alt Hacker NewsThere 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.
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raw_anon_1111 • yesterday at 9:42 PM
You can use the Photos app on your Mac and download originals
mr_toad • yesterday at 9:50 PM
There are two options in the file menu - you can export the originals, and there is an option to export them as .jpg.
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wookmaster • yesterday at 10:30 PM
Select all, Files > Export. It's simple to download iCloud Photos.
lostlogin • yesterday at 9:55 PM
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.
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Yes, there is a button on Mac: https://support.apple.com/guide/photos/use-icloud-photos-pht...
As long as you are signed into the Mac with the same iCloud account used on the iPhone, this will download them all. No, you do not need to get them all downloaded to the iPhone ever for any reason for this to work. Period. You need to stop repeating that, because it is wrong. How many people have to say the same thing?
Yes, you will have to go into a hidden folder to access the Originals once they're downloaded if you want to copy them somewhere else, but it's like two clicks.