, Hit Command + A on your keyboard to select all.

@ponchojr619 6 жыл бұрын

exactly my question

@K.Zagarina 6 жыл бұрын

doesn't work this way...

@brothersofthecastle2168 6 жыл бұрын

this isn't working D:

@sorayawatkins2112 5 жыл бұрын

doesnt work with iCloud.

@Tanos_ra Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏 very helpful thanks 🙏

@techlifeunity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@jedski5956 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@techlifeunity 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@JackSparrow-yt3qw 4 жыл бұрын

How can I download the entire photo library from icloud to pc without individually selecting each and every photo?

@rhiannonswift8395 4 жыл бұрын

command shift A

@Sahil-rx2oe 5 жыл бұрын

Idky but I just couldn’t figure out how to do this until I came on this page. Thanks!!

@techlifeunity 5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@walterallen1st Жыл бұрын

does not work with updated settings on m1 mac

@isabella-m9881 4 жыл бұрын

1:20

@rommelabuhat2414 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@techlifeunity 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@jessicalanderos5677 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Jessica, what if I want to do it backwards? I have 5,000 photos on my mac and never realized that they were not in my iCloud but now my computer has to get wiped clean and I'm trying to put the photos from my mac to iCloud. Is it possible? anyone? Thanks so much in advance!

@techlifeunity 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Jessica, Check out this article on Apple's support site! support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204264

@kvihma Жыл бұрын

Because adding a "save as" option seemed too easy

@Siddhia1 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@techlifeunity 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@brendaleona 4 жыл бұрын

how to download all photos to mac computer

@elezi3943 5 жыл бұрын

If I use the first method; Will my content (photos, videos) then be online and open for other people to see them?? (because I dont want that, I would want to keep them private of course)

@techlifeunity 5 жыл бұрын

No, things on your iCloud account won't be visible to anyone else

@TheDoxxen 5 жыл бұрын

only apple does @@techlifeunity

@TheEdbeats 5 жыл бұрын

My pictures keep downloading as zip

@techlifeunity 5 жыл бұрын

Just double click on the folder to unzip

@jamisonstagaard6607 4 жыл бұрын

Why do I not have an option button next to photos?!

@pipstevebatten6649 4 жыл бұрын

I have the same question!

@anilmandi6716 4 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE TOO GOOD.I SUBSCRIBE YOU .SO CUTE VOICE

@techlifeunity 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jacquesdubois2925 5 жыл бұрын

Ah....what a clever trap Apple has laid out for us all! To get your photos "off" iCloud you have to upload ALL your photos including those not already there - essentially, a two way sync....but to do so, you need to have enough space in your iCloud account....and therein lies the trap. It is very likely that the sync will require you to BUY space from Apple when in many cases, the whole exercise is to get your content OFF Apple's iCloud permanently. Sorry folks....it appears that once you upload a photo to iCloud Apple pretty much owns it....hence the reason there is no "select all" option (a pretty fundamental functionality) on the iCloud website to allow a full download of all images. You screwed us again Apple!

@rickeverette3649 4 жыл бұрын

why come you don't has a Mac?

@BodhiFitness 4 жыл бұрын

it's diabolical

@rhiannonswift8395 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. command shift A helps tho