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Re:Backups Aren't Simple by pariainterpares on Thursday September 17, 2026 @08:45AM (#49739933)
Not a very good answer.

If you have a Mac with sufficient storage, you can just enable iCloud to store photos locally, then export them. That could miss some data (I think descriptions you set for a photo were not exported the last time I checked), but it is most of the data.

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Re:Backups Aren't Simple by skylurk on Thursday September 17, 2026 @05:47PM (#49747046)
Do you need to export them? Can you not copy the library file to a different drive?
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Re:Backups Aren't Simple by wallst07 on Friday September 18, 2026 @09:20AM (#49754023)
I didn't answer because it's had and I'd rather not give a incorrect answer.

And, I may have conflated issues: Iphone Storage < Icloud storage vs opposite way.

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