Mar 08, 2021 Go to iCloud.com and login with your Apple ID and password. Go to “Photos” section. Choose the “All Photos” album. Scroll down to the bottom of the All Photos album and click the “ Select Photos ” button on the top of the iCloud Photos bar. Hold down the Shift key and click on the very last picture in the album.
Did you recently get a new iPhone? Perhaps you upgraded, or your last one had an untimely demise. Either way, in this situation you’ll be grateful for iCloud backing up and syncing all of our stuff. Especially your pictures. But now you’re probably wondering how to get those photos from iCloud.
- How to download all your iCloud photos to your Mac. As we said above, one of the benefits of using iCloud Photo Library is that it makes it possible to view all your photos on all of your devices.
- With iCloud Sync, you can save all your desktop files on Mac to iCloud Drive, and access them on your iPhone or iPad. Firstly, you can view and access iCloud document in the first part. Just open Finder, find and click iCloud Drive, and view the document files under Desktop and Documents folders.
- How to Download All iCloud Photos to Mac. The following steps can be used regardless of the macOS version your system is currently running, as long as it supports iCloud Photos and you have the feature enabled in the first place of course. Head over to “System Preferences” on your Mac from the Dock. Alternatively, you can click on the Apple.
- On iCloud.com, click Photos and select a photo or video. Hold the command key on your Mac or control key on your PC to select multiple photos or videos. Click and hold the download button in the upper corner of the window. If you want to download your photo or video as it was originally captured or imported, choose Unmodified Original.
Well, keep reading, and we’ll go over all that — and cover some things you should try to avoid.
How to retrieve photos from iCloud
If you just want to download select images from your iCloud library, you can actually do so from the Photos app on your iPhone:
- In Photos, go to Shared Albums
- Open an album
- Select the image(s) you want to download
- Tap the Share button in the bottom left corner
- Tap “Save Image”
The picture(s) you just saved should now appear in your Camera Roll. You might have to scroll up to find them, as the Camera Roll saves pictures in chronological order with the most recent at the bottom.
Before you download all photos from iCloud to your iPhone
In the scenario where you want to download your entire iCloud photo library to your iPhone, make sure you have enough storage first. If you’ve been using iCloud for a while, then there’s the possibility that your photo library is too big to fit on your iPhone. A good practice before attempting to download all your iCloud photos is to scan them for redundant pictures, like similar shots, old screenshots, and the like.
To do that, download Gemini Photos for iPhone and run a scan. Gemini will analyze the previews of your photos, stored locally on your phone, and help you quickly delete unwanted duplicates. When you delete the preview, it will also delete the original from iCloud. Here’s how it works:
- Allow Gemini Photos access to your photo library
- After the app scans your library, it will group your photos into categories: Similar, Clutter, and Other
- Tap on any of the categories and review the photos the app suggests deleting.
- Move all unwanted pics to the Trash
- Tap Empty Trash
How do I download all my photos from iCloud?
If you’re reading this to learn how to get all your photos from iCloud on to your iPhone, then you’re in luck — it couldn’t be easier.
- Go to Settings > Photos
- Toggle on iCloud Photos
- Select Download and Keep Originals
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Downloading pictures from iCloud to iPhone couldn’t be simpler. Whether you’re retrieving only one photo or your entire library, you’ll be glad you had everything backed up to iCloud. And if you're trying to figure out how to upload your photos to iCloud, we've got a guide to that as well.