Photos Takeout for iCloud, Mac

Name: Photos Takeout for iCloud, Mac
Rating: 0 (0 reviews)
Author: App Initio Limited

Export. Backup. Save. Archive.

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

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4+
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App Initio Limited
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EN
English
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27.1
MB

Mac

Back up & export Mac and iCloud Photos, organized by years or albums, with metadata and full resolution. Trusted by thousands of professional photographers & organizers. Photos Takeout is the essential macOS app for anyone seeking complete control, organization, and reliable backups of photos and videos saved in Apple Photos. Frustrated by the limitations of Apple's native Photos app exports? Photos Takeout provides an intuitive, powerful solution to effortlessly download your Mac and iCloud Photos library - all or selected assets - into neatly organized, accessible folders. ** Photos Takeout is super-easy to use, and the User Guide explains all functions clearly. But ANY problem, please email us for prompt, 100% human-powered help ** Key Features: * Customizable Exports: Export photos and videos by year, album, or date, creating a familiar and intuitive folder structure. * Preserves Quality & Metadata: Maintain original image resolution, vital EXIF/IPTC metadata, titles, descriptions, keywords, and locations. * Unfettered iCloud Access: Fetches full-resolution versions from iCloud when "Optimize Mac Storage" is enabled. No "1000 photos at a time" limitation. * Incremental Exports: Keep your exported folders up-to-date by exporting only new or modified files, saving time and storage. * Comprehensive Format Support: Handles all photo & video formats, including Live Photos (exported as JPG + MOV). * Maintains Organization: Preserve your custom arrangements within albums and mirror complex folder-album hierarchies. * Broad Compatibility: Compatible with all macOS and Apple Photos versions from High Sierra to ahoe. Runs seamlessly on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. Why Photos Takeout? Unlike the basic export function of the native Photos app, which lumps all your files into a single, jumbled up folder and can discard crucial metadata, Photos Takeout ensures your memories are exported perfectly. * True Offline Backup: iCloud is a syncing service, not a backup. Photos Takeout create a real, accessible offline backup of your entire library in an organized format. * Reduce iCloud Storage Costs: Easily offload photos and videos from iCloud while retaining a fully accessible copy on your Mac or external drive. * Seamless Migration: Extract your image assets for migration to other photo management programs without losing organization, edits, or metadata. * Effortless Management: Find your exported library in neat, well-structured folders for easy browsing and management. Photos Takeout simplifies complex tasks, empowering you to manage even multi-terabyte libraries with just a few clicks. Download the free version today to experience the fastest, most reliable way to secure and organize your digital memories. Visit our website for a detailed user guide and personalized support: www.photostakeout.com

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Good so far!
Sep 23

Great app just slow
I love the concept of this app, and it was easy enough to set up. And I LOVE that I can upload and keep all my specific albums and folders. The only problem is that this promoted being able to handle really large quantities, but it takes forever to upload. It seems to get stuck when I try to upload a lot at once, so I have to keep selecting individual smaller folders, then they will upload much faster but it requires me to be monitoring my computer a lot more.

Developer Response
Hi. Thanks for your feedback. Loading speed depends on many factors, e.g. where your library is located (Locally or on an external drive). Export speed depends on whether the photos are stored locally or in iCloud, and the internet speed. List View is faster than Icon View, etc. Please email us with full details and we will assist.
Good so far!
Sep 23

Great app just slow

I love the concept of this app, and it was easy enough to set up. And I LOVE that I can upload and keep all my specific albums and folders. The only problem is that this promoted being able to handle really large quantities, but it takes forever to upload. It seems to get stuck when I try to upload a lot at once, so I have to keep selecting individual smaller folders, then they will upload much faster but it requires me to be monitoring my computer a lot more.
Developer Response Sep 25
Hi. Thanks for your feedback. Loading speed depends on many factors, e.g. where your library is located (Locally or on an external drive). Export speed depends on whether the photos are stored locally or in iCloud, and the internet speed. List View is faster than Icon View, etc. Please email us with full details and we will assist.
Has potential, but needs polishing before it is worth the cost
02/08/2021

Manu_9804
I was really excited with this app, because it seemed it would be the answer to something I have been wanting to do for a very long time: exporting pics from Photos in an organized and efficient fashion. But a deal-breaker for me is the impossibility to select individual pictures, which seems like a huge oversight from the developper. Right now, the apps only allows to select ALL pictures belonging to specific "groups", like Years, Albums, or Moments. But you cannot open a given group, and select individual pictures to export. This "all or nothing" approach is just not flexible enough for me for justify the cost. There are also some "annoying" things with the app that would need to be polished before I consider buying it: no dark mode support, the app always opens in full screen (every time!!!), and the app also asks for the location of the source Photos library every time it opens, as well as the Destination (the app should be able to remember these settings!). I'll definitely keep an eye on future updates, but will definitely wait to see how it gets improved before purchasing.

Developer Response
Manu, thanks for your feedback. We polled a lot of Photos users before deciding to export only complete folders. Yours is the first request we've had for drill-down selection and will see if more users want this. Your point on full screen is noted, we'll fix this. Having to specify source and destination every time is due to tightened permissions requirements in Big Sur [Update: Version 2.6 includes Dark Mode support, app window resizing and remembering window size preference.]
Has potential, but needs polishing before it is worth the cost
02/08/2021

Manu_9804

I was really excited with this app, because it seemed it would be the answer to something I have been wanting to do for a very long time: exporting pics from Photos in an organized and efficient fashion. But a deal-breaker for me is the impossibility to select individual pictures, which seems like a huge oversight from the developper. Right now, the apps only allows to select ALL pictures belonging to specific "groups", like Years, Albums, or Moments. But you cannot open a given group, and select individual pictures to export. This "all or nothing" approach is just not flexible enough for me for justify the cost. There are also some "annoying" things with the app that would need to be polished before I consider buying it: no dark mode support, the app always opens in full screen (every time!!!), and the app also asks for the location of the source Photos library every time it opens, as well as the Destination (the app should be able to remember these settings!). I'll definitely keep an eye on future updates, but will definitely wait to see how it gets improved before purchasing.
Developer Response 03/25/2021
Manu, thanks for your feedback. We polled a lot of Photos users before deciding to export only complete folders. Yours is the first request we've had for drill-down selection and will see if more users want this. Your point on full screen is noted, we'll fix this. Having to specify source and destination every time is due to tightened permissions requirements in Big Sur [Update: Version 2.6 includes Dark Mode support, app window resizing and remembering window size preference.]
Correctly handles metadata
05/31/2021

Houston53
I have been using Apple Photos to add metadata to photographs i.e. Title, Correct Date, Caption, Keywords and Location. A lot of my photographs have been scanned from prints so the metadata does not exist. However, when you use the Apple Photos export option it drops metadata. I spent two hours on the phone with Apple support and they acknowledged this is a problem but for some reason they don't seem in any hurry to fix it.PhotoTakeout exports all the metadata correctly. To test I imported photographs back to Apple Photos to check.I see from other reviews some people had a problem with specifying the source directory. I initially had the same issue but figured it out and sent in a support email to flag the problem. This was on a Sunday afternoon. Sunday evening I got a very good reply explaining the issue with Big Sur permissions. Customer support is excellent!
Correctly handles metadata
05/31/2021

Houston53

I have been using Apple Photos to add metadata to photographs i.e. Title, Correct Date, Caption, Keywords and Location. A lot of my photographs have been scanned from prints so the metadata does not exist. However, when you use the Apple Photos export option it drops metadata. I spent two hours on the phone with Apple support and they acknowledged this is a problem but for some reason they don't seem in any hurry to fix it.PhotoTakeout exports all the metadata correctly. To test I imported photographs back to Apple Photos to check.I see from other reviews some people had a problem with specifying the source directory. I initially had the same issue but figured it out and sent in a support email to flag the problem. This was on a Sunday afternoon. Sunday evening I got a very good reply explaining the issue with Big Sur permissions. Customer support is excellent!
Could be more magical!
May 9

(ael)
I have some MacOs Photos libraries on an external drive that I wanted to store on a NAS as just the photos in folders. I thought I’d be able to point this app to the Photos library and it would move it to a location. Instead, I have to set the library as my Photos System Library. Fine. Restarted all of the apps. The first time I tried to export the library, it said there were thousands of items to export. When I clicked the export button, I got empty folders. Second time I tried, it said my Photos library had no items in it (despite it being 4 GB on the disk). I looked at the documentation on the web site and—I give up. This app probably works well for some people. Do I want to spend another morning on this emailing the developer, etc, though? Not really! Sorry. Don’t promise magic when you have an app that needs the exact bath water temperature for the baby.

Developer Response
Hi, sorry you had these issues, but all these are covered in the User Guide. Using the system photo library is necessary because of the way Apple Photos allows us access. The likely cause of empty folders is wrongly formatted destination drive (Should be APFS). Please email us for help.
Could be more magical!
May 9

(ael)

I have some MacOs Photos libraries on an external drive that I wanted to store on a NAS as just the photos in folders. I thought I’d be able to point this app to the Photos library and it would move it to a location. Instead, I have to set the library as my Photos System Library. Fine. Restarted all of the apps. The first time I tried to export the library, it said there were thousands of items to export. When I clicked the export button, I got empty folders. Second time I tried, it said my Photos library had no items in it (despite it being 4 GB on the disk). I looked at the documentation on the web site and—I give up. This app probably works well for some people. Do I want to spend another morning on this emailing the developer, etc, though? Not really! Sorry. Don’t promise magic when you have an app that needs the exact bath water temperature for the baby.
Developer Response Jun 17
Hi, sorry you had these issues, but all these are covered in the User Guide. Using the system photo library is necessary because of the way Apple Photos allows us access. The likely cause of empty folders is wrongly formatted destination drive (Should be APFS). Please email us for help.

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