Apple's service works flawlessly to sync and back up your images and video to iCloud — but if you're serious about keeping your irreplaceable photos and video safe, you'll want a redundant (second) backup. That can take the form of a local backup on your own drive or an external source, a secondary online backup, or both. Here's how to do it. • • • How to back up iCloud Photo Library to your Mac's hard drive The best way to back up the images and video in iCloud Photo Library is to make sure you're downloading all your content onto your Mac. Note: If you plan to back up your entire digital library to your Mac's hard drive, you'll likely want to do it on a desktop Mac with a 1TB drive or higher. Otherwise, consider. • Launch the Photos app on your Mac. • Click Photos in the App menu in the upper left corner of your screen. • Select Preferences from the drop-down menu. How to Download Photos from iCloud to Mac or Windows PC the Easy Way. You can learn how to download your iCloud photos on a Mac or Windows PC with the. How to Download Photos from iCloud to Mac or Windows PC the Easy Way. You can learn how to download your iCloud photos on a Mac or Windows PC with the. How to Use iCloud Photo Library in Photos to Sync Pictures Between Devices. Download and Keep. Their own Apple Id's to share my iCloud Photo. ICloud Photo Library uploads new photos and videos from your Windows PC so you can view them in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac, and on iCloud.com.New photos you take automatically download from iCloud Photo Library and you can choose to download your entire collection by year. Another reason for downloading photos from iCloud to local computer would be to have immediate access to your favorite photos for editing and other purposes. • Click the iCloud tab. • Click Download Originals to this Mac. Your Mac will now download full-resolution copies of all your images to your external hard drive, stored inside your Photos app library. How to back up your iCloud Photo Library content to an external drive There are two ways to back up your iCloud Photo Library to an external drive: by backing up your Photos library automatically, or manually. (You can also export sections of your library, if you don't want to back up the whole thing.) Back up your Photos library automatically If you've turned on the Download Originals option for your Photos library, you can back up your Photos library as part of your regular backup routine. Whether you use Time Machine, or clone your hard drive using SuperDuper! Or Carbon Copy, your Photos library (and all images and video automatically downloaded from iCloud) will be backed up as well. (And if you don't currently use a backup service, well. Now's a good time to start!) • • Back up your Photos library manually If you've turned on the Download Originals option for your Photos library but don't want to back it up automatically, you can always copy your Photos library to an external drive at regular intervals. • Connect an external drive to your Mac via USB, USB-C, or Thunderbolt. • Open a new Finder window on your Mac. • Go to Users > [username] > Pictures. • Drag your Photos Library to your external drive. • Wait for it to copy. Create an external library for backing up iCloud Photo Library I recommend setting a bi-weekly reminder for these steps, so you keep your Photos library regularly backed up. How to back up portions of your iCloud Photo Library Don't want to back up your entire library? You can export individual images and video to your external drive. • Connect an external drive to your Mac via USB, USB-C, or Thunderbolt. • Open the Photos app. • Select the photos and video you want to back up. • Go to the File menu. • Select Export > Export Unmodified Original For 10 Videos • Press Export • Choose your external drive. • Press Export Originals. How to make an online backup of your iCloud Photo Library Even though your entire iCloud Photo Library is (as the name implies) stored online in iCloud, it's worth considering a second online backup as one of your redundancies.
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