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I have an iCloud account with about 800 photos stored in iCloud Photo Library. I’m trying to move them to a Mac and delete from iCloud in order to clear up space.

I tried to connect my Mac to iCloud Photo Library by going into the Photos app’s preferences; however it then asks me to upgrade to a paid iCloud storage tier because I have over 5GB worth of local images that Photos wants to sync to iCloud.

So I don't think using the Photos app is going to work for offloading pictures to a Mac.

I then logged in to the Photos app at iCloud.com. I was able to select and download individual images, but it won’t let me select more than one at a time, so I can’t download them all in bulk. Selecting the first image, holding down the ⇧ shift key, then selecting the last image causes only the last image to be selected.

I could click on all 800 images while holding the ⌘ cmd key, but that’s obviously very tedious.

What’s the most efficient way to download images from iCloud Photo Library to a Mac that can’t connect to iCloud Photo Library without upgrading to a paid plan?

I have an iCloud account with about 800 photos stored in iCloud Photo Library. I’m trying to move them to a Mac and delete them from iCloud in order to clear up space.

I tried to connect my Mac to iCloud Photo Library by going into the Photos app’s preferences; however it then asks me to upgrade to a paid iCloud storage tier because I have over 5GB worth of local images that Photos wants to sync to iCloud.

So I don't think using the Photos app is going to work for offloading pictures to a Mac.

I then logged in to the Photos app at iCloud.com. I was able to select and download individual images, but it won’t let me select more than one at a time, so I can’t download them all in bulk. Selecting the first image, holding down the ⇧ shift key, then selecting the last image causes only the last image to be selected.

I could click on all 800 images while holding the ⌘ cmd key, but that’s obviously very tedious.

What’s the most efficient way to download images from iCloud Photo Library to a Mac that can’t connect to iCloud Photo Library without upgrading to a paid plan?

I have an iCloud account that has about 800 photos stored in iCloud Photo Library that I'm trying to move to a Mac and delete from iCloud in order to clear up space. I tried to enable access to iCloud Photo Library in the Photos app's preferences in order to access and move those photos, but when I enable this Photos asks me to upgrade to a paid iCloud storage tier because the Photos app has >5GB worth of local images that it's going to try to sync to iCloud when I enable this option. So I don't think using the Photos app is going to work for offloading pictures to a Mac.

I then tried logging into iCloud.com and went into the Photos app there, which allows me to select and download individual images, but it won't let me easily select all of the images and download in bulk. Selecting the first image, holding down the Shift key, then selecting the last image only causes the last image to be selected. I could click on all 800 images while holding the Cmd key, but that's obviously very tedious.

What's the most efficient way to move images from iCloud Photo Library to a Mac when that Mac isn't setup with iCloud Photo Library, without upgrading to a paid plan? The end goal is to be able to disable iCloud Photo Library from all devices as it simply doesn't provide enough storage for free.

I have an iCloud account with about 800 photos stored in iCloud Photo Library. I’m trying to move them to a Mac and delete from iCloud in order to clear up space. 

I tried to connect my Mac to iCloud Photo Library by going into the Photos app’s preferences; however it then asks me to upgrade to a paid iCloud storage tier because I have over 5GB worth of local images that Photos wants to sync to iCloud. 

So I don't think using the Photos app is going to work for offloading pictures to a Mac.

I then logged in to the Photos app at iCloud.com. I was able to select and download individual images, but it won’t let me select more than one at a time, so I can’t download them all in bulk. Selecting the first image, holding down the ⇧ shift key, then selecting the last image causes only the last image to be selected. 

I could click on all 800 images while holding the ⌘ cmd key, but that’s obviously very tedious.

What’s the most efficient way to download images from iCloud Photo Library to a Mac that can’t connect to iCloud Photo Library without upgrading to a paid plan?