how to transfer pictures from icloud to external hard drive?
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["Manually download all the files from Apple's iCloud website to a folder on your PC and then copy/paste or move them to your USB drive.", "Download iCloud for Windows and find the iCloud folder in your File Explorer. Then, copy the photos from your PCs' iCloud folder and paste them to your USB Drive."]
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['Download Google Photos on your device.', 'Turn on Back Up & Sync and select your photo storage size.', 'Wait for Google Photos to finish backing up all your photos.', 'Double check all your photos transferred to Google Photos.', 'Download a local backup of your iCloud Photos (Optional)']
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['Make sure that iCloud Backup is turned on in Settings > [your name] > iCloud > iCloud Backup.', 'Connect your device to a power source.', 'Connect your device to a Wi-Fi network.', "Make sure that your device's screen is locked."]
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['Open Photos on your iOS device.', 'Select the photo or photos you want to share and tap the Share button (square with the arrow)', 'Scroll through the options below until you get to Share to Files.', "This will open the iCloud Drive and you'll see a list of all the folders you have on your drive."]
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['Open a File Explorer window.', 'In the Navigation pane, click on iCloud Photos.', 'In another window, open the folder where you currently store the photos that you want to add to iCloud Photos.', 'Select the photos that you want to add.', 'Drag them into the iCloud Photos folder.']
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Select the iCloud Photo Library option. Then select Download new photos and videos to my PC. If you want new photos and videos to automatically upload from your PC to your iCloud Photo Library, then check Upload new photos and videos from my PC. Click Done.
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['Open a File Explorer window.', 'Under Favorites, click iCloud Photos.', 'Click Download photos and videos.', 'Choose the photos and videos you want to download and click Download.']
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['In a browser on your PC, navigate to iCloud.com and log in with your Apple ID credentials when requested.', 'Click the "Photos" icon.', 'Find the photos you want to download. ... ', 'Click the photo or photos you want to download to your PC.']
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Once you have the thumb drive plugged in, go to your iCloud Photos page, then click Select Photos in the middle right of the top bar. Start by selecting just one photo and clicking Download. Select your USB disk on your computer — note that the drive letter may not be E:. Just look for USB Disk and select that.
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On iOS, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud and toggle iCloud Drive to on. Go to the Photos app, select a picture or video, tap the Send icon, and select Save to Files > iCloud Drive > Add, which will send the image to the Files app Apple introduced with iOS 11.
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Open a File Explorer window (Windows 8 or later) or Windows Explorer window (Windows 7). Go to the iCloud Photos folder using the above path. Open the Shared folder. Select the photos you want to save, then copy them to another folder on your computer.
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["If you're using iCloud for Windows 11.1, double-click a thumbnail to download the file.", "If you're using iCloud for Windows 10 or iCloud for Windows 7: New photos and videos you add to iCloud on another device are automatically downloaded to your PC."]
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["Open Finder from your Mac's dock.", 'Click on Google Drive in the sidebar.', 'Select the files and folders you want to move (or select them all if you want to completely move away from Google Drive reliance).', 'Drag the files to iCloud Drive in the sidebar of the Finder window.']
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['Go to Systems Preferences > iCloud.', 'Sign in to your iCloud account or Create an Apple ID.', 'Click the Photos check box to automatically sync photos from your Mac to your iCloud.']
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On macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click iCloud. Make sure that iCloud Drive is turned on. Next to iCloud Drive, click Options. Choose Desktop & Documents Folders.
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Go to the iCloud Photos folder using the above path. Open the Shared folder. Select the photos you want to save, then copy them to another folder on your computer. Include this folder if you back up your computer.
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['Download iCloud for Windows.', 'Open iCloud for Windows.', 'Next to Photos, click Options.', 'Select iCloud Photo Library.', 'Click Done, then click Apply.', 'Turn on iCloud Photos on all of your Apple devices.']