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  • Re: Saving iCloud photos/videos

    From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to Martin-S on Sun Nov 27 23:52:31 2022
    On 27 Nov 2022 at 23:29:56 GMT, "Martin-S" <[email protected]> wrote:

    As the amount of stuff in my Photos Library is constantly growing I set
    my Photos app to 'Optimise Mac Storage' instead of keeping all
    originals. Now I want to save the majority of videos to a local drive
    for further editing and afterwards delete them from the Photos Library
    to free up space.

    Obviously I want to save the full-size originals rather than the
    'optimised' local versions.

    I was under the impression that…

    File > Export > Export Unmodified Originals For xyz Videos

    …would do that despite whether they had been downladed as originals or optimised versions prior to export.

    Correct?

    Correct. It'll download the full version from iCloud Photo Library
    before exporting.

    Cheers - Jaimie
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  • From Martin-S@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 28 00:29:56 2022
    As the amount of stuff in my Photos Library is constantly growing I set
    my Photos app to 'Optimise Mac Storage' instead of keeping all
    originals. Now I want to save the majority of videos to a local drive
    for further editing and afterwards delete them from the Photos Library
    to free up space.

    Obviously I want to save the full-size originals rather than the
    'optimised' local versions.

    I was under the impression that…

    File > Export > Export Unmodified Originals For xyz Videos

    …would do that despite whether they had been downladed as originals or optimised versions prior to export.

    Correct?

    --
    Martin

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  • From Martin-S@21:1/5 to Jaimie Vandenbergh on Mon Nov 28 16:32:39 2022
    On 2022-11-27 23:52:31 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh said:

    On 27 Nov 2022 at 23:29:56 GMT, "Martin-S" <[email protected]> wrote:

    As the amount of stuff in my Photos Library is constantly growing I set
    my Photos app to 'Optimise Mac Storage' instead of keeping all
    originals. Now I want to save the majority of videos to a local drive
    for further editing and afterwards delete them from the Photos Library
    to free up space.

    Obviously I want to save the full-size originals rather than the
    'optimised' local versions.

    I was under the impression that…

    File > Export > Export Unmodified Originals For xyz Videos

    …would do that despite whether they had been downladed as originals or
    optimised versions prior to export.

    Correct?

    Correct. It'll download the full version from iCloud Photo Library
    before exporting.

    Excellent, thanks for the confirmation!

    --
    Martin

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