This wikiHow teaches you how to select and download multiple photos and videos from your iCloud account to your computer, using a desktop internet browser. Open iCloud.com in an internet browser. In the Photos app on your Mac, select the photos that you want to export. Choose File Export Export n Photos, then choose the export settings you want and click Export.Choose a location in the Finder or on an external disk to store your files, then click Export. Download All Photos from iCloud to Mac Using Photos App. The easiest way to select and download Photos from iCloud to Mac is by using the Photos App on Mac. Also, this method has no limit on the number of Photos being downloaded. Open the Photos App on your Mac and wait for All Photos. How to download iCloud photos to your Mac using Photos.

You may want to Download All Photos From iCloud to PC as an additional backup, to clear up storage space in your iCloud Account or for other reasons. You will find below the steps to select and Download All Photos from iCloud to PC.

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Download ALL Photos From iCloud to PC

As you must have noticed, there is no ‘Download All’ or ‘Select All’ button on iCloud. Also, you won’t be able to use your mouse to select Multiple or All Photos on iCloud.

This can be a problem, if there are thousands of Photos in your iCloud Account and you want to download them all to your Windows computer.

Luckily, there is a keyboard shortcut to select All iCloud Photos and you will find below 2 different methods to Download All Photos from iCloud to your Windows computer.

1. Download All Photos From iCloud to PC Using Keyboard Shortcut

If the number of Photos that you want to download from iCloud to PC is less than 1,000, you can follow this method to select and download up to 999 photos from iCloud to PC.

If you are trying to download over 1,000 photos, you can move to the next method as provided below in this guide.

1. Go to icloud.com on your Windows Computer.

2. Login to your iCloud Account by entering your Apple ID and Password.

3. Once you are signed-in, click on the Photos icon.

4. In iCloud Photos, make sure you are on Photos Tab and click on the First Photo.

5. Press and hold Shift + Ctrl + Alt Keys and press the Down Arrow Key to select All iCloud Photos.

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Note: You can also scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Last Photo.

6. Once All Photos are selected, click on the Download icon to begin the process of downloading all iCloud Photos to your computer.

Unless you have changed the default settings, all iCloud Photos will be downloaded to ‘Downloads’ Folder on your computer.

2. Download All Photos From iCloud to PC Using iCloud For Windows

The only way to download more than 1,000 Photos at once from iCloud to PC is to download and install ‘iCloud For Windows’ program on your computer.

1. Download iCloud For Windows application on your Computer.

2. Once the download is complete, click on the downloaded iCloud Setup file and follow the onscreen instructions to Install iCloud For Windows on your computer.

3. When prompted, Sign-in to your iCloud Account by entering your Apple ID and Password.

4. On the next screen, select Photos option by clicking in the little box next to Photos.

On the pop-up, select iCloud Photo Library option and click on Done.

Note: You can change iCloud download location by clicking on Change.

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5. Click on Apply to begin the process of Syncing all iCloud Photos to the Downloads Folder on your computer.

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6. Once all iCloud Photos are downloaded, open the File Explorer on your computer.

7. In the File Explorer window, click on iCloud Photos tab in the left-pane. In the right-pane, click on the Downloads Icon.

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8. On the next screen, click on the Downloads Folder to see all your iCloud Photos arranged in different sub-folders.

To make a Backup, you can copy the entire Downloads Folder to Desktop, USB drive or any other location on your computer.

Add iCloud to Windows Start Menu or Task Bar

In order to make it easy for you to open iCloud, you can Add iCloud icon to the Taskbar by clicking on the Start button > right-click on iCloud > More > Pin to Taskbar.

How To Download All Icloud Photos To Mac

Important: If you are planning to disable iCloud Photos, make sure that you copy all the Photos from Downloads to another Folder.