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This is not for incremental backups but for all data tied to your Apple ID — Apple provides a data download option to get your contacts, photos, videos and a whole lot of other data. You can visit this KB [1] for details and instructions. There are some exclusions, like data that’s end-to-end encrypted.

[1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102208

Disclaimer I haven't tried this yet, but I found this project recently that supposedly downloads all iCloud photos (e.g. to a NAS for local backup). https://github.com/icloud-photos-downloader/icloud_photos_do...

I've been using a version of this for Unraid for over a year. Downloads everything from my iCloud storage to my home server.

You need to re-authenticate every 90 days due to 2fa restrictions but it works great.

I use Image Capture with my phone plugged in to save them on an external hard drive.