How to STOP using iCLOUD! - Guide to TURNING OFF iCloud syncing on your Apple device!

This video covers the topic of iCloud. What is iCloud, how to use iCloud, should I use iCloud and really understanding the purpose of iCloud. And after all of that, if iCloud is not for you, then we will walk through options of how to disable and turn off certain features of iCloud or just completely sign out and get rid of iCloud!
00:00 | Welcome Back!
00:42 | What is iCloud?
04:02 | How to turn off iCloud Syncing
05:08 | Sync certain iCloud Information
05:36 | iCloud Photo Syncing Settings
07:14 | Disable & Delete iCloud Photos on ALL DEVICES
08:14 | Optimize iCloud Photo storage
12:07 | Sign out of iCloud completely
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[@emmymonti8094]

Finally someone who explained iCloud in a way I was able to understand clearly!!! Thank you

[@kantraxoikol6914]

BUT IT ISN'T THERE! THERE IS NO ICLOUD ICON anywhere ON MY FARGIN FONE

[@michaelcirlos150]

I think the biggest issue is not having the ability to manually decide when and what content you actually want synced and backed up. If you don't separate your content into different folders, iCloud will automatically sync everything up in those default folders which kind of sucks. In addition, this functionality seems to be that everything that you save on your "Desktop & Documents" folders will be wiped away once you uncheck the box in the iCloud settings. You can just check that box again and all of your stuff will reappear. Once you uncheck the box, it wipes away all of the files and saves it onto the iCloud drive. If you try to login to iCloud to view the restore function, you will not be able to see the files. If you check the box, all of the files will be downloaded from the cloud and restored back to your computer. This functionality is very invasive, especially if you don't realize that all of that information is in the cloud. Once you get your files back onto your computer, move the files out of Desktop or Documents folders, then you can uncheck those boxes if you don't want iCloud drive to sync those folders. You can move it back if you want, but any time you turn iCloud back on and off, it will delete content from your computer. What's great about google drive is the ability to see exactly everything that is backed up and you can go in and add/subtract what you do and do not want. Apple icloud was created in a way that assumes right off that bat you want everything backed up and shared between devices. Not everyone wants that, and if you don't know it operates that way, it kinda sucks trying to reverse everything so you can have control of your content again in the way you want it.

[@marcd1981]

Thank you, Michael, this is exactly what I am going through right now. I do not even have a Mac computer, just an iPhone, and it doesn't have the most memory, so I need to free up space on the phone. But, as you just stated, there is no easy way to do this, because you either have everything on your device, or you have nothing. No in between doesn't make sense, why would you not have the option to decide for yourself what you want to save?

[@Loyee2000]

@@marcd1981 This is exactly what Apple wants. They want to fully control you the users, and then be trained to stick with them forever. What would make Apple the biggest corp in the world?

[@judih.8754]

​@@marcd1981I think Joel pointed out that you can select to also download photos/files to your phone (or device). BTW I don't use iCloud at all. I have a MacBook that I back up to a separate drive and I use an android phone.

[@chrischamberlain7628]

@@marcd1981 I don’t like this at all. I don’t want ICloud. I never had it before and now got a new phone IPhone 13 I don’t like because the battery now needs to be charged every two hours. On my IPhone 6 the battery lasted for several days. Now this thing with the ICloud has me really annoyed. When I go into ICloud I see a bunch of pictures I don’t want, but they’ve deliberately set it up where there is no delete function or trash can. This is very unfair to do to people. Already within one day I’m being sent messages to now pay for more ICloud storage.I just want out of it. When I called apple I was actually told I can’t get out of it now.

[@Vizzpat]

Thank you for this video! It answered some questions that were useful for me. I love having the convenience of iCloud but didn’t really understand a lot about how it worked. Great job!

[@JaTurtle515]

After watching this video, this is not what I thought I was going to be watching. I thought you were going to give a solution other than iCloud storage. But you actually went all in with iCloud.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I think for heavy tech users, it's hard to not go to any cloud service. So since I have primarily Apple devices, iCloud is the most logical for me. Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@RogierYou]

Yes! This video is BS about bashing iCloud. Other then brewing my own server there is no one else who I would trust to sync my data across the cloud. And how well can we trust ourselves to keep our own server at home secure?????

[@kantraxoikol6914]

of course he's utterly useless. every phone is set up different....i can't even FIND an icloud icon...let alone turn it the fug off

[@angelamoe9559]

So if we continue to use Apple devices the world is going so see our stuff?

[@perkinshomestead]

@@angelamoe9559 yes! That is the problem. I don't want to use it because I think it can be accessed. Not that we are hiding anything, but it is a privacy issue.

[@leroyellis3940]

Thanks Joel for your response on the hard drive. I’ve got one on the way! Love your videos. I’m learning.

[@aniruddhrpg2]

Hello Joel, very happy to go through your videos. Curated in very simple and easy to understand and encompassing most of scenarios. Thank You. I have a query as well. There are lot of common original photos between by iPhone SE, iCloud and Mac. I just want to bring single original copy (deduped) in Mac and no where else (neither in icloud not in my iphone). Can you suggest any video that I can refer to or you can suggest a way ahead? Thanks again.

[@howarddunn4600]

Watched a number of your films and have to say your presentation is really clear. Thanks Joel

[@hdsmithermanjensen]

Dang, you covered every concern I’ve had. I’ve been putting it off for so long and have thousands of photos I want to get off of my phone/iCloud, so thank you! Your content is amazing!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thank you for the kind words @Hillary Smith! I'm so happy this was helpful and helped you Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@benrabahmohamed9657]

Well explained thanks a lot Joel. Your videos are very instructive

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Benrabah Mohamed! I'm happy they've been helpful! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@moebius1714]

Wonderful tutorial. As some other commentators mentioned, it covered all questions we had regarding keeping our photos saved on iCloud while clearing up the space on my wife's phone. Thanks!

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate the kind words @Moebius! I have a handful of other videos that may be helpful too that are related to iCloud Photos and also saving space that I'll link down below for reference: Optimizing iPhone & iPad Storage - How to FREE UP SPACE on my iPhone, iPad, or Mac for photos! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHjQf2B5YpuKbaM iCLOUD BACKUPS - WHAT you NEED TO KNOW when it comes to backing up PHOTOS, iPHONES and your devices! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZbTaqOIetWfepo How to BACKUP iCLOUD PHOTOS! Options for your Mac, iPhone and iPad! Cloud or No Cloud! kzbin.info/www/bejne/poi9i5-PiptlqtU I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@christinedavis5327]

Thank You, I’m a new subbie! 😃 I’m soo glad I came across your video while searching for a solution for “iCloud and Find My doesn’t work or is disabled.” Even though I still haven’t found a solution, I enjoyed watching your very informative video! You must be more than a photographer… you’re a good Teacher, because you made it easy for this “non-tech savvy” girl to understand! Now I’m off to check your channel to see if I can find a solution to my problem.😫

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thank you so much @Christine Davis for the kind words! I do love taking photos and I certainly love teaching others what i've learned along the way! What's going on with your "Find My" feature? It's not working? I don't have videos on that topic yet, but I still may be able to help! Look forward to helping!

[@Tvaleriya]

Thanks for explaining it so thoroughly!

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Leri! Thanks so much for watching and if you'd like to support me by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it!

[@Skaggins]

Thanks for this. As a new owner of a mac studio, I was pulling my hair out. somehow unable to save videos to my documents because I didn't have enough room in my 5 gig icloud. It's been an excruciating week, but I believe your explanation has fixed this.

[@doricohen8415]

Hey, great video! My question is: I haven’t been using iCloud. Used to always do a manual backup on my PC. I upgraded my iphone to the 13 pro max and now it says on iTunes I don’t have enough space on my pc to perform a backup. What’s the easiest way to make a backup for everything on my phone on icloud, without having it synced with my iPad and other devices? I just want the option to have a backup in case something happens to my phone. Also, do I need to use the two step authentication in order to use the iCloud backup? I always refrained from getting into that. Thanks!

[@marcd1981]

Good evening, Joel, thank you for this video. You have explained a couple of things I was unsure of, but I still have a question I'm hoping you can answer. First, I don't have a Mac computer, I use a Windows laptop with Windows 11 on it right now. However, I have an iPhone that I am trying to free up space on, and this is where iCloud makes it difficult. My phone only has 64GB of storage, so it is getting full from photos and videos. My issue is that I want to delete older photos and videos from my phone to free up space, but if I keep iCloud on, they will all download back to my phone (found this out the hard way the other day). And as you stated in this video, if I choose to not use iCloud, everything will be deleted from my phone once I stop syncing. But I don't want to delete everything, just older items. So, what are my options (if there are any) to free up space on my phone? Thank you again, have a great weekend! Marc

[@shiftintohigh5564]

This great! Explains and gives options.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm so glad this was helpful @shift intohigh! Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate the support!

[@JayeRocke]

This was VERY educational thanks

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate that @Jaye Rocke! Thank you for the continued support! I’m glad this video was helpful! If you learned something new and want to support my channel, click SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@drcathyklein]

I think I finally understand iCloud and how to use it correctly. OMG thank you.

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Cathy Klein! I'm so happy this was helpful! Technology moves quickly, so it's sometimes hard to keep up! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@jamesecurtis1705]

This is a wonderful explanation.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate that @James E Curtis! Thanks so much for watching and if you'd like to support me by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it!

[@planetsabbath]

This kind of helped, I ended up just uninstalling iCloud through settings on my pic, it didn’t want to uninstall at first but i figured it out. Good video anyway.

[@wfodavid]

Very helpful. I'm out on the cloud as I backup on my Mac everyday. Thanks!

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @wfodavid! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@practicerepo]

very well covered Joel, thank you

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thank you so much @Practice your guitar ! I appreciate your kind words and support! Thanks for watching!

[@gertlettorp3137]

Thanx a lot. Really great explanation of icloud. Now I understand much more 👍

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm really glad the content helped you @Gert Lettorp! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@maryhealey6739]

That was an excellent presentation about icloud. I liked the way you clearly defined the purpose of it giving both its limits and capabilities. Thank you Now, if you could do a presentation on how to get messages working again it would be so helpful!

[@zerofivetwelve]

This is the video i ve been looking for all this long. Thank you so much for your detail explanation. Now i well understood how icloud works. Gbu.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm happy this was helpful for you @MS 512! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@GarrickGillettePhotography]

very useful info Joel!! thanks so much!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks so much @Garrick Gillette! I appreciate the continued support!

[@midnitqween8609]

Finally an explanation 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm so happy it was helpful for you @MidNit Qween! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@ericashell]

Joel, Thanks for your awesome videos! Have you ever had an issue with your albums from iPhone not synching to your Mac Photos? I have made sure that iCloud is turned on everywhere and restarted multiple times and my albums still aren't appearing. Any tips would be much appreciated!

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate the kind words @Erica Thomas! 9 times out of 10 it's because the syncing between each devices hasn't finished yet... A few things to look at...when you go to icloud.com and sign in, do the photos there match your Mac or iPhone? How big is your library? Even though iCloud is signed in, you have iCloud Photos turned on as well? I would start to see which device is in sync with icloud.com and then we start to look at and troubleshoot the device that is not. Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!

[@jamesecurtis1705]

I had to add more storage data to my account. I had 200 and I upgraded to 2 TB. Also my Mom was having the same problem. I upgraded her to the 200 and her problem went away as well.

[@philippegadegbeku4118]

Thanks for the video. I listened with interest. How does iCloud syncing work with music? If you are an audiophile and want full copies of your music on your phone for instance. How is that accomplished

[@brianbrino4310]

Excellent Video, thank you so much!

[@LolaLeeTea]

Thank you! This was very helpful. 🙌🏾❤️

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Lola Lee Tea! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@patriciaadams7637]

Hi Joel! Your videos are great and easy to understand! I have an issue and wanted to get your input. To make a long story short, iCloud is turned on in my iPhone but not on my Mac. Unfortunately photos on my Mac are out of sync with iCloud meaning not all of the photos on iCloud are on the Mac. What is on iCloud is a subset of photos on the Mac. My question is - if I turn on iCloud on my Mac now, will it overwrite what is on iCloud or will I end up with some duplicates? Thanks!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Great question @Patricia Adams! So if your iPhone has been syncing to iCloud, but your Mac has not, when you turn that Mac on, it will start to sync and merge with what's on iCloud. I have often found that it works pretty well, however I have encountered Apple Photos not being the best when it comes to recognizing duplicates. I see two options for you: 1. Turn on iCloud Photos on your Mac and stop delaying the inevitable. You'll be happier when they're in sync. If duplicates become a problem there is a nice piece of software that I recommend that works pretty well. I'll link a video below for you for reference. 2. Here's an out of the box idea....You could create a new Photos Library on the Mac and then designate it as the "System Library". What this will do is create a brand new empty library and it will start to sync only what's in iCloud and associated to your iPhone. This keeps your current Photos Library intact and separate as you can have multiple libraries and use them independently. Just keep in mind only one Library can be designated to sync with iCloud Photos an this is the one referred to as the "System Library" HOW TO DELETE DUPLICATE PHOTOS in Apple Photos - IN DEPTH review of software to FIX your Duplicates! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKG0Zp56mJh1rLM I hope that helps and let me know if you have more questions! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@ny6901]

Hi Joel Just reading the title was like a week of therapy! Sometime ago I was trying to combine 2 apple ids photo libraries Changed something :.. can’t remember exactly what… in relation to the system library and lost thousands of photos Spent hours on support calls to no avail Just a warning that having a complete understanding of iCloud is important 🥺 My internet connection is antiquated so downloading to do an external back up wasn’t feasible Without understanding the settings my phone had been uploading and not saving originals Huge loss Your info is invaluable!!!!

[@alejandroq3454]

Hey Joel, thanks again for the easy to understand videos. I am reviewing them as time permits and I am trying to make things work with my particular set of needs and wants concerning iCloud. My business demands a lot of photos and I am forced to save them in folders on my Mac instead of 'photos.library' because they must be jpeg for me to upload them. Let me explain, 'photo.library' apparently saves photos in HEIC format instead of JPEG. So when it comes time for me to grab on of them and upload them into my customer report software it will not upload. If you know of a solution to this problem other than what I am already doing, please let me know. 🙂

[@jofisk]

You can change the format from HEIC to the most comatible (JPEG) by going into the Settings - Camera - Formats then select Most Compatible. This will change it so when taking phots they are in JPEG, downside is they will be larger photos.

[@maicajapanmoments]

What about those pics which are already in HEIC? Is there any way to make them jpg?

[@trebhouser]

@@maicajapanmoments Yes, simply delete "HEIC" and replace withe the letters "JPEG". It will prompt a window (can't remember said window) and you can complete the task from there.

[@vafp1]

I don't know if you still need this but on Mac in Finder, right click on your heic image. A pop up appears, scroll down to the bottom and see Quick Actions - then Convert Image and then you will have option to convert to Jpeg. You can also select multiple files at once

[@bri4926]

Thank you 😊 very informative.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm happy it was helpful for you @Ingrid Brouwer! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and use SUPER THANKS! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@PatrickBijvoet]

Hi Joel, I am working with Mac for 10 years now (never Windows again). I love your Icloud video's. So much I did not know. I actually have on my Mac Mini and Macbook air (M1) 2 seperate Icloud accounts. (I am alone) One private with my photo's etc, but also connected via Icloud with my 2 Iphones, with my older I mac. Second one private and professional where I work the most on. But because I also display classes to my student from this account, I want certain things seperate to protect my private live. Those 2 account I use for my Mac Mini and Macbook air (M1). It sounds complicated but it is not. Only thing is to keep the calenders of both accounts synched. But I just invite the other account and so both calenders are the same. I want to thank you for your video's. Altough a few details are different here in Europe, the basis is the same and I can do so much more. I upgraded both to 200 Gb, I did not even know how to do that, but you learned me how. Optimized Photo's etc. All thanks to you! Keep on going and maybe you ones can make a video about managing calenders via Icloud and even on different Icloud accounts. Maybe there is a workarround you know of and I don't. Thank You! Patrick, The Netherlands.

[@thenostalgiapicker]

Very helpful!

[@OldWhistler7743]

I’d just been thinking icoud through and this video popped up. Great explanation, thanks. I’ve got just got important stuff going to iCloud between phone and ipad…but to sync Facebook and Messenger to each device they both need access to icloud. I’m not too happy about these two apps using it.

[@NagaAnuradhaDevi835]

Thanks a lot for ur information now I really understood about iCloud and I got a solution for my iCloud storage issue

[@Learnwithjoel]

Happy to help @user-mi4qq4kd7k! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@donoragonvlog641]

Hi Buddy !! New subscriber from the Philippines .. I went and find your channel because of the problem that you have discussed and it help me and solve my very problem so Thank you- Sending my support and keep safe always..

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks for the support @Don Oregon Vlog! I'm so happy I was able to help you solve a problem you were having! Keep safe too and Thank You again! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please support my channel, by clicking THANKS below, or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@marianpavlik6352]

Hello Joel, nice video. Not sure if I missed some info but what I need is to temporarily stop backing up my photos/videos from my iPhone 11 to icloud. Why? When I travel abroad, I sometimes buy a local sim card that I insert into a spare phone and use that phone for hotspot. My i11 recognizes the signal from the spare mobile as "wifi" and starts automatically back up my all new photos/videos from the iPhone11. This causes eating up lot of data from the spare mobile's sim card. I would like to avoid this and temporarily stop synchronizing the data from iPhone 11 to the cloud. Whilst I want to keep all "old" photos/videos in the cloud. I have not found any way how to do so. Or I did not get it from the video. Any advice? Thanks.

[@rocambole93]

great explanation thanks Joel

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate the kind words @rocambole93! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@nan2157]

Great video thank you.

[@maxrules2161]

Hey Joel, thank you for this tutorial, will downloading my photos from iCloud create duplicates in my library if I already have the physical version of them in it?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Great question @max rules! Apple Photos can detect duplicates when they're imported, but it's not 100%. If you're toggling on iCloud Photos on your Mac, it will just merge all of your photos together, so it shouldn't create duplicates. I will say that in the upcoming release of macOS13 Ventura, Apple has a new duplicates feature built in Apple Photos that is working pretty well. So if it becomes an issue, it should be pretty easy to resolve. I have a video that shows some of the new features coming out if you're interested that I'll link below: NEW Apple Photo iCloud Features in iOS16 & macOS13 Ventura - Shared Photo Library & Subject Removal! kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5SVY5Sjhp6JaLs I also have another video that discusses duplicates and some options to get rid of them: HOW TO DELETE DUPLICATE PHOTOS in Apple Photos - IN DEPTH review of software to FIX your Duplicates! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKG0Zp56mJh1rLM

[@allenbeaulieu]

Hi Joel thank you for this video. you do not seam to bother that documents are deleeted from the cloud. Is there a way to have the sync activated but still being able to use the documents without a web connexion? I travel and sometimes I do not have acces to internet. When it happens I can't access all my documents. It is anoying. I tried many way I either have all acces sith an internet connexion or nothing when not connected. Is there a way to use Icloud and still be able to use my documents without the internet? thank you Allen

[@simplekdtech1995]

Hi Joel Thank you for the video really helpfull but one thing im not undrestand about Icloud, I have Imac, Macbook pro and iphone everytime I delete something from my iPhone icloud, comes back after few minute. I want to organise my icloud but any pictures unwanted or files I delete comes back. I need advise how to do it properly. thank you

[@cushman47]

Joel great job with your video.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks for the kind words @Rich Keller! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@MillieonaVespa]

Excellent video thank you …

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate the kind words @mary mulligan! Thanks so much for watching and if you'd like to support me by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it!

[@Lim1986]

Great video Joel,Could you do a video on the best storage options for photos,4K drone footage and also a backup from iCloud.I was looking at purchasing the Sandisk ssd for a backup.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hey @Discover by travel! Sorry for the late response! I think i'm actually going to be doing some videos on storage and backup and external drives. If you haven't already, I love those SSD drives from Sandisk!

[@Lim1986]

Hi Joel I eventually got the ssd I have all my apple photos downloaded from the cloud to it plus my drone footage I have saved on it also,But I also went on to get a 2012 Mac mini to download originals and a 2nd back for my drone footage,One problem I faced do maybe also you could do I video on it is on the Mac mini the photos App is version 5 and on catalina while I have a MacBook Air on Big Sur photos app version 6.

[@Lim1986]

Hi Joel I eventually got the ssd I have all my apple photos downloaded from the cloud to it plus my drone footage I have saved on it also,But I also went on to get a 2012 Mac mini to download originals and a 2nd back for my drone footage,One problem I faced do maybe also you could do I video on it is on the Mac mini the photos App is version 5 and on catalina while I have a MacBook Air on Big Sur photos app version 6.

[@vocalschoolofvaughan6393]

Discover by travel: i just did the same. Downloaded everything to a sundisk ssd. Now i cant open the photos library on another laptop bec its using a lower level photos app. Also- when i open the photos app in ssd, the videos are not playing . Any idea why?

[@Lim1986]

@@vocalschoolofvaughan6393 I know their is different versions of the photos app say the newest update is version 7 I had got a Mac mini but only could update to version 5 or something to get around it I would say maybe if have different versions just use another hard drive for each device.

[@eugene-hungaroserv1559]

Thank you !!! Great advice !!!!! :-))))

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @Eugene-Hungaro Serv! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@MukeshKumar-lb8vc]

beautifully explained each and everything

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate you and your kind words @MukeshKumar-lb8vc! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@ElvieDeckow]

*I removed the icloud lock from my iphone 14 using iRemover* The iPhone 14 is my first flagship Apple device. Coming from a Pixel 7, I have a few observations. The battery life is awesome, speakers are solid, Bluetooth connectivity is seemless, and the screen is smooth, despite coming from a 90htz display on the Pixel 7, I haven’t really seen a huge difference on the 60htz screen on the IPhone 14. I absolutely love this phone.

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@Casper-jx1zd]

Wow! Excellent video!

[@alubchuk]

Thanks for a great content! I have a question regarding a weird syncing issue I have on my Mac. After updating my OS iCloud started loading all the content to my laptop and it's filling all the space I have. “Optimise storage” flag is turned on however it keeps downloading the data until there is not enough space left. Any suggestions on how it can be mitigated?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks @Alex Lubchuk! So the first thing to look at is what is really taking up the space. When you say you updated OS iCloud and it started loading all content to your Mac, what content? Usually Photos and Videos are the biggest culprit when it comes to files. Also on the Mac, there are two options for "Optimizing Storage". The first one you will find in System Preferences under iCloud. This will reference to files that are saved in iCloud Drive. The second setting you will find is the "Optimize Photo Storage". This is located within the Preferences of Apple Photos. In there you have the ability to either optimize the photo storage, or download all originals. All of this is speculation on my part, but the first thing to do is identify what files or location is taking up the most space. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS below on the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, please share it along!

[@stepkycopky9354]

Thanks for another brilliant video.

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @stepkycopky9354! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@Orwic1]

Great video - really helpful explanation. I do use iCloud, but in addition, I also make separate backups of material like photos that I want to keep / archive. Making those separate backups takes a little time and of course storage, but well worth it in my opinion.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I couldn't agree with you more @Orwic1! It's definitely a good idea to have a local backup in your possession and not rely 100% on any cloud! Are you using Time Machine or something else? Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! Also if you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@Orwic1]

@@Learnwithjoel I use time machine, and I do a regular clone of my disk. Every so often I backup media files like music and video to a separate external disk. Main documents files get their own belt and braces backup on another separate external disk too.

[@htz70]

​@@Orwic1 How do you regularly BACKUP from iCloud Photos to a local disc (using Download Originals), if the Mac uses Optimize Storage? I could (weekly) attach a big usb drive, but I do not want the originals on my Mac internal SSD.

[@Orwic1]

@@htz70 I don’t store photos in iCloud. And I don’t use optimise storage, so I’m no expert on that. Storing all your originals in iCloud could occupy a lot of space which of course increases the cost. More or less I just use it for daily backups for iPads and phone. I use Lightroom, and for photos taken by my cameras: the photo library is located on an external drive (an SSD). For photos taken by my phone (but I don’t consider these as serious photos for my purposes) these also get uploaded into Lightroom too. I keep all my photos on an external drive at full resolution. The photos on that external drive get backed up to still another external drive occasionally. As a long term project, I intend to scan all my photo negatives and positive transparencies. There are thousands of these, dating back to about 1971, and that’s just the personal ones. I’ve also got a very extensive professional library of (scientific imaging). My plan would be to consolidate these libraries, and to do that would need a huge amount of cloud storage. I felt it would be cheaper just to use external storage (and probably faster to access them, if I used SSDs). I have some photos on my 2Tb Mac internal drive, but these tend to be ones that I plan to use for presentations in Powerpoint or for articles I’m writing. If I need to travel and take photos with me, then I’d use a usb or maybe a small capacity SSD with selected photos and probably upload those selected photos to iCloud temporarily as a working backup. If I took photos away from base, I’d copy these from cameras to the internal drive and backup to iCloud in case the Mac breaks. I’ve suffered from Mac breakage (and PC breakage) before, but only lost a few documents, fortunately of trivial value. That turned me into an obsessional backer up.

[@slwtgf]

@@htz70 omg- that’s exactly where I’m sitting right now .. I just got a refurbished iMac Pro book, but do I want to back up all my library onto this iMac, or don’t I ?? Will it exceed the Pro books limit ?? Aarrggg

[@axelnabilapermanadinewyork7304]

Wow ,,thank you for this video This is really help me 👍

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @Axel & nabila Permana di New York City! It makes me happy that my content is able to help so many people! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@peterpaulharnisch]

A fabulous video Joel! I was so confused about iCloud before, not really knowing what it did. I’ve subscribed to your channel. 🤩

[@mearkitek3773]

Nice explanation; I couldn’t find Optimize Storage on my iPhone photos?!?

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate the kind words @MeArkitek! The setting for Optimize Storage should be under the Settings > iCloud > iCloud Photos. I have another video that explains this that may be helpful! Optimizing iPhone & iPad Storage - How to FREE UP SPACE on my iPhone, iPad, or Mac for photos! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHjQf2B5YpuKbaM I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! Also if you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@angelopetrelli1083]

Cheers mate, great video, useful information - very good - as all of your videos👍⭐👍⭐👍⭐👍⭐👍⭐👍⭐👍⭐👍⭐👍

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate you and your kind words @Angelo petrelli! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@spinrash6000]

Lots info well explain thank you. I hope you are a teacher.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate you and your kind words @Spin Rash! I'm just a person who loves technology and sharing what I know with others. Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@lluiszardoya]

helpful, thank you!!

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@Loyee2000]

Of course! If money is not an issue, there is no issue.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Very true @Loyee2000! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@jackbaier7849]

Super, great vidieo thanks a bunch!! helped me.

[@Learnwithjoel]

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[@PatrickMastersProductions]

Any idea why when I remove downloads from the context menu of my iCloud drive turn around and redownload it to my computer. I want to use the space on my icloud drive to store my training and free up space locally until I actually need it but my hard drive fills up every day and then I have to spend forever removing files, sometimes individually inside folders that did not completely download and remove downloads context does not appear. It's driving me insane.

[@clawiese]

I've only been shooting in Apple Pro Raw for a few days. Now I have a problem: I will use up my storage space in no time and reach my 200 GB limit of iCloud frighteningly fast. But the sync is not working as fast as I would like. I shoot about 100 pictures a day, which take forever to show up in the Photos app as yet to sync. Now for my question: is this because of the Raw format, that the iCloud is overwhelmed with uploads per day of more than 10 GB or because of my internet connection? Question 2: What is the most practical storage medium for such amounts of data? The cloud must go away for photos after I would otherwise induce horrendous costs. Thanks in advance for any comments!

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Nice explanation.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I appreciate the feedback @Third Rock Jul! Thanks so much for watching and if you'd like to support me by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it!

[@LTVoyager]

I prefer to synch using my iMac. This does mean things don’t get synced quickly when you are away from home, but it also doesn’t use up all of your cell data if you are on a plan that is not unlimited, which I am. Have you covered how to synch devices using an iMac and saves things to the Mac for backup?

[@alinaanamariadobre4743]

Hi, if I already have storage bought - 200 GB and I don't want it anymore (my iphone also have 256 GB), how should I proceed? If I go and disable the syncing for the photos and videos, I will lose them all, all of the photos and videos I have in my Iphone?

[@Robin.ThePlantPath]

Thank you. I My problem is i have 200 g of icloud storage. it is full and i can't afford to upgrade to the next package. i would like to find a way to copy the photos from icloud to an external drive. i don't have the space to copy them to my MacBookAir. which only has 512. i have the lightening port and i have the atolla device.. is there a way i can make this work? I'd like to copy those photos and videos.. then delete them from devices and get back to a manageable amount of files being synced.. with the core backed up elsewhere.. thanks in advance.

[@plancc4737]

Hi Joel! You said that you absolutely love your flash drive. What is special about it? And is it one that you can recommend?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @PlanCC! Sorry for the delayed response! So I have a handful of the portable SanDisk SSD. They're very compact, fast and pretty durable and reasonably priced for being such a small form factor. I will put a link below to my affiliate amazon store page where I have a few items that I own and love! www.amazon.com/shop/joelfeld I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@mjklein]

Coming from Android and not having any other Apple product, it makes sense to use the Google services I already use and not use iCloud at all. I use IDrive Online (not an Apple product) with a 10TB storage plan. I originally got it for backing up my main computer used in my studio. It's not a synchronizing service like Dropbox but it does allow me to access stuff from all the (unlimited number of) other devices.

[@cyd_notter]

Hi Joel, I need help. I switched to a new Iphone and used Icloud to back up, but I don't want the syncing and now I'm having trouble getting it off my systems. I watched one of your videos and I "signed out" on my phone, but now I can't access the photos on my computer and I'm so unfamiliar with this, I'd just to book you for your help to walk me through it. I don't see a way to contact you from your website. How should I proceed in order to ask a couple of questions before I book the call? Thanks, Cyd Notter

[@shannonocelot7670]

Hey Joel I got a question. I want to turn off synchronizing or just stop photos from being uploaded to iCloud on only one of my phones. Many sources tell me I need to click the download and keep originals option instead of the optimization option before I turn it off. I’m fearful it may cause me to lose some of my videos and photos but I have so many that I don’t know exactly what ones would be removed. Can you clarify what I should do? Is it safe to turn it off on only one device to stop photos from uploading and will it make me lose some of my content? And if so, where can I find the possible removed content if it does end up being removed? Will there be a designated spot specifically for items like such? Your video helped me understand a little more. But many sources just keep telling me things that are hard for me to understand. If I turn it off on one device, will I have to do that download within 30 days thing? If it does end up removing videos, will they come back if I just turn iCloud back on for photos?

[@cindygrochala7553]

Same here.

[@ny6901]

Such good info! At 4:00 that messages aren't included in the back up! I learned that the hard way. If they get deleted, OPPS gone! Another not fun lesson was changing the system library before downloading argggg originals. In my brain "optimized" means the best quality! Be warned on that one! Changing the system library needs a Joel lesson first! After some huge errors, the lesson is Local Archive... not just iCloud and time machine. All the young folks at apple who don't have decades of data sell it as so easy, that in itself creates a problem. lots to know on a lot of levels before trusting that it is all done seamlessly.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Couldn't have said it better @ny6901! Definitely have a local archive and don't rely only on iCloud and Time Machine! Thanks for the continued support!

[@md168]

Nice sharing this good info !

[@indranidasgupta8982]

I still have questions, well, basically, two: 1) How can I keep icloud from downloading originals AND duplicates of my photos from my iphone into my windows PC (not mac), and 2) how do I keep those photos on my icloud ONLY? I have more space in my icloud account (because I bought space there) and less in my PC. I'm running out of space in my PC and trying to free up space, so now I'm having to manually delete all those duplicates from icloud that have been downloaded into my PC. Is there an easier way out of this mess?

[@ucheonobie4521]

Thank you and have a lovely day

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks so much for watching @Uche Onobie! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@bella-xk4mf]

hello, i have a question. i erased all content and settings on my old iphone and then, by using another iphone, i removed that device from my apple id (i changed the password too). do you know if that old device will still have my icloud photos and notes or is it completely safe from my data? i would be very happy if you answer, thank you

[@iml1945]

Long time Mac user very-confused about iCloud photo syncing until you lifted the fog. Will send a Thank You. You are the best.

[@Learnwithjoel]

I'm happy I cloud help @iml1945! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@ashokp1357]

Great video. Straight facts and was very clear to me the benefits of iCloud. Today Google gives you free storage so it’s an attractive option but like you said the synchronization is not there. Question:Do you gave a videos that explains My Photo Stream? I used it but now doesn’t work and hear Apple is phasing it out! I liked it since it saved me from paying storage and allows me to see it on my other devices. I can’t get it to work again, can you help?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks @Ashok P! If you're an Apple user, it's a no brainer to start with iCloud. If that doesn't fit the need, there's always other cloud options. Google's free 15GB will run out too for users, it's just a matter of time. I do not have video on "My Photo Stream". I would agree that Apple is most likely phasing it out. I used to have the Photo Stream option, but it's no longer associated with my account. I don't remember specially when it went away, but my hunch is that when you start using iCloud Photos on never operating systems it gets rid of that option. Photo Stream was great where it would consist of your past 30 days of photos or most recent 1,000 photos and it would automatically show up on all of your apple devices. And then if you did not download or save them, they would stay on the device that took the photo, but it would not go to the other devices to be saved. Now it's just iCloud Photos where it syncs everything everywhere. If you create a new iCloud account, it doesn't even give you an option for My Photo Stream anymore. It was a great option for users that wanted to sync recent content without paying much. Sorry to say, but I don't think you'll have much success getting it back. I'll link a few support articles that discuss My Photo Stream, but it seems as though Apple is recommending users to use iCloud Photos instead. About iCloud Photos and My Photo Stream support.apple.com/en-us/HT205743 If My Photo Stream isn't updating support.apple.com/en-us/HT203511 My Photo Stream support.apple.com/en-us/HT201317 I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and the content I’m creating, please feel free to SUBSCRIBE and use SUPER THANKS on the video if you haven’t already! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@ashokp1357]

@@Learnwithjoel Thanks Joel!

[@carolbianchi7852]

Thank you for these videos, very easy to understand. One thing I have not seen covered, however, is the effect of turning off iCloud for other apps (not photos or vids) such as email & messages. I always use Reminders and Notes in cloud for access on all my devices, but I’m signed into email and messages. What would be the effect if I turn off that sync? TIA!

[@leroyellis3940]

Joel, what is that storage device you moved at the beginning of the video? Thanks

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @leroyellis3940! I'm guessing it was one of my Sandisk external drives. I have them linked on my Amazon Affiliate page that I will link for reference: www.amazon.com/shop/joelfeld I will say however that those Sandisk drives have seemed to start having hard drive failure with some users. I personally own 5 of them and have not had any problems, but there are others who have. Check out some of the other drives on there though. I have them all. Thank you for your continued support! I appreciate you more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@kammykwok2888]

🙏❤️🙏 👨🏻‍🎓📚 👍🏽 very clear explanations ,Many Many Thanks 🙏

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're very welcome @KAMMY KWOK! Thanks so much for watching! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@jonathangarcia9617]

Nice video of the day.

[@jamalaljamal9464]

What if I want to store my pictures on iCloud but I don’t want them to be shared on my other devices ! How can I do that ?

[@Mason500.]

Thanks for the info, I just switched to iPhone for the first time ever, always been an android guy.. anyways I’m just curious about one thing, If I don’t use iCloud, than I can just save and back up everything to iTunes, including all my photos,screenshots,downloaded videos ? And it will always be there as long as I back up monthly ?

[@Learnwithjoel]

You're absolutely correct @Mason500! Apple doesn't force users to use iCloud. It's a choice. Any cloud solution, whether it be iCloud, Google, Microsoft or Amazon all cost money and it's all about connivence and easy access to your files on multiple devices. The argument could be made that you need it if you don't have a computer to use and you want a backup, but in your case, if you have a Mac or Windows, you can backup your device to iTunes on Windows and Finder on the Mac. (iTunes is no longer an option on newer Macs). I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t subscribed already and would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE and click THANKS below on the video! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, please share it along!

[@Anakena3]

One thing I’m doing to save some money and still keep a benefit of iCloud is a split my library so I only got let’s say three months of photos or a year so the size stay reasonable and then I have an old library which is backed up locally and different discs

[@chickenfoundation9323]

What if I have 2 phones with the same Apple ID? Is there a way to be able to delete pics and vids on my main phone but not be deleted on my second one?

[@akamber1]

I’ve watched several of your videos and very much appreciate your info. I’m on the fence about using iCloud to sync all my photos. I have aprox 20K photo & video files and I use an external hard drive. I also have plenty of Apple storage. Wondering - after all of your experience - do you still use iCloud to sync? Or did you go back to local or an alternative storage/sync option? Thanks in advance.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @akamber1! Yes I use iCloud for almost all of my content! I have about 65K photos/videos within my iCloud Photo Libraries. As long as you understand how iCloud works, then I would totally recommend it, especially if you have all Apple devices. I will say that I always recommend to have a local copy of all of your files and this can be achieved if you're syncing the originals to a Mac. You can keep the whole iCloud Photo Library on an external drive too! I have several videos on iCloud and Apple iCloud Photos that discus a lot about all of this! I'll link a few below for reference: iCloud - What the Purpose is & How is it supposed to work! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qonUXqODi5ljm68 iCloud Apple Photo Library VS Referenced Apple Photo Library - the DIFFERENCE & WHY it MATTERS! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqvGn6F6asuapdk How to MOVE your iCLOUD PHOTO LIBRARIES and APPLE PHOTO LIBRARIES to an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXLVnICojsqbiJo iCloud Shared Libraries - Understanding what they are and how they work! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKSchoStgKZ7q5o Thank you for your continued support! I appreciate you more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you!

[@akamber1]

Thanks for the reply. Your content is very helpful. I'll give it a try. Bought a new SSD HD and I'm backing up first.. then I'll try. Cheers to you and please keep the content up. I'll do my part to promote! @@Learnwithjoel

[@sut2910]

Thanks for the video. I have quite a few apple devices and i like the fact that when i take a photo on iPhone it is copied into my Photos on my iMac. I don’t have to remember to copy/offload photos with another physical process. If all i had was an iPhone i would turn off iCloud. Too much of a hassle to turn iCloud off. It is like going back to my PC days when it was always a project to get anything done. I like the continuity between devices for notes, messages and all. Is what Apple is doing invasive? Yes. Is it for a lofty purpose? Yes. If people don’t like it, they can all buy other brands and put Apple sales below a threshold where they can’t afford to go. If they want to read the hash on all my cat bird airplane etc photos, I’m ok with that. Things will change again before long, wait for the next big thing.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Well said @sut2910! If you look a the two other main competitors; Google and Microsoft, they both have their cloud services that sync photos, notes, contacts, calendars, bookmarks and much more just like Apple does. You're totally right though...things will always change and there will always be the "next best thing"! Thanks so much for watching and if you'd like to support me by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it!

[@shaaantha.baaala6462]

Which ICloud is the best reliable affordable cloud .Will these clouds work even in storms and hurricanes and deliver what we want say - the video or photo- sharing ?Is it possible to store in my iPhone - my videos in Microsoft ; Out so country photos on Google and in country , videos in Apple - that way there is no problem of reaching the limit and so need to be within the free allowable limit of giga. bites or KBs and also get the free ( money saving ) plans / schemes 🤠without pinching my pocket or burning a hole in my wallet .and yet able to access them whenever I want them to show my grand children and from wherever I am in the globe . Send me a reply I will appreciate . OM SHAANTHI

[@BakerMadness]

Brand New Apple enviro user... like, since July I have 2 M1 devices an iPhone 11 and a watch. I shoot videos etc, but am not comfortable with my content in the cloud. if I disable the cloud for photos and videos, can I still download my photos from my iphone to my iMac with the cord? Like I used to do with my old Samsung Phone and Dell windows 10 heap...?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hey @BakerMadness! Welcome to the Apple Family! Yes, iCloud Photos syncs all photos and videos taken with an iPhone or iPad to iCloud and return syncs it to Apple Photos on the Mac. If you don't use iCloud Photos, there are a handful of other ways to import your videos manually. The Mac treats your iPhone just like a digital camera. I'll link some helpful videos below for importing Apple Photos - Just plug your iPhone in and open Apple Photos, you will have prompts to import. HOW TO add and IMPORT pictures into APPLE PHOTOS kzbin.info/www/bejne/joPMkmB8abaNY8k iMovie: Open an iMovie library and click the import button, or File > Import and you will be able to manually import your videos from your iPhone to iMovie IMPORTING VIDEOS into iMOVIE on your MAC! - Guide to GETTING STARTED! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmnNY5akmq9gaZI You can also use an App called "Image Capture" on your Mac. It's very very basic tool for importing and you pretty much just choose a destination for the files to go and click import. Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching and if you'd like to support me by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it!

[@daver7013]

Hi Joel, thanks for this video. I have a question I don’t know if this is even possible. But what I would like to do is synchronize my iPhone photos and other items like contacts or messages, etc. with my iPad. I don’t need these stored in a third place, (icloud). My iPad would theoretically be my back up storage for these items. It’s not the cost of extra storage, it’s more, I already have a place for storage, my ipad. So my question is, is it possible and how can I do it? Thanks for your help.

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @daver7013! It may be a bit challenging getting information like Photos, Contact, message and anything else syncing from an iPhone to an iPad without using the likes of a big tech cloud service like iCloud. A long time ago when the iPod was introduced, iTunes was the primary piece of software on a computer that allowed users to sync information from a computer to a device like an iPod. You can still do this today. Windows users would use iTunes, and Mac users would use the Finder to sync content like photos, contacts, calendars from a computer to an iPhone or iPad. Downfall is that you need a computer and it takes a long time to plug each device into each other, and not all information is available to sync to begin with. So long story short, that's cloud services like iCloud, Google, and Microsoft all have cloud syncing services that allow you to easily have information among all your devices by communicating through the "cloud". Now depending on your devices, you are able to plug a flash drive or external hard drive into your iPhone or iPad and use the Files app to copy information, but only certain information. You wouldn't be able to transfer messages for example. I hope that helps! THANK YOU so much for watching! It is appreciated more than you know! If this video was useful, I’d love for you to SHARE it with on social media and say how it helped you! Please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already, and if you have, THANK YOU for your continued support!

[@kristinmorrill6508]

I have noticed that there are multiple copies of same photos etc I tried manually to delete the copies but it is too much to do Any way to prevent duplicates? Or remove all copies at one time?

[@billycullen6832]

Excellent!

[@Learnwithjoel]

Thanks for the support @billy cullen! Thanks so much for watching! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated! If you know someone who may benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!

[@allenschneider1847]

If I have 2 macs and an iPad and have icloud on for photos and documents (so they will sync) but have enough HD space that I don't need optimization turned on; if I decide to get a new mac and give old one to my grandkids, can I simply sign out of icloud on the old computer, delete the photos and documents and retain the documents and photos in icloud and my other mac and iPad? When I replace that computer and sign into icloud (keeping optimization off) will it then down load to my new computer so I have photos and documents literally in icloud and on all 3 devices?

[@Learnwithjoel]

Hi @Allen Schneider! So you have the right idea! Because you're syncing iCloud Photos and also Desktop & Documents Folders with iCloud Drive, when you get a new Mac, after you're signed in, it will start to download the content from Apple's servers and you'll be right where you left off. Depending on how much content, it may take a while to sync, especially if you're choosing to not optimize, but regardless, it will still retain all of you files and sync down to your new Mac. Keep in mind when you sign out of iCloud on a device, you'll often be prompted with a message saying you have 30 days to download your content. But for your scenario, by signing into a new Mac, it will start to download everything as long as you have the boxes checked to sync the content you want. Also if you're giving this computer to your grandkids, I would probably just create a new local user on the Mac and then delete your current one. That way it will have a fresh clean start on there for them! I hope that helps! If you haven’t already, please support me by subscribing! It helps more than you know and so greatly appreciated! Also if you know someone who may learn something from this video, share it along!

[@ocdtechtalk]

Is it possible to move messages (SMS) from one Apple ID to another?

[@tomacquilano1304]

When I open images on my iMac, I can only see the low resolution blurry image. There's a little cloud in the lower right corner of the image. When I click on the cloud I get this message. "An error occurred while loading a higher quality version of this photo. Please try again later." I left a similar but more detailed message on another one of your videos today as well.

[@amazonhealer]

Hey Joel, I found your videos but I am new on backups on a external hard drive. I got a Seagate One Touch. How do I transfer only my photos and videos to the external hard drive. Could I separate the videos from the photos on the external hard drive? I appreciate your time

[@Learnwithjoel]

Great question @Angel A F! The first thing I would ask is where are you currently storing your photos and videos on your Mac? Are you using Apple Photos, iMovie or Final Cut Pro? Or do you just have your photos and videos in folders? Naturally you should be able to drag the files to the external hard drive while connected and it will copy them to that location, but if you're files are in an Apple Photo Library or iMovie Library, there are some things to take note of, specifically if you're using iCloud Photos. I'll link some videos below for reference to photos: How to MOVE your iCLOUD PHOTO LIBRARIES and APPLE PHOTO LIBRARIES to an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXLVnICojsqbiJo iCloud Apple Photo Library VS Referenced Apple Photo Library - the DIFFERENCE & WHY it MATTERS! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqvGn6F6asuapdk Understanding iCLOUD PHOTOS - Syncing iPhones, iPads, and Apple Computers IN-DEPTH kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2q8m5eYnZaEbpo Thanks so much for watching, I hope that helps! If this video was helpful and you learned something new, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel if you haven’t already! If you want to support my content click THANKS below or better yet, SHARE it with a friend on social media and say how it helped you! It helps more than you know and is greatly appreciated!

[@amazonhealer]

Thank you so much for explaining the differences about where my photos are located. It's all on my Apple Library and iCloud. I will follow up with your videos

[@Criticalmaze]

8:30 This confuses me because you can’t really free up space more than once can you? What happens when you sync then delete photos off your phone? Then what happens when you want to offload a second time?

[@cathywhang]

Hi there! This was such a helpful video-- I wish I knew this earlier so I would've turned off iCloud photos earlier as I only want the pictures on my phone and not my computer. I'm having an issue where photos is taking up 32gb on my 64 gb phone with 17,000 pictures and videos. I pay for 50GB of iCloud storage, but it's still not enough and it's getting really frustrating. I had my phone on optimize iPhone storage for the longest time, but now that I'm trying to change it to "download and keep originals", I'm still unable to turn iCloud photos off because it says it wasn't able to download 13,500 pictures which would be removed. I'm wondering if you have a solution for this. Thank you so much!! New subscriber :) TLDR: How do I get compressed pictures to go back to the original so I can have all the pictures on JUST my phone and finally turn off this godforsaken iCloud photos thats taking up all of my storage

[@buffalo_wings8224]

I'm having the EXACT same problem and the only solutions I think will work are 1. Buy an iphone with more storage which is what Apple wants you to do. 2. Switch to Google photos and use the "free up device space" feature. This will remove photos from your phone but keep them in Google's cloud. Then you can actually use the cloud storage you are paying for to store your photos without ultimately being constrained by the iphone's device storage capacity.

[@newagain9964]

@@buffalo_wings8224 ooookkkk...but u will eventually run out of cloud storage (all b/c photos ur not even viewing anymore). Ultimately ppl need to actually curate/manage their photo libraries (esp on their phones).