iCloud holds my documents hostage, Help!

This question has been asked before, but so far there are no good answers: How do I get all of my files, photos down from the cloud and onto my external Hard drive? Please and Thank you!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jul 25, 2022 5:09 PM

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Axel Foley

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150,930 points

Jul 25, 2022 5:19 PM in response to Sorgigirl

Please review the following guides published by Apple:

👉 How to Download iCloud photos and videos

👉 How to Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud

Axel F.

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