Drag-and-drop the videos to a folder on your Mac. In the top right corner, next to Showing Only, choose Show only Videos.į. Control click (or right-click) a photo and choose Import.Ĭopy the videos from the Shared Album to your Photos library.Ī. In the top right corner, next to Showing Only, choose Show only Photos.Į. See Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud:Ĭ. You can monitor the download activity in the Network tab of the Activity Monitor.Ĭopy the photos from the Shared Album on your Mac (only the photos, videos will be tackled in the next step.) In the meantime, deactivate iCloud Photos in the Photos Preferences, so that your photos and videos won't be uploaded and stored to iCloud another time. Open Photos, select Shared Albums, and wait for the Shared Album to be synced. When macOS prompts you to log in to your iCloud account, use an iCloud account that has access to the shared album. In the System Preferences, under Systems & Groups, unlock to make changes and click the + button to add a user account. It is useful if you want to back up only the photos and videos from the iCloud Shared Album to Google, and not the other photos from your System Photo Library. Ensure you have enough disk space and bandwidth available for downloading the Shared Album to your Mac.įor migrating a shared album with 4800 photos and videos, I needed approximately 20 GB free disk space.Ĭreate a dedicated account for the migration on your Mac.

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