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Trying to download iCloud photos in full res (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by DreideI@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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Hey all, I'm trying to back up all the photos on my iCloud account onto my computer and I can't seem to find a way to get the original RAW files taken from my iPhone Pro.

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  1. I've tried downloading them all through the iCloud website and the zip file downloaded has compressed them all to JPEG.
  2. I've tried pulling them off my phone directly connected to my PC, however the photos app only shows like 50% of my photos.
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[–] mamuegeorge@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Download them from privacy.apple.com However, it should take a few days to get the .zip files with the photos, but they are the same uploaded to Apple servers.

[–] pankajkumar199631@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

privacy.apple.com is the best solution.

[–] LavaCreeperBOSSB@alien.top 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OP, for the future if you also have Amazon Prime, Amazon Photos provides free and unlimited storage for photos, including RAW.

[–] robbadobba@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not free for videos though…which sucks

[–] NavinF@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

unlimited storage for raw or even prores video would be insane. iPhones can record 4K60 at 2gbps so even casual users can consume terabytes each day, only limited by their upload speed