Photos Takeout 4+

Export Mac and iCloud Photos libraries into folders by years, albums or dates. Preserves image resolution, organization and metadata. One-click export of all or selected folders. Save on Mac, external drive, Google Drive, Dropbox or anywhere else. For all versions of macOS from Sierra to Sequoia.

Easy to use: Select the source Photos library, destination and the years, albums or moments to be extracted. It's all exported in a familiar folder structure. You can't do this with Photos' Export function: you'll get one humongous, unusable folder.

Photos Takeout's free version exports only one photo per folder, to let you see how the app works. Unlock the full version with purchase:

- 1 Month: Inexpensive way to export your Mac and iCloud Photos libraries as a one-off exercise
- Yearly subscription: Discounted option if you need it for professional or ongoing use.

Both options allow unlimited use of all of the app's features, and handle Photos libraries of all sizes (Even multi-terabyte ones)

Examples of when to use Photos Takeout:

- To make digital or printed yearbooks of your photos
- Reduce iCloud storage by offloading photos. Save $$
- Download Shared Albums: Even those added by others
- Export selected albums for printing as photo books
- Migrate to other photo management programs or PC
- Share albums or tons of photos with non-Mac users
- Extract photos for reverting to old versions of Photos
- Update your exported folders with Incremental Export

WHY USE PHOTOS TAKEOUT

Photos is great for organizing and editing pictures, but it stores them in its opaque database structure over which you have no control. You can't click open a folder in Finder and see the photos. Can't migrate to another photo management program without losing organization and edits. Can't export an accessible backup to an external drive while retaining your album/folder organization. With Photos Takeout, you can do all this and more:

* For Sequoia, Sonoma, Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave and High Sierra
* Works on both Intel and Silicon Macs
* Migrates photos into a familiar folder format
* Handles all photo and video formats supported by Photos
* Preserves albums, file names and EXIF/IPTC metadata
* Exports YYYY folders or YYYY>MM sub-folder hierarchy
* Exports referenced and iCloud based photos
* Exports edited versions or unmodified originals
* Exports shared, Favorites, Recently Added albums
* Preserves custom arrangement of photos in albums
* Exports shared albums (Yours as well as sent by others)
* Exports Live Photos as JPG/HEIC + MOV file pairs
* For professional photo organizers as well as lay users

Remember, iCloud is a syncing service, NOT a backup. And Time Machine backups will only have row-resolution thumbnails if you use Optimize Mac Storage. Photos Takeout is the best way to make a full backup. Your photos are precious. Keep them safely backed up in an accessible format with Photos Takeout.

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HOW IT WORKS

- Select Photos Library (your Photos system library)
- Select destination: e.g. Mac, Dropbox, Google Drive etc.
- Select one or more Years, Albums or Dates
- Use the default export options or customize
- Click Export. That's it.

App includes a User Guide. For help, email us via the app for prompt human-powered support. We don't do automated or canned replies!

Note: 1) Photos Takeout exports Live Photos as JPGs (or HEIC) + MOV files. 2) Apple reduces photos in Shared Albums to 2048 px along the longer edge; Photos Takeout maintains this resolution. 3) Photos Takeout is compatible with Photos for Mac. Not iPhoto, Aperture or other photo management programs.

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System requirements:

Intel or Silicon Mac with macOS 10.12 and higher, 64 bit

IMPORTANT:

* Source library for Photos Takeout MUST be the same as your Photos system library.

* Photos library must be compatible with the Mac on which Photos Takeout is installed.

* Use List View for Incremental Exports (first as well as subsequent exports)