Why do they make this so difficult?

[@antiseth3964]

This channel does something I’ve been requesting a few other Mac channels to do. They sit there and spend multiple videos in a row talking “rumors this,” and “next iPhone that,” when they could spend the off-season between big Apple events doing real Apple content like this iCloud how-to. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea-and it may not get numbers like other Apple-related content-but it’s far more practical and useful for a viewer. Regardless of the variation in performance of videos about tutorials/tips vs reveals/rumors, this is the RIGHT way to run a channel like this-even if the content isn’t as frequent. As for the video itself, I feel like most cloud platforms have offered free services since the beginning as a way to get people dependent on the platforms. I’m not above paying a small amount for cloud storage, especially since I don’t have to purchase the equipment to maintain my own backups. Unfortunately, Apple has gotten very strange about how they manage iCloud, and at this point I think it needs a bit more streamlining.

[@Anon-y4w]

SnazzyLabs does something similar

[@rimilmurmu10]

I just could not trust anyone, it seem little money but they can hike the price any time they want

[@nathanfife2890]

Sara is a genius. She's convinced you that fixing her random tech problems is the best way to make videos. Lol

[@LemoniumOre]

sara? its sarah

[@alajibril]

@@LemoniumOre IT BOTH dont be an ass

[@victorescobar7437]

@@LemoniumOre Sarah? It’s sahrah

[@joshkrishna]

@@victorescobar7437 you mean Sahara?

[@Backfisch64]

@@joshkrishna shara and lika this video

[@KienTran]

Lol I love the cheesy deadpan humor. Seeing Johnathan walk right through a TechQuickie session was hillarous

[@Neoxon619]

I’m pretty sure that’s TechLinked at 8:45.

[@Safyire_]

would be funny if they kept that shot and a techlinked video in the future just has jonathan walking through it

[@KeppyKep]

@@Safyire_ TechLinked is uploaded on the day it's shot, so the moment's passed. And I do have a faint recollection of Jonathan walking through one a week or two ago.

[@tetra1974]

The Burger King app that use a Whopper size data backup ;lol

[@nadamuchu]

@@KeppyKep yes I remember that too! 😄

[@MineYourSmartDataAssistant]

Jonathan, we are proud to be your sponsor! 💪 (Psst. If you're not using iCloud anymore, you can reclaim your data with Mine.)

[@lezzgilol]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA LMAO

[@2youn8]

just email them lmao

[@MvsG18]

@@2youn8 they're the sponsor of the video lol

[@lyeuhm]

You don't offer a sign into apple option and I use iCloud for my email. :(

[@austinfarley4971]

Not gonna lie, I do wish there was a select all button so I could just uncheck the handful that I don't want to remove my accounts. So far I've found some very interesting ones.

[@abunchoftrees]

Personally, I really appreciate this video's balance between using the sketch/story to keep the video progressing while at the same time in execution it doesn't come off as Sarah or Jonathan taking it too seriously. It's this lighthearted style of video that I would actually send to friends and family so they might benefit from implementing these practices in their daily digital lives since this infotainment approach is engaging while not feeling like a chore. The care in the work shows! Please keep 'em coming!

[@mr_manager]

Do LMG employees need to hit a minimum of “your mileage may vary” to get a bonus or something?

[@Nur__]

What do you mean?

[@protimsinha]

Lmao

[@nadamuchu]

@@Nur__ they say it alllll the time lol. It could be more related to the writing team's tendencies though. That said I feel like Andy in particular is notorious for this phrase.

[@Nur__]

@@nadamuchu thanks for explaining, now I get the joke lol

[@klick2destruct]

Probably a canadian thing

[@Neoxon619]

I literally just got this pop-up yesterday, so solid timing.

[@EmilyLovesTea123]

Everyone does

[@k6usy]

@@EmilyLovesTea123 unless you stop being cheap and pay for storage.

[@117rapboy]

I never have posted from my fold

[@rickg2967]

…and every day before that since the dawn of time?

[@Neoxon619]

@@rickg2967 Actually no, more like every once in a while.

It always surprises me how well apples software works and how well and user friendly they are designed. Up to the point where you run into a limitation and want to do something apple doesen't like. Like not upgrading your icloud storage. Then it becomes an absolute, user unfriendly nightmare.

[@fixerdrew02]

I love this channel. Its fun that it's kind of doing its own thing compared to LMG

[@futuramanut]

Yeah, it reminds me of the Mac team at Apple back in the 1980s.

[@Mkrabs]

Typical Apple i would guess 🤣

[@RamkrishanYT]

This is like techlinked

[@DoctorX17]

The Apple vibe is strong with this channel

[@CallMeVidd]

@@RamkrishanYT nah not really all LMG channels have this very PC gamer vibe… I mean obviously, that’s where it started But this one feels more classy and laid back

[@Kiansjet]

Using your organization's Enterprise storage is begging for someone to snoop and setting yourself up for a panic when you change occupations.

[@KevinKing0584]

As an O365 admin, I have full access to anyone's OneDrive for Business in my org if I so choose. Putting your personal photos in your work account is beyond stupid, please don't. I'm honestly embarrassed for him that it was even suggested seriously.

[@yamusa85]

@@KevinKing0584 Not only that, also higher tier manadgement may require a report on productivity stats that will require to include mentioned activity. Overall, if you're not in a close friendship with it-guy, don't do that.

[@georger5558]

Breaching your companies IT policy is also a sure fire way to get fired (fair enough this doesn't seem like a sackable offence, but if they already want to get rid of you legally it's more than fine)

[@randaranatunga7259]

Gotta say The production quality of this channel is top notch

[@gvi-n]

Like the notch on the iPhone

[@AlexanderMikhailov629]

Like the notch on the iPhone (2)

[@PhaythGaming]

Like the notch on the iPhone (edited)

[@kzed]

Like the notch on the iPhone

[@usernati123]

cause they are a subchannel from ltt

[@GrandNebSmada]

I laughed WAY to hard at the "I've saved a Whopper" joke lol

[@u-bum]

Me to(o)

[@pearljamrock]

As someone who has recently started venturing into Apple's ecosystem, I am so glad it isn't me that finds some of their methods, popups and inner-workings absolutely baffling.

[@ChriSaito]

You have no idea how helpful this is. As someone new to iPhones I had no idea I got any iCloud data at all. I thought I was just being bugged for a subscription for no reason other than apple wants to send me ads. I’ll have to take a look at this!

[@PhaythGaming]

Sarah best actor at LMG. Change my mind.

[@BoSaGuy]

May I introduce you to Riley?

[@Neoxon619]

Sarah’s great, but Riley is a legit voice actor.

[@BoSaGuy]

@@Neoxon619 ik

[@PhaythGaming]

@@BoSaGuy Riley is sick for sure. Sarah had just come such a long way!

[@LeftJoystick]

I don’t think she’s actually acting, that’s just her being her lol

[@alanlipon]

THIS is why I switched to Android. My iCloud storage kept filling up, despite multiple pruning attempts. Keep up the good work this is exactly the video I can send to people I know to help them with this issue!

[@chinarut]

not sure if I follow yr logic? I have an Android & had to silence my phone pestering me to buy into Google One!

[@theemptyqueuenull9135]

You forgot to mention that you can use the Lightning to USB 3 adapter and a USB hub to attach up to 4 USB drives that are FAT32 or ExFAT formatted as a potential storage option and you can use external SSDs and external HDDs as well but the HDDs require their own power supply.

[@AidenHowlett]

Great timing. If you're worried about the incoming CSAM detection and other privacy implications, this is the way to go.

[@christopherwarsh]

I’m happy with the 2TB plan. For my use the integration and ease of use makes it totally worthwhile

[@MZZenyl]

The default amount of space dedicated to a user's OneDrive, when talking work or school, is 1 TB. This can be changed by your tenant's global administrators, but 1 TB is the default from Microsoft. And if you're a cheeky little bugger, any team on Microsoft Teams builds upon a SharePoint site, which can also be used for file storage (OneDrive is essentially just a private SharePoint site).

[@ssd21345]

I guess I'm lucky since I get 2 TB permanently after I graduated from my university.

[@jsimenstad]

Do tell, how much does does one of these Microsoft accounts cost per month? If it's more than Apple's 99¢ iCloud tier, I'd say Apple has the better solution.

[@MZZenyl]

@@jsimenstad The individual end user (student, teacher, employee, etc.) doesn't pay for it - your organization does. It's free for the end user. And, in the case of EDU tenants, Microsoft gives out student licenses for free. Educational institutions only pay for non-student licenses, such as teachers and sysadmins.

[@SzymonPmc]

@@jsimenstad it's free unlimited for schools

[@impendio]

I pay the 200GB mostly to keep backups of my iPhone and my iPad, and the overall usefulness of having a large cloud drive for other stuff. I still have physical drives to backup my mac but honestly, I’d rather just keep everything on iCloud but $9.99/month is way too much at that point.

[@Skyloftt]

This was such a useful video as an iPhone user. You basically stated my go to process for backing up data. I just wish Apple made it more seamless.

[@PsyDei]

I like how it's Just Sara and Jonathan at LMG the only ones that use apple stuff.

[@haykguy4946]

a lot of them definitely use some stuff

[@thanhdo1477]

I think Anthony uses an iPhone

[@mihiradurti2923]

im pretty sure Linus uses an Apple Watch

[@fixerdrew02]

@@mihiradurti2923 yep. He's been wearing it way more lately

[@rubano-pp1or]

Anthony also has iPhone.

[@favosys]

Wow this was SOOOO HELPFUL OMG Thank You. I was dealing with this every 4-5 days and now I know what was taking up so much space in the backups thanks to what was explained at 9:57 .

[@starrynayt]

Loving this channel. From the content and style, to Jonathan's humor. There's something in this that makes it unique from LMG videos. Keep it up, Jonathan!

[@PatricioBenavente]

On Mac create multiple libraries by open the “Photos” app while holding the Option key. You can have one library sync with iCloud while the other library not. Just remember to import your photos to your new library before deleting them from the iCloud Library.

[@darkphoton_15keV]

$0.99/month saves me from all these troubles and this business model definitely works great for Apple.

[@geok3902]

I just saw this video and I thought it was wonderful. I am at exactly the situation that Sarah is at with back ups to iCloud. You’ve given me some options to think about.

[@cameronbracken]

You really should have mentioned the newish feature that lets you sort items in your messages by how much storage they are taking up. Before this I had to turn off backup of my messages because it was bigger then 5gb, but after this feature I was able to delete and/or save off a ton of videos from my iMessage which easily brought the size under 5gb.

[@spuncky]

Little late, but I had to pay the iCloud storage for photos, because the lighting cable was failing while trying to copy the photos. So the only option is downloading them. So annoying (iPhone 8, windows 10) Extra: I loved Sarah of this video

[@aneeshtigga]

I learn something new about Apple almost everyday which makes me feel glad that I didn't made the switch from Android.

[@attomicchicken]

Guess what happens when people glean that you know a bit about technology? I may not deal with iOS on the daily but I'm the go-to guy to fix people's iDevices.

[@alienware2149]

Lol really it’s hella annoying and confusing compared to android, ICloud is a pain the ass,don’t know about making user friendly,but they beg you to subscribe indirectly to iCloud with making it difficult to stop these notifications.

[@garycard1826]

Great video. I am still able to use Photo Stream on my IPad mini and iPhone 8 but no longer on my desktop since upgrading to a M1 MAC mini. I have to manually transfer photos from those devices to the MAC. I use iCloud backup where required (as you suggest) and backup photos, and my MAC mini to dual 6 TB HDDs in a RAID 1 configuration (mirroring). I then backup everything (once a week) to iDrive. A much less expensive alternative to iCloud!

[@Stop4MotionMakr]

"But this, I can keep forever" **immediately shows it connected to iPhone like the first gen Apple Pencil which is just a disaster waiting to happen**

[@altr.]

The s pen pro also reminds me of the first gen Apple pencil lol

[@superslimanoniem4712]

I do NOT recommend ixpand flash drives, I used to use one to transfer files and store photos, and it randomly died on me. That's what backups are for, but for $40, it's not worth it imo. Screw that. I just transferred like 2 gigs of video onto it as well, so I had to retransfer that stuff too.

[@insoft_uk]

Tho Apple Pencil only plugged in just to pair or perform an quick inerrancy charge unlike the flash drive it would be plugged in for some time and on regular basis

[@monomonster]

Sarah is getting so much better at doing videos. It also doesn't hurt that she has such a great personality and beautiful to boot.

[@EwolaKoala]

There was a point where I was obsessed with keeping my storage within the 5gb allotment. Now I've just caved and paid the $1 a month because it's more or less insignificant and I get to avoid most of the headaches anyway.

[@jacoboblanco1555]

Seriously, it’s very little money and well worth not losing all your photos. All the other options still cost you money or have you spending a bunch of time setting it up or maintaining it.

[@RoastBeefSandwich]

iCloud is so confusing to mere mortals. Several people I know with iPhones just pay Apple 99c a month for storage to stop the popups because they can't figure out any other way, which is really nothing short of a shakedown. This video goes a long way in demystifying it for people. Thank you.

[@weissachpassion]

I just buy the 2TB and share it with my family... It may be shit to pay so much for it, but it's so relaxed to not think about things like making a backup. However - I really hope that Apple is going to upgrade the storage in every price category soon.

[@desmond-hawkins]

$9.99 for your whole family, less than 33 cents a day for several people not worrying ever about losing their files, plus you have a ton of space to store photos and videos? I don't think you got a bad deal here. People spend $8/day on their Starbucks and delete photos and videos they took with their friends to not pay $0.99/month for 50 GB. That one is the shit deal.

[@weissachpassion]

​@@desmond-hawkins Haha, well, I also dont drink coffee in general xD But the storage options are still too low in my opinion. We currently only use 234GB (3 persons), but because of those 23GB I had to get the bigger plan :D Whatever - since they make good money with it, they will try to keep it that way. Good thing I am investing in Apple stocks also xD

[@penguin32383]

As someone who worked for many years at the IT Helpdesk of a large company that uses iPhones, so much of this hit me hard. From the users that have "used Apple my whole life" that know very little about Apple products, to the vague wording of the items in Settings. I've often said that troubleshooting Apple products can be more of an art than a science. Although I use iPhones and Macs all day at work, it is stuff like this video and keeps me using Android and PC in my personal life.

[@qops1981]

I wish there was a “Bring you own Cloud” option so I can use my ownCloud server for backing up, etc.

[@nofunberg]

For a while, macOS server allowed local iCloud caching. But I don't recall if it bypassed storage limits.

[@nigelsharp4664]

Have also always wanted this.

[@jonathanmajdi9126]

I mean you can just do it through the app right?

[@qops1981]

@@jonathanmajdi9126 You can sync photo's and other media, but you can't "Back Up" to it. So if photos are the problem, as the video suggests is quite often the case, then this is a possible solution. But I would rather be able to "also" back up my phone to the ownCloud server. I have many many TB available on my own server, so I don't also need to pay Apple for more.

[@henryasbridge5161]

@@nofunberg You can still do this (at least on Big Sur) except it's just in sharing options in regular macOS, you no longer need server

[@edwardrha]

Been doing this for years with two iPhones. Each backup only takes about 1.5GB, well within the 5GB limit even after including some other stuff.

[@KrisTC]

I setup family sharing. So my wife, daughter and I shared the 2tb option. I feel the price isn’t too bad for 3 of us. We use it for all our devices

[@SuperWolfkin]

yeah family sharing is at least a great option because 2TB is a wild amoung of storage for one person but shared among 3-4 the price is right and the storage is excellent.

[@TheYaq]

How does family share work ? Does everyone has 666 gb then ?

[@austinfarley4971]

I ended up getting the apple One family plan. I share it out with my friends and family and just tell them to make sure not to share out pictures with anyone on accident. Then as far as the 2TB of storage goes, everyone benefits from that, I may also offload a chunk of data to that too, and everyone also gets the apps out of it that they want too which saves everyone a couple bucks.

[@DavidAddis]

I suspect Apple haven’t tried to make this easy so they can get that $1 a month from everyone not tech-savvy enough to find Image Capture and copy the files over (which I suspect is a lot of people). They still haven’t fixed the bug where data gets randomly corrupted when trying to back up an iPhone using Windows. While I love my phone, watch and MacBook all talking to each other, I’m ready to jump ship and go back to Android if they make it any worse!

[@BassManNv]

I use a hybrid of these. I upped to 200gb that I share with my family plan. When it inevitably fills up with photos, I offload all of them onto an External HDD that has TB’s. Also: NEVER store important data on optical disks. The way they store is super finicky when it reaches over a decade’s worth of age, especially if you store them vertically.

[@mulasien]

What I always tell friends/family who complain about having to pay for more iCloud storage when the 5GB gets full: "It's $1 or $3 a month (50/200GB) to make the problem go away and not have to keep worrying about it." No one likes paying subscription fees, but welcome to the modern era. You're not going to care about the $3/mo you saved when your phone breaks and years of irreplaceable family photos are gone. Pay your cup of coffee per month and be done with it.

[@stylestrydes8360]

you an apple employee?

[@mulasien]

@@stylestrydes8360 nope

[@I1S1337]

I’ve been complaining about this for a year I hate clearing the notification every day. I’m glad there’s a way to make the madness stop

[@GeckoEidechse]

I really wish Apple offered to select your own cloud server for iCloud stuff. Cloud backups and automatic photo upload are super convenient but having to trust Apple to keep my data private is not something I'm comfortable with personally.

[@GetVladimir]

Very useful and detailed video for managing iCloud storage, thanks for making this! I manage to fit in the basic 5GB too. I don't use iCloud backups for a long time now, since every app that I have already syncs everything with their own accounts. I also don't use iCloud Photos, mostly because of the way it works. Basically, it still takes up all the space on each of your devices until that space is needed back, instead of offloading the images to the cloud. Everything else fits in the 5GB for now.

[@Psyopcyclops]

These videos really have me simping for Sarah. That smile could save lives

[@madgebishop5409]

urghh cringe

[@johnnyappleseed1150]

Dude I live for these videos now. Apple only has so many options for backups and storage so having the alternate ones are PERFECT!

[@whateverrandomnumber]

On Mac, watch out for "documents syncing". It'll sync your documents and desktop, rapidly filling up your iCloud space. And when you opt out, all your desktop content and documents simply vanish and go "hidden". This is an extremely anti-consumer practice!

[@Wolfshadow115]

I tried this… Manually uploading and saving my iPhone photos to my PC but it’s such a pain and I keep forgetting to do it. So I ended up paying the 1$ a month storage which frankly, is plenty for my photo needs. I still upload them to my computer so I always have at least two places where my photos are stored

[@cyanohibiki0616]

I like tutorials like this one to help people save a buck (literally). With that said, I'm still purchasing a family plan for my family as my parents and sibling are not as tech-savvy. A 200GB plan saves me headache and time and I consider that as money well spent.

[@MacSoundSolutions]

I use two photo library’s both are not on my system drive as I don’t want to fill it with videos and photos. One library uses iCloud and the other main library doesn’t. When iCloud gets full, I have the 50 gig plan, I move the photos from my icloud library to my main non cloud library then delete all photos from the cloud which also frees up all the storage on my iphone and iPad. And of corse I always have a backup drive of my main photo library.

[@DoctorX17]

Personally when I hit this limit I just threw the 99 cents at them because it really wasn't worth my time playing with the free options...

[@wolfsden6479]

Hence APPLE ...

[@hiragitee5088]

same bruh

[@JPK1337]

also you loose so much convenience when you backup all your shit manually and its really cheap.

[@kzed]

Yeah same, my photos/videos are like 30gb. 79p a month is worth it for the convenience.

[@Shadowninja1200]

When I saw how cheap it was for 50GB then you might as well consider that part of paying monthly for the phone plan. Probably still worth backing everything up every now and then to a external drive or computer to keep several copies just in case.

[@head4shot]

Omg I didn’t realise how much I needed this, the whole iCloud and photos deal is such a pain in the ass

[@Cristobal_Hernandez]

Me who doesn't even own an iPhone: Interesting, tell me more

[@awoowie_nate]

Me, also didnt use iphone: "Apple just added 120hz? What?" while using an android 60hz

[@vignesh306]

Same

[@njnjco]

I manually backup stuff that I want to archive periodically to external hard drives. I use free tier google drive to transfer with internet or a flash drive to manually transfer files when not in a place with wifi/internet. I don't use any cloud based service for archiving my stuff long term.

[@sevenaati]

3:25 he said it w a soft g, wow. Brave

[@zenisawesome]

I don't take many pictures. Some screenshots, but I have the 50 GB option for backups. If you're like me, I think it's worth paying that extra dollar a month just so you don't have to worry about losing any data. I may move up to the more expensive options as backups can get pretty high in storage, but 50 isn't bad at all.

[@arnavodkaa]

What do you use? Idk what to do. Rn I am in a mess btw Google Photos, local backup, ext ssd etc. I am thinking to just switch to iCloud since all I use is Apple products.

[@salmiakki5638]

I don't understand why more people don't use the backup over wifi feature, it's so effortless and well implemented. You may need to keep your Mac up for a while the first time you set it up, but after that I think it sends only the data that has been added, moved or changed, so the normal uptime you give your PC will be plenty

[@hunterjay8331]

iCloud photos would be the most seamless. Also the 0.99 version with 50GB would probably be enough for you as long as you delete unnecessary photos.

[@arnavodkaa]

@@salmiakki5638 That's not ideal. I backup mostly for saving space on my Mac and iPhone. Your method will end up filling both my iPhone and Mac very quickly.

[@arnavodkaa]

@@hunterjay8331 I am also thinking that. However I am into photography and all my edited photos are like 25mbs each. Sooo idk if 50gb is enough or not. Or I might just go with 50gb rn and upgrade when needed.

[@hunterjay8331]

@@arnavodkaa Are these photos stored on your Mac or your iPhone? And do you need to access them on other devices?

[@kleinesfilmroellchen]

I don't care about Apple, not even a bit. But this channel and its content, it is such goodness, I don't even care that I don't care.

[@MrJohnboyofsj]

I could never honestly recommend someone to backup their photos and videos to a USB drive too many times people have come to be with important photos lost because of a failed USB drive. If you're photos are stored in a datacenter like with Google photos, OneDrive, or iCloud you never have to worry about your hard drives sudden failure.

[@RoastBeefSandwich]

It’s just a backup, the photos are still on your iPhone. Everyone should always follow the 3-2-1 backup paradigm for important data they must have.

[@themastereal8345]

Also, if you use a flash drive, don’t bother with a lightning port one, just get a dongle, then get a sd card which are cheaper or a usb stick

[@BadwolfGaming5]

Can another option be making your own cloud storage with a NAS and nextcloud?

[@umersalman1]

Linus has done videos on it. Yes this is definitely an option if you want terabytes of photos and videos. But if youre average joe with less than 200 gigs, go for cloud options, google photos is very neat.

[@BadwolfGaming5]

@@umersalman1 Cool im not average. Nor am I Joe. Yes!

[@desmond-hawkins]

Great idea! And so much simpler than spending a whole minute buying an iCloud subscription. And for the exorbitant price of 99 cents a month, what do you get? Just a way to store all your memories forever and never to worry about losing them?

[@BadwolfGaming5]

@@desmond-hawkins well with nextcloud you can access your entire storage on your phone. Sync and backup photos from your phone and so on. Just spend some money once and you can basically store everything you want.

[@umersalman1]

@@desmond-hawkins 99 cents lol. Come back to this comment when u start making 8k videos and need a terabyte of space.

[@KingofArsenal]

You have no idea how useful this is! Thank you for this, its been a pain since I don't even remember

[@MisakaMikotoDesu]

8:45 I was waiting for this.

[@The1Ejay]

I use a Synonoly NAS - they have a backup through wifi or even from mobile if you want, and you can look at your photos from everywhere.

[@chloefletcher9612]

I love the look of genuine happiness on Sarah's face :)

[@chickenmonger123]

Yeah. I got a hand me down IPhone from a family member, and liked the 6S for its price and size. iPhone backups broke me. I stopped trying after spending a whole evening trying to understand how to make it work correctly.

[@ZombieRofl]

iCloud is great for Apple users. Perfect sync, no other ssd’s drives needed for backups.

[@PM-dq7pe]

this was one of the most useful videos I have ever come across on the internet

[@ShukenFlash]

Finally an easy to follow explanation/tutorial on this so my mom can stop calling me about this all the time. Awesome job

[@jsimenstad]

Tell your mom to pay the 99¢ a month for the 50 GB iCloud tier and she won't be calling again. You would not know that was a solution since they neglected to mention the Apple solution in a LMG video, as usual. No other solution is as stable or cheap as iCloud.

[@JTCF]

I have 42 Gb of cloud storage that I got from participating in one event from Yandex. I use their cloud service now a lot. The event was simple: turn on photos sync and get +30 or +40 (I don't remember exactly) GB of storage. Forever. The neat part is that the cloud-synced photos do not take the cloud storage, so basically free. So now I have 42GB of cloud storage, taken up by everything I want everywhere and the photos are just synced without bothering my mind. Nothing apple in this.

[@flummizockt7322]

Imagine beeing able to backup everything to your own homeserver

[@xsleep1]

Great but not enough. One local backup (which is one lightning strike from being lost forever), one cloud backup (one zombie apocalypse from disappearing) and you are set. Seriously, two backups if you care about your data.

[@itme7685]

I never paid for iCloud storage for years. I let it backup and turned off Photos like you showed. I really only need the contacts to come back. I recently did the $0.99 USD because of Private Relay.

[@nigelwang2447]

I have to say these tips were amazing, but I got tired of doing it for EVERYONE in my whole family so I paid for a subscription that would fit everyone's backups.

[@augustinrendu2266]

I use both iXpand and the app called Mega, it’s pretty good and the interface looks as good as sandisk

[@botinhas82]

Great video! Would you like to do one on the space taken by "Documents and Data" by some apps and how to delete it? Why is Reddit using 1GB of storage on my phone? Or Amazon using 600MB?? There is zero need to keep any kind of history for this apps and there seems to be no clear way to delete it besides removing and re-installing each app.

[@jarboer]

It's cache data like temporary photos, videos, and other data the app downloads. To remove it some apps have a remove cache button (like Snapchat). The other way to do it without deleting the app is to go to Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data. Then either delete certain site data or press Remove All Website Data. Either way will require you to resign into sites and they may load slower since it has to re-download the data, instead of using the cached data (like for site icons and images). It's also important to note the Remove All Website Data will DELETE ALL OF YOUR SAFARI TABS, I learned this the hard way. So if you have tabs you'd like to keep bookmark them, to bookmark all of them hold the book icon in Safari and click Add Bookmarks for # Tabs.

[@botinhas82]

@@jarboer Nice tip but worked only on some apps: Reddit and Google Maps storage usage heavily reduced but for example Amazon still using 450MB of Documents and Data. Oh well…

[@jarboer]

@@botinhas82 Yea some apps store it differently. Apps that use the in-app safari like Reddit really benefit from that method of clearing website data but not every app does. Does Amazon have a cache button in its in-app settings? Otherwise unfortunately you’ll have to delete it manually or if you aren’t to low on storage you could ignore it as well.

[@robertlinke2666]

that USB to lightning thumbdrive is nothing short of amazing, and im getting one. no more shitting with cables, and computers not recognizing devices, or mid transfer cutout because reasons. just plug, transfer, plug, copy.

[@MissouriMatt54]

This makes managing data on the mac ecosystem so confusing and frustrating........ Which it is. For your most terrible nightmare. Do a video on keeping your iTunes purchased music separate from the Apple Music subscription music items. Macs are no longer simple to use.

[@hunterjay8331]

Maybe not as they used to be, but I’d say still much more than Windows 10 or Linux.

[@real_andrii]

@@hunterjay8331 I have used Ubuntu (exclusively) for 4 years and Windows for 6 years (counting just work experience, not personal). Now switched to Mac and I must say: there is nothing on MacOS that seems better than any of the two mentioned above. Thing I like about Mac is 1) touchpad, 2) screen, but those are mostly hardware features.

[@hunterjay8331]

@@real_andrii I’m taking mainly about things such as the dock, Smart Folders, Safari, Time Machine, Software Recovery, Disk Utility, and the iCloud features. And if you have any other Apple product you gain even more usability with it as well with things like AirDrop, Photo Stream, and iCloud Drive for viewing your Mac files on the go.

[@hunterjay8331]

@@real_andrii And I do really enjoy Ubuntu, but it’s lack of features and comparability stop it from being a viable option as a daily driver for me.

[@bhargavpatil2069]

The timing when is video popped up is just amazing.

[@alexmcmillan4696]

This literally was my job start of last year... at least Sarah remembers her password

[@SuperWolfkin]

Yeah seriously that changes everything. I actually hope they do a video on that. a popular tech channel explaining how account recovery works would probably save so much headaches.

[@alexmcmillan4696]

@@SuperWolfkin for real would be so good! we had articles we could offer to send them but I doubt anyone actually read them or used them if they had the problem again

[@diogocarvalho2934]

Jonathan is such a good writer/host. He can make photo backup so interesting

[@SzymonPmc]

I'm currently using half a megabyte of icloud storage. Local backup ftw

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

as a cheap as possible person, I like this solution, but it fails the 3-2-1 backup rule

[@SzymonPmc]

@@ilovefunnyamv2nd idk what that is but I also have unlimited google photos from my school so I also use that

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

@@SzymonPmc 3: Create one primary backup and two copies of your data. 2: Save your backups to two different types of media. 1: Keep at least one backup file offsite

[@tupublicoful]

Great video. Well researched. I use Photo Stream (didn’t know I was lucky) to consolidate all my photos on my Mac and then backup the library to a NAS and to Backblaze in the Cloud. A few years ago I even made it work with two iCloud accounts Photo Streaming into a single shared Photos Library on the Mac, unfortunately later versions of Photos and Mac OS “broke” this feature. Apple’s storage prices are ridiculous.

[@emiroven51]

Most apple thing is "You dont really have much choice, but here are a few ways you can do with the laughable storage we provide you"

[@kunwarpreet]

Mega is another great cloud option if you don't want to pay. You get either 30 or 50 GB storage for free depending on whether or not you share your phone number.

[@WorkFromHomeGuy]

Hey, Linus gives him access to your internal communication platform. This poor guy keeps walking to ask any question to Sara.

[@jaydeniemuth9366]

I used to use an iPhone 12C and ran out with music of all things. (Been backing up CD's for years) and since this was something i always took with me. I ended switching to Google Drive since its free storage sync was 15GB across all devices. I ended up upgrading 200gb once i was old enough to do taxes and needed to back those up as well.

[@billb5732]

Yeah, I love my iPhone, but there are some things about it that are simply inadequate. The solution is third party apps that allow better access to the files on the iPhone. It's not that hard, from a computer point of view. Apple just makes it frustratingly impossible for mere mortals.

[@BuzzBazzJ]

After years of Jailbreaks and second hand iPhones, I lost some of the best pictures I’ve ever taken from a friends wedding and I decided that paying for more storage was just the only way to avoid this problem. I still need to download from iCloud every now and then if I want a copy, or from the phone as I have the originals there to save space on iCloud, but it’s better than a complete loss like what I have had before. And I still miss so many things from jailbreaks… god the lockscreen and keyboard management suck on iPhone stock.

[@mattsnyder4754]

At this point we just need to admit that Sarah’s a bona fide co-host on this channel haha

[@sodapone]

The app data bit is what caused my iCloud storage to fill up instantly and I started getting notifications that my storage was full on the third day. Turns out that iCloud, in its infinite wisdom, was trying to back up _all of the assets for Genshin_ which totalled to a hilarious 22 GB. For asset data that the game itself basically can treat as expendable, since actual save data is managed on Mihoyo's servers, not Apple's.

[@chinarut]

poor programming on the app developer front! disable backup to iCloud for Genshin for sure!

[@alterversa]

3:24 he's a JIF-guy, oh god.

[@dineshraj256]

Hmm, that’s the actual pronunciation

[@Jonathan.R.Pereira]

@@dineshraj256 Nope... GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format.. And Pronounce "G" as it's supposed to be.. You don't say "Jift" for "Gift"

[@dineshraj256]

@@Jonathan.R.Pereira the man who created it, said himself it’s pronounced as ‘jif’

[@PaveMentman]

--- @@dineshraj256 Or perhaps the person question has a "lisp" and simply is unable to pronounce a hard-G. You know, like most of (especially) English-speaking people are unable to pronounce hard/"rolling"-R. ---

[@olavgausaker1]

@@dineshraj256 Would it be pronounced "sklobonsky" if he said it?

[@kpeterst]

I’m happy with the 50gigs plan. Cheap and neat. I also use it for files.

[@olavgausaker1]

I used to have this plan. Then needed a 200GB. Then got married and got a family plan with 2TB. Still cheap and I can store all my pictures, videos, and my wife's.

[@DanielLecoqRooster]

Love how Apple is praised for intuitive design but then when you try to disable one of their services they actively make it as unintuitive as possible

[@ikuturso7570]

Apple is unintuitive af nowadays. Maybe it was better than Symbian 12 years ago but now iOS is just a bloated mess designed to get you subscribed to other Apple services.

[@WilliamCollier]

Also some phone insurance providers have photo storage included. AT&T’s version of insurance does.

[@djalice]

Love iCloud and think it is well worth the money. I share 2TB with my sister which works out at £3.50 (UK) each per month. A small price to pay for hassle free backups of my iPhone and MacBook.

[@PitboyHarmony1]

Yet another reason that just reinforces why I got rid of iphone and went android. I removed the i-soother of their happy, happy 'it just works' playpen ... because I just ... grew out of it. I now have full control over my device and it doesnt try to upsell me, limit me or drive me to other i-centric stuff I just dont want. I still appreciate the channel tho, I still have a few dwindling family members that use it, and I have to tech help, so tutorials like this are helpful ... and Jonathan's awesome.