How to redirect iCloud photo backup from laptop to an external hard drive?

Right now Icloud is saving the images from my Iphone on my laptop. Can I redirect it to a hard drive? I need more memory on my laptop.

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Original Title: Running out of memory on laptop. how to redirect the icloud to backup on external drive?

Posted on Jun 9, 2025 7:52 AM

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