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Apple Launches Service for Transferring iCloud Photos and Videos to Google Photos
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Not sure who would give their property to an ad company to be honest.
Export seems rather easy as described above if you use the website.
Getting ahead of anti-trust concerns. No way does Apple really want you to move your stuff to Google.
Oh thanks for the pointer - I would have registered it better with more coffee. All good!
How about to maybe, just maybe MY OWN HARD DISK?, right here, on my desk, in my hand. My data, is it possible Apple, without jumping through hoops ?
From the same Privacy page under “Obtain a copy of your data” you can request your data and download it to your own Computer and transfer it yourself (if desired)
I think it’s fair to assume that plenty Macs already have that as a local copy, some iOS devices probably as well. But as mentioned above, the website lets you download it all too.
Oh, I've done that. You should too!
That's when I realized Apple keeps FOREVER a log of every podcast I listen to, when and how much I listen to it, what apps I buy, what TV shows, movies, etc. I watch on what device and when, start and finish times.
Umm, this is built into the Photos app. When you enable iCloud Photos on your Mac, just check "Download Originals to this Mac" and it will download your entire photo library, with all the originals, to your photo library.
You can then back up this photo library with Time Machine or any other local backup method.
In fact this is one thing that I really LIKE about Apple Photos; Google doesn't provide any way to keep a local, continuously updated copy of your library. Takeout doesn't count because it's a big massive download of the entire thing every time you use it.
As I replied to a previous reply, apparently the app was expecting me to search in my language (Swedish), something I hadn't even considered trying. 😀
Dead serious. Apple creating an option to switch to one of their largest competitors with very little friction means they have to be committed and confident about providing a great product/service because switching away is easier than ever.
I don't share your cynicism. If you want to take your photos from Apple Photos and go elsewhere you can do it from the Mac app with a handful of Export commands. Unless you want to use a tool that requires you to manage your file structure by hand, which is a nightmare, this is how a high-volume photo library management app works.
This tool should be a nice way to get my photo library onto the Google Home devices in my home for slideshows. Thanks Tim Apple!
UM what if my library is bigger than my mac storage?, i.e. in the case of mac laptops.
Nope. i cant be bothered to explain it all again. But you havent thought about it hard enough.
That’s fine, just link me to where you explained it last, I’ll happily read that.
Attach the storage medium of your choice and save on that. External hard drives are there for a reason. Boom. Solved.
Apple Launches Service for Transferring iCloud Photos and Videos to Google Photos
WOW. HERE'S AN IDEA APPLE IMPLEMENT A PROPER BACKUP SOLUTION FOR ICLOUD PHOTOS Sorry to shout but this is a MAJOR PET PEEVE and actually a downright SERIOUS risk to peoples data that Apple have neglected to implement an actual backup of your photo library. By back up I mean, a local, copy...
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