How to Download or Backup Photos from iCloud to Mac?

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In order to download or backup photos from iCloud  to Mac, there is no direct way of doing it. You have to do it manually. Below is the step by step process to show you how you can backup all the photos from iCloud to Mac.

  1. Go to iCloud.com and login as usual, and then go to “Photos” as usual
  2. Choose the “All Photos” album
  3. Scroll to the very bottom of the All Photos album and click the “Select Photos” button at the top of the iCloud Photos bar
  4. Hold down the Shift key and click on the very last picture in the album, this should select every photo in the All Photos album as will be signified by the iCloud Photos bar saying “WXYZ items selected”
  5. Now with all of the photos selected in iCloud Photos, choose the blue “Download” button at the top of the iCloud Photos bar
  6. Confirm that you want to download all of the selected photos (this can be hundreds or thousands) and click on “Download”

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