I am trying to back up all my files on my mac to an external harddrive but it won't work, (I assume) because all the files are on icloud. I have left my laptop on and plugged in for 24 hours to try and download the icloud files but that hasnt worked. Any ideas how I can get my iCloud files downloaded to my Mac and then copied to hard drive?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro
See the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl027f1d66/mac
Photos can’t be transferred directly from iCloud to an external hard drive for that you need to set up iCloud photo library see the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204264
And its preferences https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht5156cc968/4.0/mac/10.14 , open finder > Go > home > your user name > pictures either drag and drop Photos Library.photoslibrary to an external hard drive , the second method is right click on Photos Library.photoslibrary and click on show package contents in the upcoming column , you can also drag and drop complete masters folder to an external hard drive that is connected .
Also as per the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht6d60d10f/mac
See the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl027f1d66/mac
Photos can’t be transferred directly from iCloud to an external hard drive for that you need to set up iCloud photo library see the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204264
And its preferences https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht5156cc968/4.0/mac/10.14 , open finder > Go > home > your user name > pictures either drag and drop Photos Library.photoslibrary to an external hard drive , the second method is right click on Photos Library.photoslibrary and click on show package contents in the upcoming column , you can also drag and drop complete masters folder to an external hard drive that is connected .
Also as per the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht6d60d10f/mac
Backing up photos on iCloud to external hard drive
