iCloud Photos Explained + How to Use

[@ItsLebza]

why was this video more about the actual photos app ,camera and how save space on your phone than icloud photos and how it works,, thought he was gonna talk about how to access them after you back them on icloud but he didn't lol

[@Michael_Billig]

Once they’re backed up to iCloud, they’re accessible on all your devices by turning on “iCloud photos” toggle in settings on the respective device. You can also see your entire library at iCloud.com

[@hannanathan564]

I think he’s just accurately representing how iCloud photos work. However, I agree with you on this issue, it’s an issue on the side of iCloud though. I don’t want every single file to automatically backup and be expressed on every single device, I want it accessible from a separate app in which I specifically control every aspect of management, not automatically. I think Amazon photos does a much better job if you’re wanting any kind of command over what it’s doing.

[@katherineolson8426]

Me too I can’t find my files in the actual cloud on my laptop access

[@luckybable]

@@hannanathan564 I agree that Amazon Photos provides more control, but they also charge extra for video backup past a minimal size. So I like Amazon’s feature of purely backing up photos. I know that all my photos, good or bad, are safely backed up to Amazon. But iCloud Photos does backup all my videos. So since I have the space with my Apple One subscription, I plan to use both iCloud and Amazon Prime Photos since iCloud Photos will delete a photo from everywhere if I delete it from my Phone and Amazon Photos won’t do that.

[@AA71_PUBG1]

Brcngodt

[@charlesovatar]

What I hate about iPhones are when I create new photo folders, and move the photos to that folder, but it's actually more like a shortcut. the photos will always remain in the main library.

[@Kluivertnr1]

100% agree

[@comedianjamie]

Because Albums are like Playlists. Ist literally says library. There is just everything in chronological order. Why would you remove the pictures there and break the orgnisation?

[@charlesovatar]

@@comedianjamie then what if I got nsfw images if someone wants to scroll my library?

[@comedianjamie]

@@charlesovatar then you can hide them, or move / copy them to the notes app 😀 (in both cases you can lock the images with a password / Face ID) 😉 (locking hidden Fotos // showing the hidden Album you can enable in settings)

[@ungrateful-66]

That’s a feature I actually like. I’m trying to figure out how to change my “Me” photo in my one shared photo album instead of the sad depressing one sitting on piano bench.

[@64titch]

Hi Michael. Thank you for sharing. Can you tell me please. How can I remove items from iCloud? I’d like to free up some storage. Does iCloud just keep syncing like a backup. Put older new files on top of older etc. not just photos. I’ve been trying to learn about this and can’t find what I’m looking for. Thank you for your time

[@Ageratos01]

Non iphone user here. What happens if you have a full iphone local storage, then buy an icloud plan upload your photos to the cloud. How do you delete the local storage and distinguish local and icloud so that you do not permanently delete any of your photos? I would of loved to hear this explanation.

[@simonheinzer7360]

Same

[@shaihaanx]

iCloud Photos automatically stores full-resolution photos in iCloud and keeps optimized, low-resolution versions on your iPhone to save space; when you open a photo, the high-resolution version is downloaded from iCloud, so you don't need to delete photos to manage storage, but your iCloud storage will be used instead.

[@kristihansen1930]

@@shaihaanxthx for than short and sweet answer. I've been searching for this all day. Idk why everything has to be in professional jargon 🙄🙄 just tell it plain and simple. Thx again.

[@andreeacoroian9719]

​@@shaihaanx And what happens if I have no or bad connection to internet? How can I access my photos if on my phone there is only an optimized version which appears blurry? What happening when you delete the optimized version of the photos? Is the original one deleted from iCloud?

[@shaihaanx]

@@andreeacoroian9719 If you have no or a bad internet connection, you might only be able to view the optimized (lower-resolution) versions of your photos on your phone, which will be kinda blurry. Without a stable connection, your device can’t download the full-resolution version stored on iCloud. When you delete a photo from the Photos app, it will be deleted from all devices and from iCloud once you are connected to the internet. If you want both high-resolution photos on your phone and iCloud, there is another option called “Download and Keep Originals.” This way, you can view the high-resolution photo on both your phone and iCloud, but it will take up more storage on your device.

[@huddanial]

Hi sir, im a little bit confused. Currently im using iphone with 128gb storage. Does this mean my 200gb icloud plan only can be utilized up to 128gb? Or i can continue taking pictures/videos after 128gb full without deleting the old one? Thank you

[@0SIGMA]

Any answer ?

[@mahlorhiprince4019]

My question as well

[@jeffrey292]

You will have only 128gb storage so you will need another apple device with 72gb to fully utilize your icloud storage.

[@ferryafimadana2938]

Yep, you can still take photos, and your iPhone will automatically manage everything with iCloud to make the most of your storage. That’s what’s happening with me. I have a 128GB iPhone and a 200GB iCloud subscription. With the settings shown in the video, it prioritizes iCloud storage first, then moves to your iPhone's storage if needed. So now, my iCloud is at 100 GB (with 100 GB left), but my device is only using 50 GB-ish 😉

[@mjcastr0]

I wanted to know how to keep photos on icloud but delete from phone, or would I have to buy a physical storage device to be able to delete?

[@koko2436-e7z]

Google photos 😊

[@1990chula]

What’s the difference between optimized iPhone storage vs download and keep originals??

[@shaihaanx]

"Optimized iPhone Storage" saves space by keeping lower-resolution photos on your device and full-resolution in iCloud, while "Download and Keep Originals" stores full-resolution versions on both your iPhone and iCloud, using more local storage.

[@HARALDSwarehouse]

Thanks for the great information. Very clearly explained. Cheers from New Zealand - Tony

[@ShortBoyBen]

What about deleted pictures? So do deleted videos or pictures save as well or only the current ones?

[@judellecalias8257]

THank you so much , learned much.

[@switchunboxing]

YESSS Is that information button new? I can finally see the name of my files. I feel like I never could before unless I just didn’t know how to do it.

[@SuperSonic-fy1ue]

Do you recommend that I enable iCloud Photos or does that not save any storage?

[@bonnies7507]

Thanks...good video ! I do have a rather basic question. On my phone I can also view my photos by clicking on the Camera icon. Does this mean I have my photos in two places...Camera and the icloud ? I am reaching my icloud limit and have lots in my Camera. So wondering if I remove photos from either icloud or Camera, will they be deleted from the other ? Thanks

[@allcityink]

Man I’m going through the same thing I’m so confused. I just bought icloud and I wan to just transfer everything from my phone to iCloud to then clean out my phone and start fresh. Every video I find is the exact same thing

[@Longstoryshortvlogs]

@@allcityink bro solved? Can yoh tell me the solution?

[@paperplates1867]

Every time you take a photo, it will automatically go to your photos app. The photos the camera app is your camera roll, which is just your recent photos you took on said device. If you remove a photo or video from either the photos app or camera roll, it will be deleted from the device all together. Your camera roll just takes photos from your photos app, it isn’t two separate storages that both take up space.

[@mriduljain7709]

Is it possible to add some photos taken from a different device to icould and eventually have it available on the iphone too? I recently switched from android and I have bunch of photos and videos which i want on my icloud and iphone . Please let me know how can this be done.

[@paperplates1867]

iOS devices will always sync with each other, as long as you turn on iCloud.

[@travelvibesWithRussellAustin]

Very good video, I’ve had my phone for a couple of yrs and learned new stuff today! Thank u

[@christopherbrannigan553]

Hey man should you defo use iCloud photos on do I use download and keep original or optimise storage or should I have it turned off?

[@yovinny5244]

Interesting video. I'm using an older version of iPhoto I got with an eMac I had years ago. Is there an upgrade for iPhoto that can be purchased for OS High Sierra 10.13.6? I've been told the computer I have can't be upgraded. Same problem with my iTunes. Is there a newer version log any of these? Any help would be appreciated.

[@staceynicolesmith]

What I don’t understand. Is how to keep photos in iCloud only to free up space on my phone?

[@bethmurphy6987]

So very helpful! Thank you!

[@ventilator98]

I have a video I sent from another iPhone to MY iPAD! It was a video I wanted to send in an iMessage, so I did, and It was like an eleven hour video. It's been uploading since yesterday morning! How do I see the percentage, or some progress bar? I mean I immediately deleted it from the other iPhone from another account, but I deleted the video from that iPhone and on MY iPad, It's been uploading since yesterday morning! PLEASE HELP!

[@paulchambers6448]

Michael, thank you for a brilliant and clear video on iCloud. Wondering if I can ask for you advice. I have 1TB of photos and videos on Onedrive. I own a MacBook (128gb storage) and an iPhone which is similar. Ideally I'd like to download my media from OneDrive to my MacBook in chunks and then move them to iCloud for easier access on my devices. However when I tried this I found that when I had uploaded the photos to iCloud and then deleted them from my MacBook to free space to download another chunk, iCloud also deleted what I had just uploaded. Am I missing a trick?!

[@Michael_Billig]

Thanks for your comment Paul. I would try downloading the OneDrive application for Mac, and using the chunks method, drag your media out to your desktop, then bring them into the photos app from there. Another method would be just buying a cheap hard drive for the photo transfer, and either keep the hard drive for other uses, or you could probably just return it when you’re done with it

[@SM1-1048]

So I got 128GB on my iPhone and have the 50GB/ month plan. So what does that mean? Can I delete photos on my iPhone but the photos I deleted will be saved in the cloud? I just wanna save space on my phone but ofc not delete them forever.

[@Kluivertnr1]

This is perfectly possible. Via the File app. For example photos from a holiday, that you want saved in icloud ánd delete from your iphone. Go to the Photo app and select the photos of the holiday. Click on the share button and scroll down till you find ‘save in Files’. Now choose the location. On your device or in icloud drive. Also it’s possible to create a folder by clicking on the folder+ icon. When done, in the Photo app you can delete the photos you selected for the holiday (also in the bin of the Photo App) In the File app, on your left you see locations. That’s the place where to find the photos. On this way you can save space on your iphone. Hopefully this is helpful for you.

[@abrarN70]

If my photos is synced with iCloud storage and i delete a picture from the phone, will it delete from icloud too? If no, how do i keep the setting to act similar?

[@Kluivertnr1]

It will also delete from icloud. Very frustrated. I know. There is a way to solve this. The first step is to move your photos from the photo app to the file app. Not all together. For example from a period like a holiday. In the photo app > 1) select the photos 2) click on the share button 3) search for ‘save in files’ 4) choose a location in files °on your device° or °in icloud drive° so you choose icloud drive 5) eventually make a folder where you put the photos The last thing you do: go back to the photo app, delete the holiday photos (also check the bin or recently deleted photos)

[@reizendecamera]

Thanks for the explanation, 1 video says more than 1 milion Apple pages :)

[@deftoneslover]

This is only photos you take right and not.. screenshots or screen recordings correct?

[@itimdesigner]

If i take a photo and upload to iPhotos and then i upload another photo into iPhotoss via desktop, does that photo from iphotos take space on my iphone?

[@boltnut55]

Boo to the haters... I learned so much within the first several minutes! Thanks!

[@Kluivertnr1]

It has nothing, really nothing!, to do with hate. Let’s be honest when talking about organize photos. Many people want organize photos in folders or in albums. And when move a photo to another folder or album, then it has to be really moving. That is what many people expected. But the situation is different. The photos stay always in the camera roll/photo library. Definitely not everyone (including me) likes that.

[@paperplates1867]

@@Kluivertnr1 Eh you're wrong. You can organize photos in folders and albums. It is moving. It's not duplicating a photo if you put it in an album. It's not taking up more storage space by doing so. It is the same as all other photo apps. What do you mean the photos stay always in the camera roll/photo library? That's the point... The Library shows you all your photos and videos in chronological order. While albums and folders you create can sort the images. It doesn't duplicate the image, acting like you have two of them. The same photo can be added to multiple albums without increasing the amount of storage used on your device. This is because albums in Apple Photos are essentially virtual collections or pointers to the photos in your library, not separate files.

[@johnjohn3241]

I just got a new iPad. If I turn off iCloud Photos on that iPad would it stop all my photos from sharing on iCloud for all my devices or just on the iPad I turned iCloud Photos off?

[@calortv9157]

Hey Michael, or anyone. I want to ask if when I delete photos off of my iPhone, do they stay on iCloud? I have so many photos, like 200,000 now because I’m afraid to delete my photos and videos due to the fact that I don’t know if they stay in iCloud once deleted from my phone. This is probably a stupid question, but any answer would help. Thank You so much! 😁

[@5h.2u]

Be aware i did that and it deleted the photos in the iCloud but i didn't know what option was it on optimize photo or download and keep original so that why I'm searching for it just to make sure i can delete photos in my phone and keep them in the iCloud

[@georgerabbitearl]

Thank you for the video. I would be interested in the following. Suppose the memory of my iPhone is full and you do NOT want to optimise the memory. Is it possible to tell the iCloud/iPhone memory that everything older than x months/years will be deleted on the iPhone, but will remain in the iCloud? Up to now, I would have understood iCloud to mean that the photos are synchronised and that this is not an archive. If photos are deleted on the iPhone, they are also deleted in the iCloud. I haven't found a solution for this yet (even though I'm still far away from it, I'd be interested to know how to deal with it). Thanks 🙂

[@Kluivertnr1]

Hopefully you will see my answer to you

[@anishamidi8743]

Hi michael thanks for your helpful videos I have a very important question If I lost my iphone and buy new iphone and already had them backup in my iCloud it will sort them by my albums like my old phone or no please please please help me🙏

[@paperplates1867]

Yeah if you buy a new iPhone, it will automatically sync those photo’s into your new device, including your albums and folders, favorites, and Memories.

[@ExcellentLeoSilinda]

When deleting photos on my phone, do they automatically delete on iCloud as well?

[@paperplates1867]

Yes

[@Kluivertnr1]

Not necessarily. The big thing is that you múst use the File app. Move all your photos, via the share button and the save in Files option, to the File app. One big advantage of the File app is that you can make folders. When the photos are moved to the File app, you can delete the photos in the Photo app. Before i forget. In the File app you can choose if you want save the photos on your device or on icloud drive.

[@gemmawitidsawadpusid1927]

Hi Michael! Can I ask what if I uploaded 5000 photos on iCloud after that 2months I delete some UNUSE screenshots then photos on my phone be like 4000 photos. So how about photos on iCloud it will be 4000 updated or it will be 5000 same as first time and I have to delete unuse screenshots on iCloud again? Thanksss🤟

[@maverickrod2443]

How do I take off automatic iCloud load? I only want stuff loaded to iPhone that I select

[@akhtar.r]

hey so if the icloud photos is turned on, those thousand of pics will not take your iPhone internal storage and instead fill the icloud one?

[@nicolaspablo4616]

This is something that still baffles me up to this day since iPhone 6. I’m now using iPhone 12 Pro Max (since first release) and still figuring out if the photos on my device’s internal storage will be deleted if I turned off iCloud Photo Library on my iPhone setting - also wondering if I upgrade to a newer device, will the photos still be restored even if the iCloud Photo Library is turned off. The reason I want to turn off this is the answer to your question, IT STILL CONSUMES YOUR IPHONE’S INTERNAL STORAGE which subscribing to iCloud to become a storage cloud to save memory on your device is useless. It takes up your internal device’s memory at the same time takes up your iCloud storage as well.

[@LordCarmesimXXVII]

It should be possible to make the uploading to the cloud only for manually selected photos.

[@Kluivertnr1]

Yes. I think the way to do is using one of your devices without an Apple and an other device with an Apple ID.

[@Shazza.D]

Hello Michael are you going to answer the questions?

[@SROBSTAD]

Hi! Hope someone can help with my question. Will the photos on my iphone library viewer be in a noticeable worser resultion, If i have chosen to optimize my iphone storage by using the icloud photos feature? I mean that the icloud photos feature promises to keep my original photos in the original resultion and great quality in icloud photos, and it certainly clears up some space on my iphone storage. And thats what makes me wondering, if the pictures im then seeing on my phone now (with icloud photos storage enabled) - are these then in a worser reultion and quality, than if i just downloaded the originals to my iphone storage? Now it is enabled and evertime i scroll trough my photos it seems like it is loading for a little secund, (sort of) and its looks like the photo i a little blurry at the start, but after that little secund it seems like its in a really great resolution. So does that little loading time actually download the full resultion picture from my icloud storage, just when im looking at it? And forgets it again as i close the photo album? I just want to be able to watch my photos in full quality 😅 Hope you can answer my question.

[@djcrazydan]

Can you delete photos from iCloud and if so how?

[@artsyhyd]

If a photo get deleted on our iPhone would it be also get deleted on the iCloud storage automatically??

[@Kluivertnr1]

Yes. Except if you turn off icloud on your settings. Using two different Apple ID’s is a solution. Another solution is that you do not log in with an Apple ID on your iphone. How many GB has your phone and ipad?

[@animator747]

Hi Michael, I have around the same number of photos as you do. None are on the cloud. I transfer them to my pc and then sync it to my library back into the phone through iTunes. My question is that will the battery drain quickly if the phone has to curate all these photos in the background?

[@robertlawrence5038]

I was looking for much more about storage. Like is it possible to keep a photo on phone WITHOUT is showing up on other devices or cloud? Im not sure thats even possible

[@PatriciaMaeAlap-uo5yj]

Please answer me i dont know what to do I have 200gb of icloud and my phone storage is 128gb and my vidoes and photos is almost 110gb because a lot of videos is 4k quality i try what you say but why my avail storage is keeping decreasing the avail space? Im just sync my photos and vids to icloud. If all photos and video are sync to my icloud it will reduce the phone storage? Is that right? Please i hope to get a respone from you

[@nicolaspablo4616]

“This is something that still baffles me up to this day since iPhone 6. I’m now using iPhone 12 Pro Max (since first release) and still figuring out if the photos on my device’s internal storage will be deleted if I turned off iCloud Photo Library on my iPhone setting - also wondering if I upgrade to a newer device, will the photos still be restored even if the iCloud Photo Library is turned off. The reason I want to turn off this is the answer to your question, IT STILL CONSUMES YOUR IPHONE’S INTERNAL STORAGE which subscribing to iCloud to become a storage cloud to save memory on your device is useless. It takes up your internal device’s memory at the same time takes up your iCloud storage as well.” - my answer to someones comment.

[@katherinerobinson6560]

Hello, I would like to know how to coordinate the photos and videos I cancel on my iPhone with iCloud. At present, after canceling these on iPhone I have to repeat the operation on ICloud for every single photo and video I throw away. How can I have iCloud do it in a synchronized automatic way?

[@kylekelly4979]

I’m curious if I were to lose my phone and have to buy a new one would I be able to recover photos on iCloud storage if they were only on my phone that I had lost with say the new phone that I bought?

[@nicegurl408]

Help. I just spent 3 days downloading 20,000+ photos off my phone to only to turn on my older 2 iPhones (kids are using them) and to see that they still have 20k+ pictures in them! What settings do I need to set so I can copy to my computer/hard drive , then delete from phone/icloud??

[@stevegardner7559]

If you delete photo on the phone does it delete from the iCloud library?

[@Kluivertnr1]

Yes and that is imo a big problem.

[@paperplates1867]

@@Kluivertnr1 its not

[@dansklrvids7303]

I'm having trouble understanding this. I have four family members. Each of us wants to back up our photos to iCloud in case we need to restore our phones. But we don't want each other's photos to appear on all of our devices. How do we create backups but not share photos? Thank you!

[@LooneytechBoy]

Is there a way i can delete photos from iphone but keep it on icloud ?

[@windchimes924]

If you create an album in photos and move a photo to the album does it actually move the original or make/store a copy of the photo ?

[@shaihaanx]

When you add a photo to an album in the Photos app, it does not move the original or create a copy. Instead, it creates a reference or shortcut to the original photo, which remains in your main library. The photo still exists in "All Photos," and the album simply acts as an organizational tool. So, no extra storage is used when you add a photo to an album.

[@MyRcGoSlow]

How can I get my photos from iPhone 8 to iPhone 13 ? I uploaded to cloud but doesn’t transfer to my 14

[@josevalerio2448]

But. I don’t understand? If I delete pictures from my photos app will they still be on iCloud, I’d like to do this to save storage on my phone can someone let me know

[@ViditKothari]

Anyway iPhone can promptly tell which ones of those photos are clicked from my iPhone and which ones are screenshots / WhatsApp messages, etc.?

[@henriquedelben]

I cant pay for the icloud anymore but i want all my photos that are in the cloud, so i was wondering if i disable iCloud photos and basically delete all of them from the cloud and keep only in my iphone, how can i do that? How can i download all of them? I have 240 gb of free space, so storage is not s problem

[@Kluivertnr1]

locally save photos and delete from icloud. So I'm trying to delete some photos from iCloud but keep them stored locally on my Mac (and ideally iOS devices but that doesn't really matter so much). Is there a way to do this? All research I've done shows me how to delete the photos locally but keep them on iCloud! The easiest way to do this is to make an album into which you put all photos that you want to keep, then drag and drop them from Photos into a folder on your hard drive. After the copy has finished, right-click on the photos in the album then choose Delete (not Remove from Album as that won't delete them from the library). This will remove them from iCloud as well. Keeping them on the iOS devices is trickier as there's no separate area to store them. You could create a shared album in Photos, copying the photos into it before deleting them from the regular album. (Shared albums are not included in your regular Photos library, so they won't be copied back to your iCloud Photo Library.) This would then make them available on the Shared tab of any iOS devices that use the same Apple ID, or any users you invite to the shared album for that matter.

[@da-AL]

tx much! this did indeed help

[@JonathanDoney-m3o]

Can you talk about how to organise icould menu bar

[@ay7836]

I have 190gb photos in my iphone storage. If i sync into icloud all the photos, does it will free my iphone space?

[@mauricioriveroi]

I have being loading photos from my external hard drive to my iCloud account, but not all are display in my iPhone and iPad, and if I try to dawnload it again it says it's a duplicate photo on my iCloud account. How can I solve this?

[@DuaneTheOakHirst]

Great Video well worth my time thanks

[@IndiaMonetspeaks]

My iPhone storage is full but my iCloud has plenty of space !! It’s stressful

[@allinonethegreat]

I want to transfer files to the computer with the original date of the pictures but in the properties it only shows the date it was extracted through the zip file which would be today with pics that’s years old how do you fix this cause when you go to properties then details the wrong date shows Update - I got it you have to download “including Edits” option on the download options 😁

[@SS-pj3ve]

Hello Michael, I just bought 2tb storage from iCloud and started saving my 14000 photoessays and videos, how will I know that it’s all got saved in iCloud along with my all other data. Regards

[@CraigandJoan]

Thank you, that is the information I needed!

[@ivona03]

can i only have it turned on on my macbook so my iphone camera roll isn't connected? because i have a lot of random stuff on my phone so i always airdrop the pics i wanna keep to my macbook but my macbook is running out of storage 😅

[@aruneshwarraja6880]

Hooo I have a 64gigs version this helped me a lottt….thanks mate

[@AdamAdrignolo]

If I optimize my iPhone storage will my photos and videos be the same quality as the original when I view them in the photos app on iPhone????? I am asking because when I view my iCloud photos online through safari or the internet on my PC the videos appear very blurry. Please help??????

[@BlossomRosee]

anyone know how to sort or find all the photos which aren't in an album yet? (in the new iOS 17), i adore sorting all my photos into albums especially because it makes it so much easier to find everything, now switching from Samsung to iPhone I'm lacking this feature to easily find these photos.

[@danielleramos9686]

so if my “download originals” is on. that means they’re save to my phone? i also have i cloud on. so confusing. if i delete from i cloud will it delete from phone? conversely if i delete from phone does it delete from i cloud? lol basically do i need to just download he’s copies to computer and then to a hard drive?

[@kimcastro3174]

can i still save files or pictures if i turn off icloud?

[@kiranacinta8439]

Hi Michael thank you for the explanation!! But I want to ask something. So, I just buy icloud storage for 50gb. Beforehand, I don’t backup my photos on icloud. So, I just back up all my photos to icloud storage (about 20gb). I think after I backup it to icloud, the memory on iphone storage (photos) will automatically decrease (after I turn on the Icloud photo library). But, the reality is my iphone storage still full and the size of my photos on my iphone storage still 20gb. Or the synchronization is not done yet? What should I do? Thank you😊

[@iamejpangilinan]

Same here

[@paperplates1867]

You turn on optimize iPhone storage

[@briandelosreyes8508]

what happens to your photos If you didnt renew your icloud?

[@paperplates1867]

Most likely delete photos that are not in the base 5G of storage after 30 days.

[@car4536]

Hi michael. If i upload all the pictures on my phone to icloud. Then after that i delete some pictures on my phone It will affect that pictures to my icloud.? I mean it will deleted also?

[@paperplates1867]

Yes

[@alter019kuchen]

Yah but how can I take every Photo that I had bake, because i deleted all my Photos on the old phone but then I remember that I took all the photos with my old phone so I deleted every Single photo that I had can u pls do a vid for that question pls? And sorry for my bad English

[@Kool_k]

If I delete photos while on iCloud photos can I get them back?

[@SiOgie]

Question: Can i choose which month / year of the photos i want to add it to iPhone camera roll?

[@Kluivertnr1]

Good question. I don’t think so. Apple thinks very strange in some ways.

[@asouthafrican661]

How can I retrieve photos that has Not been deleted but is Not on my iPhone anymore?

[@DnBQemist]

How do I set it up so my photos library on my phone only shows what I have saved on the iPhone storage and not include what’s in the cloud? I had it set up this way so anytime I deleted a photo on my phone it would still be on the cloud but now everything on the cloud appears in my iPhone

[@fahimmontassir3068]

Brother my iPhone was water-damaged a few days ago (and all of my data lost like photos & videos), I used free 5GB iCloud for some photos and videos after that I didn't upgrade my storage. Now If I upgrade iCloud is it possible to get all photos and videos from my iPhone by syncing through my Windows PC 🤧😭

[@hermonbluesmaclin-theboogi6830]

How do I download the photos to an external hard drive

[@proofoflife7654]

My question is if I delete all the photos on my device will they still be available on iCloud? I have problems with downloading the iCloud photos and can’t even post them because they won’t download

[@dopes1375]

Google drive em that’s what I did

[@epicon6]

Icloud Photos is a nightmare on devices with only 32GB of space like my iPhone 7+ With icloud photos i can have 50-200GB of photos in the cloud but the drawback is no matter of i have 5GB of photos or 200GB of photos there they will occupy 5GB of space on the phone physically to hold previews etc, and it increases the "other data" even more so the last two years i have had 7.38GB of IOS size, 14-15GB of other data, 5-6GB of space taken by photos app, so i only have 28/32GB used before any apps and i have almost all apps offloaded that i have to download when i use them and basically have 1-2GB free and the photos space and other data fluctuates pretty randomly so almost every day i end up with storage full messages and the high resolution photos don't even load or work in apps unless there's 1.6gb of free space. So i got stopped using icloud photos because it's only a total nightmare on a 32gb device. It's so bad there should be a warning to not use it with 32gb.

[@legendarynacar6517]

Hey, thanks for the video. I also want to know how to upload to icloud than delete in your phone to open up storage. I looked up on internet and saw some info like "Turn off 'iCloud Photos' and choose 'Remove from iPhone'. But there is catch up, if you turn on 'iCloud Photos' again and your phone is empty, if you delete all data from icloud.". This is really scary for me. Can you guide me on this?

[@paperplates1867]

Your iCloud Photos will always download on your device on less you turn off iCloud

[@mahlorhiprince4019]

Hi Michael please help , My normal iPhone storage is full however my iCloud have a plenty of Space with the back up option being off. If I switch on the Back up will this free up some space on my normal iPhone storage and start to full the iCloud storage..

[@Titanic19127]

I have nearly 19,000 pictures on my phone dating back to 2011. 160GB, don’t use ICloud because with that don’t you lose privacy?

[@paperplates1867]

Apples pretty good with privacy, I would recommend using iCloud in case you lose your device.

[@emy6041]

If you have your photos on iCloud it will still show you the photos in your photos app and dosen’t Take Any of your iPhone storage?

[@kupotheisil8816]

If I take a picture on my iphone and upload it to iCloud is it still taking up storage on my iPhone?

[@switchunboxing]

Yes you don’t manually upload anything to the cloud. It does it automatically as a back up. It’s not additional storage for your phone. However as you can see in those settings, you can set it to where your phone will only keep the lower quality version on the device if you’re getting close to running out of storage. This is my understanding anyway.

[@markbradshaw7753]

Thanks pal…very interesting.

[@jamescarlos8642]

Hi everyone How long does iCloud Photo Library store the temporary download in phone storage as in camera roll

[@roshanabraham5477]

how do i delete few pics taken from my i phone but still have it on my i cloud ?

[@Kluivertnr1]

Never there has been an answer to this question. Apple is when talking about photos extremely user unfriendly.

[@unknownboo8738]

I had an old iPhone, my 11 but that’s been disabled as I lost the pass lock, my new iPhone which I use currently has iCloud photos toggle on, the new device which I did have linked was my old disabled phone, so I’m thinking where else can iCloud photos be sent to if my other device isn’t active. Pls help thank you

[@laurac.1895]

Hi Michael, Your video is very informative. I have a question you might be able to answer. I have an IPad & an iPhone that share the photos with iCloud. When I delete my photos in the iPad it says that my photo will be deleted from other devices, but the iPhone still has the photo and when they are both connected to wifi, the photo comes back to the ipad. Why does it do that? Thanks in advance 🙂

[@epicon6]

Maybe you have some option enabled on one of the devices that keeps them locally and that keeps uploading the photo to icloud again :)

[@mtlmike3956]

When I go through settings and into Photos, there is no iCloud toggle. Could that have been turned off somehow? I’m on iOS 16.2

[@MaazKhan-pw5xk]

His wifi name is “mom use this one” 😂 hilarious but I’m also gonna do it so my mom knows which one to use for better speed

[@hhenry3]

How did you get Weather and Calendar to stay open in a larger view option in the home screen?

[@oOJampisOo]

Widgets.

[@GR_12]

I am so confused what is the difference between photo library backup in icloud backup and icloud photos. My photo library backup and icloud backup up both are turned on n that is taking double the storage in my icloud

[@shaihaanx]

iCloud Photos stores and syncs your photos across devices, while iCloud Backup creates a one-time backup of your device, including photos, meaning turning both on can duplicate storage use in iCloud.

[@TheyLuvUnique]

I got the 200 gb plan and when syncing my photos and automatically backing up my phone it used up 100gb which is a scam cause it’s not done syncing it’s just gonna use all of the storage when I bought my phone comes with 175gb so it’s only gonna leave me with a few gb how do I fix that

[@9LimaAlpha7]

thank you ever so much !!!

[@henriquedelben]

I cant pay for the icloud anymore but i want all my photos that are in the cloud, so i was wondering if i disable iCloud photos and basically delete all of them from the cloud and keep only in my iphone, how can i do that? How can i download all of them? I have 240 gb of free space, so storage is not s problem. Obs.: i need space, my icloud is full right now, so i want to free space from the icloud, so I’d let disable icloud photo library

[@Petlover10000]

I bought a Pbotostick Omni and tried to save all my photo to the Photostick. After plugged in the Stick into my phone, all the instruction, it doesn't transfer any photos to the stick, it says the iCloud is Empty, I went to the Settings of the phone, it says all photos has uploaded, but why it is empty.

[@JustinBallard117]

For people running low on storage I highly recommend to just set your photos to optimize photo storage. It'll save you like 50 gigs and you won't be able to tell the difference in photo quality! Super essential!

[@T0XICZFR]

Does it take away any photos?

[@T0XICZFR]

Because i been using an iPhone 6s Plus 64gigs and it has 56.8 out of 64

[@JustinBallard117]

@@T0XICZFR nope! 😮

[@JustinBallard117]

@@T0XICZFR all your high rez photos will be on iCloud too but honestly I can’t tell the quality difference!