

I had to buy extra storage on my iCloud because I haven't yet found a successful way to get my pictures off of it. I talked to Apple and they said there is no way to retain the meta data and if I wanted to, I could edit each photo's data individually. HOWEVER, anytime I try it, no matter what way I choose (click and drag, using the export button with different options selected, exporting from the iCloud photos website, etc) the metadata does not stay!!!! The dates the pictures were taken show up FINE in my phone/iCloud, however, as soon as I move the picture, the dates reset to the current date or close to. For the longest time I have been trying to figure out how to export pictures from my iPhone/iCloud to an external hard drive.
