Understanding iCloud Photos and iPhone Storage [How Synching Works]
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Күн бұрынShould you delete photos from your iPhone to reclaim storage space and, if so, how does that affect photo syncing via iCloud Photos?
The short answer is: Probably not! Be careful when deleting photos or videos on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or iCloud web app if you use iCloud Photo Library (iCloud Photos). Doing so may permanently remove the deleted photos from all devices.
Plus, it is not even necessary in most cases as both iOS and macOS can automatically manage storage space allocated to photos.
Until recently, the base models of Apple’s iOS devices only had 16GB of memory. At the same time, the iPhone became our go-to camera for taking photos and recording videos. As a result, many users ran out of available storage space and thus had to regularly delete or transfer photos and videos.
Then Apple introduced iCloud Photo Library, which keeps all of your photographic memories in sync across all your devices. That’s great because a photo or video you took on your iPhone would automatically appear on your iPad or Mac. Even edits and changes would synchronize seamlessly. Gone are the days of manual synchronization!
In this video, I summarize the main points from my blog post that talks about why you should likely not delete photos or videos from your iOS device to free up storage space.
If you have any questions about how to manage storage and your photos, leave me a comment and I'll reply asap.
#iCloudStorage #iPhoneStorage #Tech
[Chapter Markers]
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - How Apple Manages Storage
1:50 - How Apple Syncs Your Data
3:58 - Why You Shouldn’t Remove Photos to Free Up Space
7:26 - My iPhone Storage Recommendation
8:16 - Other Apps That Use Up Space
9:13 - The Key Takeaway
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@TheFaauxreal 3 жыл бұрын
After having an iPhone for years, I FINALLY understand how storage and iCloud works. This was a great explanation - thank you!
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@elizabethteferra5719 3 жыл бұрын
Where r other videos?
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
@@elizabethteferra5719 What do you mean?
@TomMandosa-gs8nc Жыл бұрын
Shudnt it be easier to underdtand tho
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
To learn more, check out my blog post: michaelkummer.com/tech/icloud-photo-library-space/
@sunflowerseed2017 3 жыл бұрын
Apple just ✨difficult✨🤧
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
That's right :)
@janescott7709 3 жыл бұрын
So true I never knew I would be able to unlock my device again but EFFICIENTTOOLS helped me out and now am still enjoying my device
@mimilolpro 3 жыл бұрын
True
@slrcouture 2 жыл бұрын
True. I still don’t understand. I’m just going to save my photos on a flash drive. Apple just wants to stay in my pockets by charging me monthly for space that doesn’t accumulate if I’m paying every month.
@musaraza3472 4 жыл бұрын
This was the most useful iCloud photos video I have seen in my entire life.🙂🙂
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Musa, I really appreciate the feedback!
@jamie-leedonnelly1056 3 жыл бұрын
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@sittingcrowd912 3 жыл бұрын
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@TomMandosa-gs8nc Жыл бұрын
Apple icloud is made by idiots.
@danydevicomoyal3479 4 жыл бұрын
Now I understand !! Thank you, that is very clearly explained.
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
@djay_xo 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing explanation, Thank you!
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
You’re most welcome!
@nmhrg 4 жыл бұрын
Wow you where amazing in explaining with no confusion. Thank you so very much for taking your time to make this video.
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@parasympatholytic 3 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. Or, you could buy an external hard drive, back your photos up to that, avoid yet a mother monthly subscription payment and be responsible and in control of your own photos. But it was a very good explanation of how your photos are stored.
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
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@rowleymh 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome review of this very frustrating topic. Thanks for taking the time. It was very helpful.
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@electro5175 3 жыл бұрын
The 11 minutes and 58 seconds were all worth it! I watched tens of videos but still didn’t get the hang of it, but you explained it in the best way and now ik what I’m doing😂
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thanks for the feedback!
@electro5175 3 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer no problem 👍
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@garjose31 4 жыл бұрын
Great, fully in detail explanation. Thank you!
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@judithgrenier205 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for clarifying what I suspected. It is mind boggling to me that Apple does not offer the option of removing from device but not Icloud but you are awesome for taking the time to explain clearly!
@MichaelKummer 10 ай бұрын
Glad to help!
@johnwhittemore3535 3 жыл бұрын
Best , most understandable explanation I have ever heard ! Thank you !!!
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@JoanMarche979 3 жыл бұрын
Finally I found a really useful video about Icloud. Thanks man
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
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@davidprice2861 4 жыл бұрын
Good video on a very confusing subject. (iCloud and photos).
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks David, I appreciate the feedback!
@cynthiatirol3931 5 ай бұрын
Appreciate your explanation on iCloud storage--thank you!
@MichaelKummer 5 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@MrChadwicj 4 жыл бұрын
To explain the optimisation, I have 7030 photos and 274 videos and when using the “optimised storage” setting (thumb nail) I’m using approximately 9GB of storage on my device, but using approximately 52GB of iCloud storage. When I switch to “download and keep originals” setting I’m using 57GB of storage on my device and still 52GB of iCloud storage. Be aware it is your videos that take up most of the storage space. To free up space by deleting unwanted photos you will not free up space for 30 days unless you further delete the deleted photos by going in to the recently deleted album and deleting the photos again.
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly right!
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
No, you can't replicate Google's behavior - that's not how iCloud Photo Library works. You either sync everything or you sync nothing. You cannot partially sync or download.
@JoeSmith-uz8mu 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent Video thankyou so much! I ended up deleting almost 40GB of data without even touching my photos. I always thought photos were the issue but thanks to you i now know they are not! Thanks again
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@49rockon27 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the clear explanation about the relationship between iCloud storage of photos and my devices. Best answer to my doubts so far.
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@poojayadav9796 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this extremely informative video. I had a few questions I was hoping you could help me with. My iCloud library has more photos than my iPhone library. 1. When I delete stuff from my phone, even though my iCloud photos backup is enabled, why doesn’t it delete those files from iCloud? 2. Alternatively, if I delete from iCloud, will it also delete from my phone? 3. Basically I want my iCloud and phone library to be the same (and changes in my phone device library to reflect in iCloud as well). How do I do this? Thank you in advance :) hope you’re safe and well
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Pooja, when you say "my iCloud Photos Backup is enabled," what do you mean? There is no such thing as a photo backup in iCloud. There is iCloud Photo Library and assuming it's turned on, it should keep everything in sync, including deletions. If you just recently turned on iCloud Photo Library, it might still be synchronizing. If so, the Photos.app on your iPhone will tell you that. 2) Yes 3) All you need to do is turn iCloud Photo Library on and wait for your photos to sync. Depending on the size of your library and your internet connection, that might take a while. Cheers, Michael
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@mrmajesty007 3 жыл бұрын
Im using iphone 5, 16gb. My problem is each app is eating memory on my phone in my 16gb. How to clear data or clear cache each app without reinstalling the app. My phone is gpp. RESET ADVICE is not advisable if your gonna mention that. Pls help
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure what to tell you other than deleting some of the apps you have or upgrading to a phone with more storage. I don't know that there is anything in between that might help you. Removing app-specific caches is certainly not something you can easily do in general, unless the app has such a feature.
@avixxina 2 жыл бұрын
So, photos that still taking up iPhone's storage even though my iCloud photos library is on is the photos from another applications like whatsapp and twitter? Is there anyway to made these kind of photos to only go to the cloud and not taking up my iPhone storages?
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
"photos that still taking up iPhone's storage even though my iCloud photos library is on" - No, not necessarily as I've explained in the video. "Is there anyway to made these kind of photos to only go to the cloud and not taking up my iPhone storages" No, there is not.
@NatashaZainal 3 жыл бұрын
Hi! How do I delete photos without deleting them on iCloud? The only way I know is by disabling iCloud. But what happens if I enabled iCloud again after I have emptied my photos. Will the photos on iCloud stay or deleted- mirroring my now empty photo gallery? Thanks!
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
You can't delete photos or videos from your device if you have iCloud Photos enabled. You're not supposed to do that as I explained in my video. To answer your question - if you disable iCloud Photos, then delete photos and turn iCloud Photos back on, your deleted photos will either come back or get deleted from iCloud too.
@justforsony1 3 жыл бұрын
problem is photos disappeared automattically not deleted before that iphone was show low storage. icloud was turned off already no photos uploaded on icloud. any way to get them photos back???? in genral storage it stillshows 12gb but in photo gallry nothing
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Never heard of automatically disappearing photos but without having access to the device, it’s impossible to tell what happened.
@Ceofmyowns 3 жыл бұрын
Did you fix this?
@PinkDaisy57 3 жыл бұрын
You mentioned that if a photo is deleted from iPhone it also gets deleted from iCloud backup so what is the point of backup then? Even if we have plenty of storage on iCloud, the phone will eventually run out of storage if we can’t delete the photos from iPhone? I’m confused.
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
The main point of my video was to explain that you do NOT need to delete photos or videos from your iPhone as iCloud will take care of storage management :)
@wolfielover1172 Жыл бұрын
I have 2TB iCloud storage but even with optimising pictures the storage in my iPhone is full ( photos) … how do I use the iCloud space and free up storage on my phone !
@luisbolanosiii2625 4 жыл бұрын
What if i selected the “Optimize photos” feature but the photos are still in my iPhone storage. Icloud shows that they’re in the cloud but they are still locally on my device. I recently switched from Android to IOS and used the Move To IOS app. Not sure if that helps.
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Luis, iOS will ultimately remove them from your iPhone to make space for new photos. If you access older photos from your iPhone, iOS will download and temporarily store them locally again. All of that happens automatically and there is nothing you'll have to do.
@fatoumattaceesay2329 3 жыл бұрын
Hello my photos are all blurry and my iCloud is full what should I do. Should I sign out off iCloud
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Purchase more iCloud storage.
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@JujuChalak 4 жыл бұрын
Pro tip : start using google photos to backup your entire life’s albums and never worry about storage space or losing pics or vids or paying another dime!
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
That's certainly one way...especially if data privacy isn't a major concern :)
@sqmuelsar2045 4 жыл бұрын
what if you use a @icloud instead of a @google?
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
@@sqmuelsar2045 I don't understand the question.
@nqabayomuzikhulilekamangwe2690 3 жыл бұрын
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@zulema0307 2 жыл бұрын
I have 2t icloud .. my phone is full and I didn’t get how to free up space :( I got deleting pics is wrong because will delete from iCloud - anyone please help - thanks
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
Do you have iCloud Photos enabled? What's using up all of your storage? (check Settings > General > iPhone Storage)
@cb7501 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, I'm 8 and I didn't know what happened I thought it was bad, thank you so much for explaining
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
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@saranghae5227 6 ай бұрын
I’m not sure if this was mentioned in the video but my greatest problem is the amount of GB my phone use for photos even though I have 2TB icloud. It seems that the GB in my ipad is much lower than my phone. Please help me solve this problem. Have to delete apps in order to store photos and sync them on icloud
@cael7919 3 жыл бұрын
imagine if teachers explained things as clearly as this man
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
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@vixxyz999 3 жыл бұрын
How do I get my iCloud photos back on my phone in photos?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t see how your photos could be on iCloud and not on your phone. Unless, of course, if you disabled iCloud Photo Library, deleted photos from your phone and now you want the deleted photos back. But I doubt that’s what’s going on here.
@Aj14bby 3 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer if I deleted some videos from recently deleted can I get them back? Please answer
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
@@Aj14bby Nope, unless you have a backup of them outside of iCloud.
@naimahq8739 2 жыл бұрын
@michael kummer if I have enough iCloud storage but I want to upload the original (instead of “optimizing”) will it still free up space on my phone to use iCloud storage? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! Very great explanation!
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Naimah! The Optimize vs. Originals only determines how images are stored on your iPhone/Mac (full resolution vs. optimized). But regardless of that setting, iCloud will always store the full resolution images. Makes sense?
@naimahq8739 2 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer absolutely! Thank you. I purchased 2tb of space but because I have over 30k photos on my phone they aren’t all updating. Lesson learned. Purchase storage, toggle synch and then click away!
@theomnistrone 4 жыл бұрын
This is a great video. I have a question if you could help me out. So I turned off my iCloud Photo Library thinking that removing my photos from my phone would help my storage problem. But it turns out the storage is still there but the videos and pics are off my phone. They are on my iCloud account when I log in on iCloud on my computers or safari but they’re not in my phone. So I turned back on my iCloud photo, figuring that I just get the pictures and videos back and patiently wait for them to be downloaded to google photos and then I can disable iCloud once and for all. My problem is that I don’t know how to get my iCloud photos back on my iphone and I’m afraid that if I hook my phone to my computer and it gives me an option to download the pictures, it will just take up more space. Now it’s in a mode of uploading whatever that wasn’t removed to iCloud. When I restart my phone it tells me “Updating paused for 14,211 items” and then it goes back to uploading the items that were not removed. I don’t know if I have to be patient for them to be update to be resumed so the photos can go back to my phone or if after this upload, then they are going to resume the update and be uploaded back on my phone. Can you help me out with this problem if possible? Please and thank you!
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
You just have to be patient and wait for the library to sync. I know it says “uploading” but it’s actually synchronizing! Just give it a few days, depending on your internet connection.
@zainaimran1202 3 жыл бұрын
Hi i have a question. My photos are taking up my icloud storage and not my actual phone storage. I have so much free storage on my phone but for some reason all my photos are on my icloud storage and now my phone isnt backing up. How do i remove them from the icloud storage and onto my actual phone storage? It will be great help, thanks!
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Disable iCloud Photos.
@THE_SAME_EXPLORER 9 ай бұрын
Hey dude , i need to remove data from iCloud drive , my i cloud drive is full as appear in you this video thumnail , but i can not find the way the delete it , it is taking damn big space , and i need to remove it , even i my phone storage is only 30gb used but the icloud drive is taking 70 gb space , need help how do i remove it ?
@MichaelKummer 9 ай бұрын
See support.apple.com/en-us/HT204247
@davidprice2861 4 жыл бұрын
Yes it’s very confusing and annoying, so I use google photos. I don’t let it sync, and I delete from phone thru google photos. They then remain on google photos, but gone from phone/device, can download easily if needed on any of your devices, pc, Mac, whatever.
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah, that's certainly one way to work around the problem.
@user-fw7eg9ll5v 3 жыл бұрын
Heyy! I’m using my iPad if it turn off iCloud photos will it delete on my moms phone? we use the same iCloud and email and almost everything I’m really scared if I turn it off and it will get rid of my moms photos since we share photos since we have the same iCloud will it delete on my moms phone if I turn it off on my iPad? Please tell me before I make a wrong move (my mom has work on her phone that’s why)
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Turning off iCloud photos on your iPad will not remove any photos from your mom’s iPhone.
@user-fw7eg9ll5v 3 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer Thank you so much for helping! - Carmen :)
@stevenp6761 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, let’s say I pay for 200GB iCloud and have 15000 photos and videos, synced all across my iPhone, Mac, iPad. (Just an example) But let’s say iCloud got full, and I don’t want to pay for 2TB. Instead, I want to remove most of these files from iCloud using the Photos app on the Mac. As you explained, I can export those files to an external drive, and then I can remove them from iCloud. Is that a correct understanding? But my question is: I DO want to use the Photos app on Mac to view and organise those files that were removed from iCloud, simple because the Photos app is a great way to see albums, see where the pictures were taken, it also recognises faces etc. Basically, I would like to understand if I can manage both iCloud and external hard drive photos and videos with the same Photos app, but the external hard drive pictures should NOT be synced back to icloud. Is it possible? What are the drawbacks etc.? Can you please write a slightly detailed explanation as to what and how can I do with the Photos app regarding this scenario? And a 2nd question if you don’t mind: can I pay for 200GB but share this with my wife? Thank you! Ps.: icloud is the worst explained product from Apple. i still have something called Photo Stream on some of my devices, I don’t even understand how that fits into this picture, and also add “camera roll” on top, just as icing on the cake. with my wife we are just lost, so much so that we started using a 3rd party cloud service (pcloud) to upload all our photos to a shared folder, and then we manually organise from there. You are just looking at this icloud confusion and don’t know what workflow is safe and efficient. And I think many people have the same experience. Why on earth Apple didn’t put eg. a help video explaining all these this, straight into the app.
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Steven, you can create and manage two separate libraries with the Photos app - one can be synched and the other one would be local to your Mac. To create a second library, hold down the OPTION key and click on the Photos.app icon to launch it. Once you have two libraries, you can export items from the system library (the one that's synched), delete them from there and then import them into the newly created library. Unfortunately, switching back and forth between the libraries requires a restart of the Photos.app using the method (OPTION key) I mentioned above. With Family Sharing, you can share iCloud Storage with family members. PS: Photostream is legacy technology that I've disabled on all of my devices because it's been replaced with iCloud Photos. Cheers, Michael
@stevenp6761 2 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer thank you, that’s very valuable! I had a think, and I came to the conclusion that no matter what, iCloud WILL get full at some point, it’s an unavoidable fact, unless you regularly get images out from iCloud. It’s not the question of IF but WHEN. If not in the next 1-2 years, then in 3-5 years. Therefore, my thinking is that I should only pay for the cheapest 50GB, and use iCloud as a temporary system, and have the discipline to get images out let’s say quarterly. 50GB should be enough for 3 months, organising photos every 3 months is doable (and quite frankly it’s useful) and the money I save by not paying $9.99 / month can be spent on a 1 or even 2 massive backup drives. Anyway.. Have a great 2022
@x__junaid__x 2 жыл бұрын
Most simplified icloud video on KZfaq even in 2022 thank you so much
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Junaid, I appreciate the feedback!
@RosaGomez-mw3lj 3 жыл бұрын
This was thorough and so clearly explained. Thank you so much for helping me understand how iCloud photos works.
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Con mucho gusta Rosa!
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@Thewintereden 3 жыл бұрын
how do i delete all the photos and videos off of my phone storage but keep them in the icloud?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
That's not a supported use case and doing so will likely get you into troubles. That said, if you want to take the risk of losing all your photos/videos, you can turn iCloud Photos on your iPhone off, then delete all photos/videos and NEVER turn iCloud Photos back on again. If you do, all the deletions will get replicated to iCloud.
@Dogtown16v 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve just bought 200 gb of iCloud space. So my photos have synced from my iPhone to my iPad. How come since my photos have gone onto my iPad my gb left on my iPad have decreased. I thought it was in the cloud or something or other?
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Your iPad downloads and removes photos and videos on demand. So it might have downloaded some items you have recently viewed. Don’t worry though, it’ll clean up after itself as you need the space for other data.
@osatuyijohn6252 3 жыл бұрын
I strongly recommend *@zino_tech11 who helped me out with mine
@genprimabiocakti6159 2 жыл бұрын
Ah now i understand what optimized mean on ios, no more worry about storage on my phone even my phone still have lots of space, thanks for the explanation, best!
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@IvanferreroIt 4 жыл бұрын
WOW great video, and great post! I’ve read many posts, your post helped me a lot to understand how to better manage my storage.
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback and I’m glad my post has helped!
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@amoore2165 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. I have a question though. If I’ve often imported photos from my phone to my Mac. If I turn on iCloud photos on both devices how does it handle that? Does it recognize them as duplicates and only upload one version to iCloud? Or will I wind up with a bunch of duplicates?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
That depends on how you imported those photos. If you imported them directly into the Photos app on your Mac, then Photos will likely be able to identify the dupes. Otherwise, you might end up with duplicates.
@amoore2165 3 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer Thanks for replying! Yes they were imported directly in to the Photos app (or iPhoto back in the day). If I were to wind up with thousands of duplicates how do I “undo” that? What I’m afraid of is that there isn’t a good way to do that? I do have Power Photos though which is good at finding duplicates. I have the main library on an external drive (400+GB) and a backup copy on another external drive. I haven’t done an import in a year. (I used to do it all the time but I have no space issue on my phone and they’re backed up to Google Photos). I’m thinking maybe I should import those from the phone in to my backup copy so that at least I have one clean complete library that won’t be a part of the iCloud Photos experiment? Then turn it on my iPhone and on my Mac and cross my fingers on duplicates? If I wind up with duplicates I can see if either Photos or Power Photos can find and remove the duplicates. If not then I somehow erase that iCloud Library everywhere, copy my backup library to my usual external drive, turn iCloud Photos back on using that library. My only slight concern about being extra likely to wind up with Duplicates is that I’ve used Power Photos in the past to merge two Photos libraries in to one Photos Library and remove duplicates in the process...so I have no idea if any kind of folder structure could have been altered from the original imports although I sort of doubt it...it probably just uses one and not the other but both were in the same location would be my guess. What do you think? Btw, I called Apple and two people said I wouldn’t get duplicates but I wasn’t sure how much I trusted their answer. They both seemed unsure about understanding what I was asking.
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
@@amoore2165 You could try adding keywords to all photos and videos in your external library before importing those images into iCloud. That way, you can easily identify all tagged images and remove them if they end up as duplicates.
@Jonamaldo 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks! There’s a lot of reverberation in your room…Recommendation: you can use a lavalier mic to reduce the echo…
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jonathan! I recorded this video a long time ago. These days, I use a lavalier mic :)
@arghyachakraborty 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for clearing all my doubts & confusions. 🌻
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
You got it!
@superrc2849 3 жыл бұрын
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@kat4005 4 жыл бұрын
so, the cloud is really not a backup but sort of a fail safe? If i did not use the cloud I could delete from my phone but still have all my photos on my computer and thus the backup hard drive? the benefit to icloud is simply the sharing of my photos with all my devices? This is the first time i have understood this. Thanks for your vid. as I thought i could delete from my phone and still keep a copy on the cloud. I'd have been in trouble except for my time machine, lol. I may look into Google. Thanks man .
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Correct, it's not a backup per se but a fail-safe. If you disable iCloud Photo Library, you won't get all the photos synced to your computer, unless you do that manually.
@theiguanastrangler 9 ай бұрын
We have 2 TB of iCloud storage and optimized storage is set on all of our devices. It's been that way for years. It's never made a difference. Every phone and iPad is always on the verge of being maxed on storage because of the photos
@Ethan76o Жыл бұрын
So underated thank you
@MichaelKummer Жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
@Hznyc Жыл бұрын
So if i want to free up space from ICLOUD and i have sync ON can I delete them from the iPhone will they be removed from iCloud??? Which is what i want to do
@MichaelKummer Жыл бұрын
Correct.
@iceilgar8105 3 жыл бұрын
Hello. My iPhone is 256GB, but after my iCloud got full with 5GB pics, it keeps sending notifications that iCloud is full. How can I stop this irritating situation?? I don’t want to save all my pics with other devices. My phone is enough. Can I do it like this? Can I stop using iCloud storage for photos and also delete unnecessary ones from iCloud? Thanks in advance ✨
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Disable iCloud Photos and then delete the photos you don't want in iCloud by going to iCloud.com (on a PC or Mac).
@iceilgar8105 3 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer thank youuuuuuuuuu✨✨✨✨✨🌼
@superrc2849 3 жыл бұрын
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@PaulRutherford 3 жыл бұрын
Very well Explained Michael. Very helpful Thank you !
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@theVixen81 3 жыл бұрын
I have a question, if I optimize my storage and then want to upload videos or pictures from my photo library to sites or social media are they still going to be high resolution??
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Yes because as soon as you try to open or share an optimized image or video, iOS will download the full-res version to your device.
@superrc2849 3 жыл бұрын
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@denhamk 4 жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for the explanation. I need to upload photos from my laptop to iPhone 11 pro max. The “recommended” way online is to switch off iCloud photos from iPhone settings first and then connecting to iTunes. But if I switch off iCloud photos would it wipe out all my photos in iCloud? Please help
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
If your library is fully updated and in sync, disabling it won’t remove any photos from your phone!
@denhamk 4 жыл бұрын
Michael Kummer thank you for the reply. I’ll try it and get back .. 🤞🏼
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@youssefbazzoun1650 3 жыл бұрын
Hello, I bought an icloud plan of 2 Tb, activate icloud photos and optimize iphone storage but my local storage continues full and it seems that my icloud storage isn't filling with my photos (I'm connected to WiFi so it should be working) can you help me with that? Thanks
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
What’s the status of your photo library? Does the photos app say it’s fully updated? A full sync might take days, depending on your internet speed.
@paulgold1203 2 жыл бұрын
good article on apple storage. Do you have a solution to the problem that my iphone also backs up to my google photo app on my iphone and if i try and delete from my google photo app on my iphone any photos then it also deletes it from my iphone photo album.
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
I don't use Google Photos but I could imagine the app has a setting to prevent that behavior.
@Sakura-ld9uo 3 жыл бұрын
Hi! I have a problem with my iCloud. I recently just expanded my iCloud storage to 50gb but it turns out that it’s a monthly subscription. When I tried to cancel the subscription it said that all of my pics will be deleted eventually and I really can’t keep paying for the subscription. Is there a way to move all of my pics from iCloud to the phone storage so i wouldn’t be afraid of them getting deleted? Thank you!
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
You can export all of your images using the Photos.app on a Mac or via iCloud.com on a Windows PC.
@shadowman6309 3 жыл бұрын
This question was in my mind too
@superrc2849 3 жыл бұрын
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@odefeoberabor7597 Жыл бұрын
My ipad is full. I have bought the 2TB. I want my ipad to be free and my videos and photos uploaded on the Cloud so my ipad can be free. What do you recommend.
@MichaelKummer Жыл бұрын
Enable Optimize Storage in iCloud settings and wait for your photo library to upload completely.
@vlonegustavo 4 жыл бұрын
Best explanations! I would appreciate tho if you would answer a question I have for a while which is is there any way for me to delete the icloud photos backup so that i can free up 4GB of my icloud and NOT delete them from the iPhone gallery?
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Gustavo, no, you can't delete photos from iCloud Photo Library (cloud) without having the photos automatically removed from all other devices that have iCloud Photo Library enabled.
@superrc2849 3 жыл бұрын
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@onesteppdesigns4225 4 жыл бұрын
So I have 2 phones. I turn off icloud photo on iphone1 and delete pictures but iphone2 is intact will all photos from icloud. Will all photos from icloud come back to iphone1 if i turn on icloud photo?
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Nope, when you turn iPhone 1 back on, it’ll sync with iCloud and remove the local photos you deleted before. What matter is the time stamp of those changes. Whatever happened last will get synced.
@selly6825 4 жыл бұрын
If I turn off my iCloud photos will the photos/videos that got deleted from my camera roll be in my recently deleted folder? Please help, before I make a wrong decision.
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve never tried that. If you need to restore any of your deleted items, I’d do that first, let everything sync up and then disable iCloud Photo Library.
@p3xsm Жыл бұрын
if i signed out of my apple id, will the photos not synced in icloud be removed from my gallery?
@MichaelKummer Жыл бұрын
What gallery? You mean from your phone? No, they won’t be removed from your phone but I always recommend letting the sync finish but Apple’s software isn’t free of bugs and strange things can happen (that shouldn’t).
@rainedavis4173 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Michael. I think I am getting it ... you have explained so well. I appreciate your videos.
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome, Raine!
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@War_Fight 2 жыл бұрын
Disabling icloud photos will save storage on my phone?
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
Nope.
@darlenehealy3150 2 жыл бұрын
I take a lot of screenshots. Is it true they take up more space then a photo? Excellent video. Thank you.
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Darlene, a screenshot on my iPhone requires about as much space as a photo. So yes, you can certainly fill up your local and cloud storage with screenshots as much as you can fill it up with photos.
@thicccbeaner4160 3 жыл бұрын
Hi, how can I lower my iPhone photo storage? Also can I use google one instead of ICloud since it’s cheaper? If I can, how would I be able to do that. If I do choose to do that, can I always retrieve the photos any times I want from google photos? Thank You
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
To reduce the amount of storage your photos and videos use, you can either manually delete or offload them or enable iCloud Photo Library. I have never used Google for photo storage, so I don't know how it compares. However, I'm pretty sure it won't be as integrated into iOS and macOS as iCloud Photos is.
@stopplayyyin 3 жыл бұрын
guys just back up your photos.. u can get google photos, microsoft onedrive, and u can even put 15gb worth of pic and videos into a google drive( same as google photos ). this really worked for me....
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Making regular backups is always a good idea but it doesn't necessarily solve the space/sync "issue" or misunderstanding.
@naduhhh 2 жыл бұрын
Hello my old photos and albums came back I don’t know how it happened, I think it was because I clicked “Optimise IPhone Storage” I’m not really sure but basically all my old photos are coming back and I can’t back up my phone please help me out
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
It's hard to tell what happened but I assume you enabled iCloud Photo Library and that caused your iPhone to download (old) images you had stored in the cloud. But that in itself doesn't prevent you from making backups. So I don't know what you mean.
@Kewal.S 3 жыл бұрын
If you are storing the full resolution photos on your Mac - isn’t the storage upgrade quite expensive or do you to connect an external hdd or ssd and allow iCloud Photo Library to sync with that?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
I have a 2TB internal SSD in my iMac but recently moved my 1.xTB photo library to an external SSD to free up space.
@shadamin7184 3 жыл бұрын
I deleted photos but it’s saying it’s uploading to iCloud me and my brother share what do I do if I don’t want him to see my photos
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
My first recommendation would be to stop sharing an iCloud account. Once you've deleted the photos from your phone, those deletion will get synced to the cloud. You can also remove the deleted photos from the Recently Deleted album to make sure they're gone forever.
@JJJJ-fg3qx Жыл бұрын
How do I upload photos from an external hard drive to iCloud using a PC? Storing them chronologically.
@MichaelKummer Жыл бұрын
You can use the iCloud for windows app.
@pedro2x. 4 жыл бұрын
I have a question my photos/vids on my iPhone won’t delete no matter how many times I delete them is there a fix to this possibly?
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Not sure, I haven’t heard about that issue yet...
@sravangp9309 3 жыл бұрын
Michael thanks a lot for your time in explanation :) I have one photo in Iphone and the same photo in iCloud. In my iPhone its 3.5 MB but in iCloud its 1 mb. Does iCloud compresses the photos when uploading from iPhone? Is it normal ?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Apple stores images in HEIC format which has a better compression ratio than JPG. That could explain the discrepancy.
@superrc2849 3 жыл бұрын
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@mosnoor3915 4 жыл бұрын
So helpful But I wanted to ask if you didn't turn on the icloud at all and it's still 5gb on my iPhone7 and then I deleted the pics from recently deleted that means that they're gone forever or what?
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
If you delete photos from the recently deleted albums then they’ll be gone forever.
@michaelchantonese 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your explanation! This makes me think of this scenario: Lets say hypothetically our iphone has 64gb physical storage and we have 100gb icloud storage. And we only sync photos between the iphone and icloud. Say we have 64gb of photos (theoritically), causing physical storage to be at 100%, and now icloud storage is 64/100gb used. Now let me take some photos using my iPad which is also connected to icloud. icloud now is 65/100gb used, but because my iphone is full, i won't be able to "see" those iPad taken photos because my iphone has no space to sync. Is this correct?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Nope, that’s not correct because with iCloud Photo Library enabled, your iPhone doesn’t store the full library locally. It only keeps the most recent photos and videos. Everything else gets downloaded on-demand (when you open a photo/video from the Photos app).
@superrc2849 3 жыл бұрын
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@TheDarker00 2 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer so in other words, I can’t do like google idrive, that I can upload certain pictures that I want, right?
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDarker00 Correct!
@TheDarker00 2 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer Thank you!!!
@oleskool6259 2 жыл бұрын
Good job explaining without getting to high tech..Thanks
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@g30rg3-c5 4 жыл бұрын
yeah Nah!... I can increase my iCloud storage however I want BUT my iPhone SE will still show 1.36BG of photos! - How do I sort this out?
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
First, you need to determine what app is storing 1.36GB worth of photos. To do that, open Preferences > General > iPhone Storage and wait a few seconds for the information to load. Then check the list of apps that use most data and go from there. Cheers, Michael
@Rdavis6593 3 жыл бұрын
A very good explanation. Useful information. Thank you.
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@rakanrock1901 2 жыл бұрын
Is there anyway that I can delete my iPhone photos from my laptop iCloud
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
There certainly is…if you consider all the things I discussed in the video :)
@biyankachandra5028 2 жыл бұрын
When u click a pic does it immediately uploads that to iCloud ?
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
No...clicking on an image doesn't have anything to do with uploading it to iCloud. Images are uploaded as soon as you take them if iCloud Photos is enabled, if you're connected to WiFi and if you have enough battery power.
@morghan_with_an_h 3 жыл бұрын
How do you delete photos from your iPhone without deleting from your iCloud?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Turn off iCloud Photo Library and keep it turned off.
@loseme91 4 жыл бұрын
I want my photos on my phone only , but i’m scared to delete it from iCloud because i got an notification from iCloud to download my photo before 30 days , and I don’t know how to do it :(
@natashatorres5533 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I got the same notification 😬
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Make sure you have iCloud Photo Library enabled on your iPhone with "Download Originals" turned on. Once everything is synced up, disable iCloud Photo Library on your iPhone and delete whatever you want from iCloud.com (browser). Just keep in mind that if you ever turn iCloud Photo Library back on (on your iPhone), it might remove everything that you previously deleted from iCloud. Overall, I don't think that's a smart move. I'd rather pay a few bucks for more iCloud storage, if storage space is an issue right now.
@unleashthedog 2 жыл бұрын
Something still not clear: if you upload to iCloud, once you decide to close the account… do you have to download all the pictures manually to the device? Will it do automatically? I’ve been thinking of getting iCloud for a brief period just so I can download the oldest pics to my computer and backup drive (with windows the phone app fails most of the times to import)
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
You can but don't have to download them manually. You can just sync them all to your Mac or iOS device and then disable iCloud.
@hahahanohopeshedies 2 жыл бұрын
i have 32GB in my icloud drive(50GB) but it’s still it’s still taking 30g for photos on my phone, if it’s in icould then why is it taking storage on my iphone storage
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
As long as there is space on your iPhone, iCloud caches stuff locally for quicker access.
@jessiec9213 3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I recently bought a new iPhone 12 and my old iPhone is an iPhone 8. On my old phone, the iPhone 8, I was paying for the extra storage monthly and I have over 20,000 pictures/videos. I want to keep all of those pics and videos on that phone, but I don’t want to pay for the storage anymore. If I cancel the extra storage I’m paying for monthly though, will my photos and videos still remain on the iPhone 8 phone and camera roll? Sorry if you’ve already answered this question
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
If you have all of these images and videos on your iPhone already (because it has enough local storage and you have "Download Full Resolution Images" turned on, then cancelling your storage plan won't delete those images and videos.
@deadfoxsden1114 2 жыл бұрын
If I save videos and photos from for example instagram that people send me will they be saved in my iCloud?
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
If you save those files to our camera roll and have iCloud Photo Library enabled: yes.
@sanjaywagh9279 2 жыл бұрын
Hi , Thank you so much for great explanation. I have a question. I have just upgraded to 50 GB iCloud storage plan. I have uploaded all the 5k photos from iphone to iCloud. Optimize storage in on and i have low resolution photos on iPhone. Now i want to import these 5k photos to my windows PC. How can i do it bcz photos are in low resolution and I want full resolution in window pc? Plz guide.
@MichaelKummer 2 жыл бұрын
You can install the iCloud for windows app or download the images from your PC using a browser (iCloud.com).
@sanjaywagh9279 2 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer Thank you so much for quick reply 😊
@danielavila27 3 жыл бұрын
So I am going to upgrade my iPhone soon. If I backup my current iPhone and am using iCloud photos, will I be able to see all those pictures on the new phone?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@daciasdiy1861 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand , how i delete 4K in photos and all my videos they are in the cloud , but the iCloud is full i thought deleting from my phone wud free my phone up
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
If you are out of iCloud storage, you can delete photos and videos directly from iCloud.com (log in using a PC or Mac). Also make sure you delete the deleted photos and videos from the "Recently Deleted" album. That should free up space and make iCloud sync work again. You can also, temporarily, purchase more iCloud storage, delete everything you want to from your iPhone and then downgrade again.
@melissabalick5190 Жыл бұрын
I'm really confused because I'm trying to upload my oldest videos from my phone and put them on youtube so I can delete them from my iphone, which I understood would delete it from icloud as well. I've been doing this slowly but surely because my icloud is full. My device, though, has TONS of data. So I pulled up icloud on my computer so I could reference it while I was uploading to youtube off my phone, but then I realized that my iphone, SOMEHOW, has far more videos on it from WAYYY back when, long before I had this device with tons of data, than my icloud does! How is that possible? I never deleted anything directly from icloud before, and I thought that if I had, that would also remove it from my devices. So how do I have very very old videos on my phone that came from before I had this particular phone, but they're not on my icloud????? Thanks for any help you can offer on that.
@MichaelKummer Жыл бұрын
There is a chance that your iPhone hasn't completely synched up everything to iCloud yet.
@evaniiplays 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Michael, my iPhone, iPad and now my new MacBook Pro are all synced up with all of my photos on every device. I’ve just got my new MacBook and don’t want any photos on it from my other Apple devices. Can I turn off iCloud photo sharing on my MacBook Pro, delete them from there nd they’ll remain in the iCloud and on my other devices? Thank you :)
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you can do that. Just make sure you disable iCloud Photos BEFORE deleting anything.
@bilalhamsa6610 3 жыл бұрын
I took some photos and then deleted within 5-10 minutes,then accidently cleared recently deleted album.Icloud sync was on at that time,but i was on cellular data.Any chance they might backed up to icloud?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
There is an easy way to find out - just go to iCloud.com on a PC or Mac and see if your picture are there. Cheers, Michael
@acezen1180 3 жыл бұрын
Question I have 2TB I cloud storage. But my iPhone gets full. With voicememo recordings and photos. Can I save those items to iCloud Drive. And then delete from Apple device. But they’re stored there?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you can move both to the cloud. For photos, just turn on iCloud Photos!
@anony249 3 жыл бұрын
Earlier today I went to general and clicked on iPhone storage and it had a recommendation thingy right below where it shows all the apps and how much it takes up, anyways the recommendation was abt iCloud photos and it said enable right next to it and I clicked that and now it says ‘uploading all ur photos and videos can take some time. Check the upload status in photos app’ do you know what that’s about? Or if they’re going to delete everything or not?
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
It does exactly what it says: upload too photos and videos to iCloud, thus enabling iCloud Photos.
@RehanAnsari-hd3tt 3 жыл бұрын
Hello if have a new iPhone SE2 . When I take photos it looks clear as it is . When I view that photos in my photos app it gets slightly blurry . When I zoom it a little bit again it get back to the original resolution. Is this problem is in every iPhone . And how to fix this plzzzzz let me know .. Thanks
@MichaelKummer 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Rehan, I thought I had replied already but now I don't see the comment anymore. Anyway - I've never seen this issue before. So if you're certain that iCloud Photos is turned off and all of your images are stored on your local device, I'd get in touch with Apple support so they can check out what's going on.
@kelly-rg9nu 4 жыл бұрын
My laptop's apple ID and the iCloud storage is linked with my phone. I want some storage space on my laptop and I don't want my iPhone's photo storage to be shared with my laptop, what should I do? Should I disable and delete iCloud Photos, but I don't want the photos on my phone to be deleted, what should I do?
@MichaelKummer 4 жыл бұрын
Is your laptop running Windows or is it a MacBook? If it's a Mac, simply enable "Optimize Mac Storage" in the settings and you won't have to worry about making space. If you don't want to share photos at all between iPhone/iCloud and Mac, disable iCloud Photo Library on your Mac. Doing so, won't delete or remove any photos from iCloud or your iPhone.
@elliejamesss Жыл бұрын
I recently purchased a new iPhone and noticed that photos from my iCloud account are appearing in my iPhone photos; does this consume my iPhone's storage space as well?
@MichaelKummer Жыл бұрын
As I explained in my video: yes and no but mostly no (unless you have Download Originals turned on).
@elliejamesss Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelKummer Thank you.
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