Archive or make copies of the information you lot store in iCloud

Learn how to brand copies of the information that yous employ with iCloud.

You lot might desire to make a copy of the data you keep in iCloud. If y'all accidentally delete an important contact, e-mail, or certificate, yous can restore information technology from iCloud or from another copy that yous take.

iCloud Drive files

Use these steps to copy documents from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, iCloud.com, or PC. If you copy a file from a shared folder in iCloud Bulldoze to another folder, it does not besides copy sharing access. Learn more about folder sharing.

Copy files from iCloud Bulldoze to your Mac

  1. Click iCloud Drive in the sidebar of any Finder window.
  2. Printing and hold the Option key and drag the file to a new location.

Copy files from the Files app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Utilize these steps to transport copies of files stored in iCloud Bulldoze:

  1. Open up the Files app and tap iCloud Drive.
  2. Tap the folder that you want to open, and then tap the file to open it.
  3. Tap Share in the lower-left corner.
  4. Choose how you lot want to send a copy of the file.

For documents, spreadsheets, or presentations, tap More in the upper right, select Export, and choose how you lot desire to consign the file. Yous can also save a re-create of your file locally.

Copy files from iCloud.com

Use these steps to download files stored in iCloud Drive, or files that are accessible from iWork apps on iCloud.com:

  1. Sign in to iCloud.com.
  2. Open up iCloud Drive.
  3. Find and select the file.
  4. Click Download at the top of the page or double-click the file. The document downloads to your default downloads location.

Copy files from Windows

If y'all need help with any 3rd-party information that is stored on iCloud, contact the app developer straight. Tertiary-party data might use your iCloud storage, even if you tin't meet the details.

Photos and videos

If you use iCloud Photos, your photos and videos are automatically uploaded to iCloud at full resolution.

Download copies of your photos and videos from your device

  • On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. Then select Download and Proceed Originals and import the photos to your figurer.
  • On your Mac, open the Photos app. Select the photos and videos you want to re-create. Choose File > Export.
  • On your PC, make sure that you set up iCloud for Windows and turn on iCloud Photos. Open File Explorer. In the Navigation pane, click iCloud Photos, then select the images you want to go on on your PC. Right-click the selection and choose "Always keep on this device." If you use iCloud for Windows 10 or earlier, learn how to download your photos. Later on the items download, copy them to another folder on your computer. To do this, printing and hold the Ctrl central and drag the items to the binder. Include this folder if y'all back up your computer.

Download copies of your photos and videos from iCloud.com

If you want to download a few photos or videos, use iCloud.com to download the most recent version of photos and videos.

Copy photos from Shared Albums

You can also use the steps below to manually copy photos and videos. Comments or likes connected to a shared photo aren't saved, and photos and videos saved from shared albums aren't full resolution.

Copy photos from Shared Albums on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Open Photos and tap Albums.
  2. Discover Shared Albums, then tap the name of the album that y'all desire. Yous might need to swipe left to observe the shared album.
  3. Salvage photos from the anthology using one of these methods:
  4. Import the photos to your computer.

Copy photos and videos from Shared Albums on your Mac

Follow these steps to manually import photos and videos in shared albums to your Photos library:

  1. Open Photos and select Shared Albums.
  2. Double-click a shared album.
  3. Control click (or right-click) a photo and choose Import.

Later you import your photos, you lot might want to back upward your library. Yous can store them as a separate library on your computer or on a dissimilar drive.

Re-create photos and videos from Shared Albums in Windows

Saved photos are available even if you turn off Photos in iCloud for Windows. To save photos and videos from a shared album, you must save them to another folder on your hard drive:

  1. Open up iCloud for Windows.
  2. Click Options next to Photos. Note the path listed nether iCloud Photos location.
  3. Open a File Explorer window (Windows 8 or afterwards) or Windows Explorer window (Windows 7).
  4. Go to the iCloud Photos binder using the above path. Open the Shared folder.
  5. Select the photos you want to relieve, and then copy them to another binder on your calculator. To do this, press and hold the Ctrl primal and elevate the items to your binder. Include this folder if you back up your computer.

For data on bankroll upwardly your Windows computer, run across Microsoft Support.

Download photos from My Photo Stream on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Photos in My Photo Stream download to your Mac automatically. Use these steps to download them to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

  1. Tap Photos, then tap the Albums tab.
  2. Tap My Photo Stream.
  3. Tap Select, then tap all the photos you lot want to relieve.
  4. Tap Share , then tap Salve Image.

Mail

Use the steps below to export contacts from your Mac, iCloud.com, or PC.

Export contacts on your Mac

  1. Open Contacts.
  2. Select All Contacts.
  3. Click a contact in the Contacts list.
  4. Choose File > Export > Consign vCard or choose Edit > Select All to select all cards for export.
  5. Choose where y'all desire to relieve the files, then click Save.

If you apply Groups, consider archiving your entire Contacts or Address Volume database also as exporting vCards. The vCard method to a higher place copies your contacts, only not Groups. Archives are more complex, merely you might not be able to restore data using Archives while continued to the Internet and signed in to iCloud.

To export an archive, open up Contacts and choose File > Export > Contacts Annal.

Export contacts from iCloud.com

Export contacts in Outlook on your PC

Agenda

Use the steps beneath to export a calendar from your Mac, iCloud.com, or PC.

Export a calendar on your Mac

  1. In Calendar, click the calendar's name. If you lot don't run into your calendars, click Calendars.
  2. Cull File > Export > Export.
  3. Cull a location for the file, and then click Export.

Download a calendar from iCloud.com

  1. Sign in to iCloud.com with your Apple ID and open Calendar.
  2. Publicly share the calendar.
  3. Copy the URL of the shared calendar and paste it into the address field in your browser. Don't click Enter or Return.
  4. Change "webcal" to "http" and click Enter or Return. An ICS file downloads to your default download location.
  5. Add the calendar to a calendar client, such as Calendar on Mac or Outlook on a Windows reckoner.
  6. Stop sharing the agenda.

iCloud Calendar keeps information from the last six months, and upwardly to three years in the future.

Export a agenda in Outlook on your PC

  1. Open up Outlook and go to your Calendar.
  2. Select the agenda yous want to re-create in the Calendar list.
  3. Deselect all other calendars.
  4. Choose File > Salve Calendar.
  5. Click More Options to adjust the engagement range and amount of detail to include in the calendar. This varies depending on your version of Outlook.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Cull where y'all want to salve the calendar, and so click Save.
  8. Echo with each calendar you want to copy.

Reminders

Export a copy of your Reminders on your Mac running macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Open up Reminders.
  2. Go to the reminder list that you lot want to export.
  3. Cull File > Export.
  4. Enter a name, cull a location, and then click Export.

Safari

Consign a copy of your Safari bookmarks on your Mac:

  1. Choose File > Consign Bookmarks.
  2. Choose where y'all desire to consign the file, then click Relieve. The file's name is Safari Bookmarks.html unless you change information technology.

To export a copy of your Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Cyberspace Explorer bookmarks, see the Mozilla, Google, or Microsoft steps for exporting bookmarks.

Notes

Make a copy of a annotation on your Mac or at iCloud.com:

  1. Open the Notes app and select the note that you lot want.
  2. Click File > Export as PDF.
  3. Choose where to relieve the certificate to your computer.

Voice Memos

Make a copy of a Voice Memo on your iPhone or iPad:

  1. Open the Voice Memos app and tap the recording that you want to indistinguishable.
  2. Tap More > Duplicate. You can too tap Share to send the recording via Messages or Mail, or to save it to Files.

On a Mac, simply drag the recording you lot want to duplicate to copy it to a new location, or tap Share to send the recording via Letters or Postal service.

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