Since I got my iPhone 14 three years ago, I've just been letting the photos and videos upload to iCloud and then I download them on my PC to shove on a hard drive out of the way. It's only now since I started using Proton Drive and going through them all to sort neatly into folders that I realized I've been downloading the optimized 720p versions! All my 4K60 loveliness has gone up the swanny. You'd think on the web interface, that the originals would be the ones that were downloaded by default. But no. Thank goodness I've actually caught it now before I've done any proper travelling!
Idiotic iCloud downloads!
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What a nightmare, I did always find a lot of the things apple did very weird and this is certainly one of them
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One of a few reasons why I left iCloud even though I mostly use apple devices.
I think the issue can be mitigated if I install the iCloud app on Windows. There's an option to always download the originals, I believe.
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Have you tried iCloud for windows ….
The way I did it was to download all photos onto my Mac within the photos app and then import to your new cloud provider.