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Downloading all iCloud photos and videos through Apple data and privacy.
Please help me, Long story short I have searched the internet and did hours and hours of research and still cannot get a clear answer. I’m hoping someone can finally help me. I have 55,000 photos in iCloud and 400 videos. I want all of them off iCloud and in a folder in my desktop. I know there...- RazorBackX
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- icloud macbook original photos videos
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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iCloud Photos keeps merging two different people
Hello, I didn't know where to post but, since it happens across all my devices (MacBook and iPhone) and it's synched through iCloud I thought it would be most appropriate here. I have the weird problem that the Photos app keeps merging me into my partners profile. I have to select every photo of...- danslecarton
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- merging people photos
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- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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Green lines on random images in Photos app
Does anyone else see this? For reference I'm on an M1 MBA. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to which photos this affects. It didn't bother me much at first until I realized they also upload to websites that way :(. Thoughts?- hello(again)
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- green line photos photos app
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Which is it?! This is VERY confusing...
These screen shots are pulled from my MacBook Air, but my phone says it's processing photos, also. Sometimes I get the first message, "People will finish updating when Photos is in the background." and other times I'll get the second message. "To finish updating your people, quit Photos and make... -
Photos.app and excessive HDD read/write on the drive where ”Photos Library.photoslibrary” resides
It is crazy how often the drive keeps reading and writing for some reason (yes, I have a quite loud 6 TB Western Digital Black). I also use Backblaze which I've now disabled for that specific drive, but the drive keeps being accessed a lot. Don't know what's going on really because I can't see...- star-affinity
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- hdd access library photos
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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Unsupported video format Photos
Hello, so in my Photos on my MacBook pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014 2.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2 GBIntel Iris Pro 1536 MB ) I would get this exclamation mark in a triangle on the videos shot with iPhone XR and it says that the video format is not...- manyelski
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- big sur macbook pro "15 2014 macbook pro mid 2014 photos video
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- Forum: macOS Big Sur (11)
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Batch Revert Photos
Is there a way to batch revert all the photos in my Photos library to their original states? I’m guessing it’s a no for mobile devices, but what about Photos on Mac?- purdnost
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- batch revert edits original photos revert undo
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- Forum: Photography
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iCloud: Photos Vs. Files for Long-Term Storage?
I use the Photos app to sync media across all my devices, but I don’t want to use it as for long-term storage. Every year, I move all of my media from my devices to local hard drive storage backups, but I would also like to have the convenience of accessibility. I’m interested in using the...- purdnost
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- backup cloud files icloud long-term media photos storage
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- Forum: Photography
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Apple Photos keeps filling SSDs on my MacBooks
Hi! I'm Tomasz from Warsaw, Poland. Aerospace engineer turned software developer. Lurker since 2015, but this is my first post. I struggled with this for years and finally curiosity won, hence me sharing this here... Do you have any idea how to stop Apple Photos from filling up SSD? I used...- tb88
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- filled low macbook photos space ssd storage
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- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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iPhone photos not syncing with my MBP
I took some photos with my new iPhone 12 Pro Max but I don't see it on my iCloud Drive on my macOS Mojave MBP. Do we need to explicitly sync them using an app or service etc ? I thought it would automatically get downloaded to my mac. -
Portrait Mode Export and Import (from and to Photos app)
Hi I probably be unusual about this. I use Photos app on my Mac. I have 2 library. iCloud library and Mac library. End of year I export photos/videos from iCloud and save it on Mac library as backup copy with files names changes I do in Finder. I get new iPhone 12 Mini so that first time I get...- Jay-Jacob
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- aae export heic import photo library photos photos app portrait portrait mode
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- Forum: Photography
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Suggestions for Archiving iPhone Media Yearly?
I use iCloud for syncing and short-term backups in the Photos app. I move all my photos and videos to an external hard drive for archiving yearly. In previous years, I would allow the Photos app for macOS auto sync and download all original files to a library on an external drive. I’ve been...- purdnost
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- archive external hard drive icloud media photos storage sync videos
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- Forum: Photography
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Airdropped photos to iPhone not added to iCloud
Everytime my wife airdrops me a photo/video from her iPhone to my iPhone, it shows up in the camera roll but it doesn't seem to be added to my icloud library so when browsing my photos on another device (ATV, iPad, Mac), the photos she has sent is not there. Also, even though it shows up in my... -
iPhone 12 Pro Unable to load video error
after taking a video, when trying to play it back in the photos app I get a pop up saying "unable to load video. an error occurred while loading a higher quality version of this video". I can't find anyone else mention this. please help -
No Messenger but when sharing screenshot...
Hello, When I take a screenshot then there is no option to share it via Facebook Messenger app. I can share it for example on Pinterest, but If I would like to share it via Messenger then I need to save screenshot in Photo app and after that share it via messenger. How to restore Messenger... -
Enable iCloud photo's - impact to storage & original photos
Hi all I have iCloud Photos sync enabled on my iPhone & iPad. Total storage is taking 53GB out of my 200GB plan. I have a lot of pictures (close to 500GB) on my old Macbook which are stored locally in the Photos Library. My Macbook is not synced to iCloud Photos. What will happen if I...- tiimmbe
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- icloud icloud backup photo albums photos photos app
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- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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iPhone 12 Pro Storage usage for iphone12 pro max help!
Hello everyone! I have read that Apple now has Apple raw and Dolby for taking videos, I am just wondering if 256GB would be enough if I use those often? Little information about my usage with my 11PM, so far out of 256GB I have only used 55.1GB. I also currently have the 200GB iCloud but I have... -
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Photos - Why can't I get all my photos into iCloud storage?
I have enough space in iCloud and all my photos are in the "library". Is there a way to force photos to upload? Is there something else I could be missing? I'm working on a 2017 iMac...- Sal Collaziano
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- icloud photos storage
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Alternative photoviewer to Mac Photos.app
I'm looking for an alternative to Mac's default Photos.app, which also supports HEIC. I don't want to use Photos.app it because it messes up the folder structure. The folder structure is important to me, because I also have a windows laptop. Also I think finder and preview are atrocious for...- vallfjallet
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- photo manager photos
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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HDR Video thumbnails in the Photos Mac app
I'm running 10.14.6 - HDR videos from the iPhone 12 are appearing washed out in the Photos app - this is just thumbnails though, the videos play fine. Is anyone else seeing this?
