What if the data in iCloud Photos is lost or damaged? You can make a backup of your iCloud Photos, for example, you can backup photos from iCloud to PC or other cloud services according to the method mentioned in the article.
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"My iCloud Photos storage is almost full, and now I want to back up all my photos from iCloud Photos to my computer, how do I do this?"
"I have stored nearly a thousand photos in my iCloud account, and now I want to create a copy on my computer device to prevent accidents. Is there any way to do it?"
iCloud is a data storage service specially provided for apple users, which can provide data (such as photos, music, documents and contacts) storage services. In addition, in the event of a device being lost or stolen, users can use their iCloud account for easy file sharing and device management.
With iCloud, users can remotely back up the image data on the iOS device to the iCloud account, completely replacing the manual backup operation. However, the iCloud account only provides users with 5GB of storage space for free. If the limit is exceeded, the user must either purchase more space or transfer the data to the local device.
That is to say, although iCloud provides users with the convenience of data storage and acquisition, users also backup iCloud Photos to external hard drives or computers for many reasons.
Compared to backing up iCloud Photos to a phone with very little storage space, backing up iCloud Photos to a computer is probably the best choice for most users. Because of its better compatibility, iCloud provides users with two options for backing up pictures to a computer: iCloud for Windows or Mac and iCloud.com.
Under normal circumstances, iCloud will be built into the Mac, so Mac users can log in to iCloud directly. If you're using a Windows computer, you'll need to download iCloud for Windows from Apple's website. After that, you can log into your account and set up the download process.
Step 1. Launch iCloud and enter your Apple ID and password to log in.
Step 2. Select "Photos" and click the "Options" button next to it.
Step 3. Check "iCloud Photo Library" and "Download new photos and videos to my PC". This will enable photo sharing between iCloud and your computer. Any new photos taken on your device and uploaded to iCloud will also be automatically downloaded to your PC.
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Step 4. After that, you can go back to the path where you stored your photos, and the "Downloads" folder will contain iCloud photos.
If you prefer to access iCloud Photos in your browser, you can go directly to iCloud.com to download them. Photos will be automatically downloaded as a JPEG after you select an image thumbnail and select the "Download" icon in the upper left corner of the screen.
Step 1. Go to iCloud.com. Sign in with your Apple ID and password.
Step 2. Click "Photos" on the main menu. Then click on the picture you want to download.
Step 3. Click the small download icon. You can choose a different download mode in the drop-down window.
Step 4. After that, you can repeat the above steps for other photos you want to download from iCloud.
Many users have reported that simply backing up iCloud Photos to PC will result in the situation that the backup content cannot be obtained at any time. In addition, the old backup data needs to be managed manually and the new data must be transferred to the PC manually regularly, which is a huge waste of time.
To avoid these situations, you can choose to back up iCloud Photos to cloud backup software, such as Google Drive and OneDrive. After backing up iCloud Photos to the cloud, you can:
The traditional cloud-to-cloud backup method is very time-consuming, you can use a professional cloud-to-cloud backup tool---MultCloud to complete this operation.
MultCloud supports adding 30+ cloud drives, such as Dropbox, Dropbox Business, Google Drive, Google Workspace, Google Photos, iCloud Photos, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, MEGA, Flickr, Box, Box for Business, pCloud, Amazon S3, Wasabi, MySQL, Egnyte, Backblaze, MediaFire, Baidu, even NAS, WebDAV, FTP/SFTP, Shared with me and Shared Drive, etc. In this way, you can choose the appropriate cloud service for backup.
In addition, compared with other cloud backup software, MultCloud has the following advantages:
To use MultCloud backup iCloud Photos to another cloud, you need to use the "Cloud Backup" feature. The following takes backup iCloud Photos to Google Drive as an example to provide you with detailed steps.
Step 1. Register. Sign up for a MultCloud account with an email address, or you can simply authorize logging in with your Google or Facebook account.
Step 2. Add iCloud Photos and Google Drive. Click the "Add Cloud" button on the left side of the interface, and then select iCloud Photos and Google Drive to add. During this process, you will need to grant MultCloud access to the account.
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Step 3. Backup iCloud photos to Google Drive. In the "FILES TO BACKUP" column, select the folder in iCloud Photos that need to be backed up, and in the "WHERE TO SAVE BACKUP" column, select the path where the file or folder is stored in Google Drive. Finally, click on the "Backup Now" icon.
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With the help of the above methods, you can easily backup iCloud Photos to PC. Note that it may take several minutes to download full-resolution photos, depending on internet speed and the number of photos. If you back up your iCloud photos to other cloud storage services, you can choose to use the features provided by MultCloud to easily and quickly do the cloud backup.