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If you want to move your photos from iCloud to Google Photos, youre in luck. Since 2021, Apple has made the process of moving your photos from iCloud to Google Photos quite easy. In this guide, you will learn how to transfer your photos from iCloud to Google Photos.

There are several reasons why you may decide to transfer photos from iCloud to Google Photos. You may not be canceling your iCloud subscription, instead maintaining the two cloud storage services. Perhaps youve decided to use Google Photos as a backup.

If thats not why you are moving your photos from iCloud to Google Photos, perhaps youve decided to abandon Apples cloud storage service in favor of Google Photos. I wouldnt be surprised if thats your decision. While both are equally good cloud storage solutions, a Google Photos subscription is priced a bit lower than iClouds.

That being said, let me walk you through the steps to transfer your photos to Google Photos.

As mentioned, in 2021, Apple made it easier to migrate your photos from iCloud to Google Photos. By easier, I mean you no longer have to download the photos to your Mac and then upload them to Google Photos.

Instead, Apple will take care of the transfer at your request. See the steps below to request Apple to send a copy of your data to Google Photos.

Follow the steps below to request Apple to transfer a copy of your iCloud data.

Once youve completed all the steps above, it will take 3 to 7 days before your photos are transferred to Google Photos. In case you decide to cancel the transfer, all photos that have already been transferred to Google Photos will remain on Googles servers.

Requesting Apple to transfer photos and data from iCloud to Google Photos can be done by iCloud users in more than 240 countries. Note that transferring photos does not erase them from iCloud.

Instead, Apple will send a copy of your photos to Google. That also means that Apple will not alter your photos in any way. The copy sent to Google is identical to what you stored on iCloud.

Another thing to remember here is that some data and formats used with iCloud Photos may not be available in Google Photos. These include Live Photos, Smart Albums, and RAW image file support.

Apple maintains a list of file formats that it can transfer to Google Photos in a support document. You may want to check the fine print of the process first before you proceed.

Finally, before you go ahead with requesting Apple to transfer your photos from iCloud to Google Photos, make sure that you follow some more requirements listed below.

Unfortunately, since launching the service, Apple has not offered this kind of support for any additional cloud storage services However, that doesnt mean that you cant transfer your photos to other services. Many, including Dropbox, offer their own migration tools to transfer your iCloud Photos library over. You can do this manually by downloading your photos from iCloud to your Mac and then uploading them to your chosen cloud storage service.

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