How to save photos from an icloud library
07/04/25 Filed in: iCloud Photo Library
We lost a family member yesterday. We would like to save their photo library. How do you recommend I do it?
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I’m sorry to hear of your loss. There are several ways to accomplish this.
Option 1. If you still have access to her apple computer (Mac) and she had been using it to view her pictures within the Photos app AND the setting of “download originals” was selected then we could retrieve them from there and move them over to a new machine.
Option 2. If you know the password to her AppleID and you have access to another of her devices like an iPhone then you could log in to iCloud.com and download the entire photo library from there onto any computer you wish.
Option 3. If she had a time machine backup from a computer, you may be able to retrieve them that way as well (given the option of “download originals” had been checked from the backed up computer in the past.)
I understand how important photos are for us especially during this time, so I am happy to assist any way you. Would like if needed.
___________
I’m sorry to hear of your loss. There are several ways to accomplish this.
Option 1. If you still have access to her apple computer (Mac) and she had been using it to view her pictures within the Photos app AND the setting of “download originals” was selected then we could retrieve them from there and move them over to a new machine.
Option 2. If you know the password to her AppleID and you have access to another of her devices like an iPhone then you could log in to iCloud.com and download the entire photo library from there onto any computer you wish.
Option 3. If she had a time machine backup from a computer, you may be able to retrieve them that way as well (given the option of “download originals” had been checked from the backed up computer in the past.)
I understand how important photos are for us especially during this time, so I am happy to assist any way you. Would like if needed.
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