Enter your Apple ID to sign in to iCloud. If it doesnt open automatically, go to Start, open Apps or Programs, and open iCloud for Windows. I’ve already learned how to control metadata in Photos so I can get keywords there. If it doesnt install automatically, go to File Explorer and open iCloud Setup. I’m happy to avoid Aperture in a new workflow if anyone knows how to get these videos out of Photos, retain original time/date, and be able to rename them to that naming convention. Ultimately I import them into iTunes so I can play them across all my Apple TV’s in the house. When you enable iCloud Photo Library, it uses your iCloud storage space to. For HEVC-compressed video, Apple continues to use MOV containers. In short, HEIC is Apple’s flavor of HEIF that relies solely on HEVC for compression for still images. I hope that clears things up, at least a little.

It works with Photos for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and also provides sync services for devices like Apple TV. Under Format, the inspector will display the encoding video and audio formats, as well as dimensions and other details. I would then apply any metadata and export them to finder. Essentially, iCloud Photo Library is an optional feature of Apples iCloud service that can automatically back up and sync any images and video you take to iCloud. My typical workflow has always been to import all iPhone videos from my family into Aperture and allow it to change the name from the garbage default “ IMG_#” to a sensible “ YYYY- MM- DD at HH- MM- SS AM/ PM” format. The screenshot below shows my sample video was recorded on at 10:23pm but on the right it shows created/modified today () with 7:07pm (which is when I downloaded it from iCloud).Įxample: on the left = Photos app time/date | on the right = unmodified original video with today’s time/date It appears any file that is inside iCloud knows what its original creation information is but doesn’t come down when you download that file to your Mac and export it. I just learned an unfortunate reality about Apple Photos.

Apple video format to icloud