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This is unsettling if you’re locked into the Apple ID ecosystem does anyone know if you lose all your iCloud backups and photos if your Apple ID is terminated?
by sizzle 6y ago
This is unsettling if you’re locked into the Apple ID ecosystem does anyone know if you lose all your iCloud backups and photos if your Apple ID is terminated?
- blue_cadet_3 6y agoYou can setup iCloud on a PC to download content to it to keep a physical backup in your possession. I do that and also have it sync to OneDrive so its 3 backups of my photos.
- PhantomGremlin 6y agoHow, exactly, do you force content to download from iCloud? Isn't it "lazy", in the sense that you must attempt to access on the local computer before it downloads?
- sjg007 6y agoThere's an icloud photo downloader on github. It works well. Apple also has a service to export to Google photos I think...
- ValentineC 6y agoI guess not. I rely on iCloud for nightly backups, but have iTunes backups here and there whenever I upgrade. I think it's high time I looked at a non-Apple backup for my iCloud Photo Library though.
- tinus_hn 6y agoIt definitely is a good idea to have a backup of your photo library at a provider that does not scan your photos. Many providers perform some kind of scan and if the AI thinks you are storing forbidden content your account is banned without recourse and you have no access to your photos.