I have to move my photos/videos stored in iCloud from one country to another. I have both country's Apple IDs.
What's the easiest way to move photos/videos stored in iCloud to another Apple ID?
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No - You don't initially save any space on your Mac if you choose iCloud storage.
Yes - if you set "optimize" in Photos preferences, then once you fill your storage with other files, the Photos library will shrink itself.
You can choose to store the original size images in the cloud and let the Photos app "optimize" and resample/recompress images to reduce the storage space burden on selected devices.
For example, if your 80 GB library is half RAW files and/or very large JPEG files, you might save a substantial amount of space by selecting Optimize and then filling up your storage with other files to trigger the optimization.
As you can see from Photo preferences, only when you run low on storage space will the optimization start to take place. I've not tested this yet, but hope to try it on a second Mac with limited storage to see how the library looks when space runs low and "optimization" kicks in.
From Mac Contacts..
File menu > Export > Contacts Archive
then
File Menu > Import
Or from iCloud…
Prefs 'cog'
Select All
Export vCard - which will save a 'batch' vCard to your default DL location [then, irritatingly, immediately try to import it to your Mac Contacts list, so hit Cancel]
Swap iCloud accounts, then import vCard
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A simple approach would be to use Shared Albums. Create a shared album for the source Apple ID and share it with the destination Apple ID.
On the destination, export the photos to save a local copy. Once exported, you can unshare/delete the shared album at source end.