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This is such a great video, clear, concise and very helpful. There's more I need to know, so I am hoping to find it in the Beginners Guide . Thanks Joel.
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@@Learnwithjoel Hi Joel, thank you for your kind reply. My own issue is that I have iCloud photos turned on, on my iPhone and iPad, as a means to save storage space more than the convenience of having all my photos synced for easy access. My problem is that I don’t so much mind having my iPhone photos on my iPad, but definitely not the iPad ones on the phone as it takes me so much longer to find ones I want. Should I switch off the iPad syncing, but keep the iPhone syncing? And if I turned off iPhone syncing, would it only remove the iPad photos that had synced across to the phone or would it remove all the photos including the ones originally taken on the iPhone? If you have a moment and are able to answer this it would be wonderful or if you can direct me to a particular video where you might have dealt with this it would be so helpful. I genuinely like your videos as they are clear, concise, no waffling and act as a very good, brief, but complete step by step guide. BTW. The reason I need to know all of this is because I’m about to activate my new iPad and I don’t want to import a lot of photos I do not want. With very many thanks from London. Ken
Hey Ken! A couple questions for you! Do you only have an iPhone and iPad or do you have a Mac as well? Are you shooting photos primarily with your iPhone or are you using an actual camera for your photos? Do you have the option for Photo Stream in your iCloud Photos settings? I would for sure keep the iPhone syncing turned on. As most people are using the phone to take pictures and it's usually always on your person, it makes sense to have that sync so you'll always have a copy in the cloud. If you syncing for iCloud Photos turned off on the iPad, you can always use AirDrop or better yet, use Shared Photo Streams to share pictures to your iPhone and that would give you the ability to have access on your iPhone, but not sync all your pictures on the iPad. Hope this helps a little and hope all is well and safe in London!
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Just found you after watching a half dozen videos to clean up this icloud photos mess i have created on my iphone ipad and mac. Grateful you go into DETAIL and explain what works, how and importantly what doesn't work (no syncing smart photos on mobile device, etc). I'm subscribed and going to see what else you have, hopefully you have done an new Photos App tutorial for Big Sur 11!
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I have a 1TB of Photos in my iCloud (and 2TB iCloud storage) and I store everything there, but now I see a 'photolibrary' folder that weights 60GB (on my MAC computer) - why it is there and how I can reload this files in to iCloud? Thank you so much!
Great video! Just subbed. A question for you: how do I set up iCloud storage usage with a photo library on an external hardrive? As I don’t have enough space on my Mac, my photos library is on an external drive. Thanks very much :)
Hi @Lucy Leheilleix! I have a video for that exact question! I will link it below and it should answer and walk you through the steps of moving your photos library to an external and then making sure it's talking to iCloud. Give it a watch and don't hesitate to reach out with more questions! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support! How to MOVE your iCLOUD PHOTO LIBRARIES and APPLE PHOTO LIBRARIES to an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE! ruclips.net/video/wArkMrYehR8/видео.html
Hi Joel, thanks for sharing that video. I'm a big fan on storing my 80k + photo/library photo in iCloud. Wondering if I can get your suggestion on something. We have (3) Apple ID's (The main family one on our imac, mine for my phone, then one for my wife's phone). What would be the best way to download the pictures we take from our phones into our main family Apple ID account where our main Library is? I've been using a cable connection to select and copy into the main library but was wondering if there's an easier way? I know it can be kind of tricky because they are separate accounts...just want your opinion/input...thank you in advance!
Hi @Christian Wolfe! Honestly this is my biggest request from @Apple! Is some type of family sharing for photos! It is extremely hard to share photos in a family environment. They do have Shared Albums, but those don't keep the high resolution images in them and there and they don't go automatically. I hope they take some tips from Google Photos on this, because Google has had this ability for a while now. I'm afraid I don't have a better workflow or option for you currently. My wife, family and I currently use Shared Albums as our method. We both have Macs, so at least our pictures are saved to that in full resolution, but still isn't the best option. 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!
Hi @Valentina Shamma! A few things that to double check. 1. Make sure you're using the same Apple ID on all devices. This is an absolute must in order for the same information to sync among each device. 2. Depending on the amount of photos/albums you have, you need to make sure you've purchased enough iCloud storage to accommodate it all. If you don't have enough iCloud storage, it will not sync. 3. Make sure that you have iCloud Photos toggled on within all devices. On the Mac you'll find this within Apple Photo Preferences and also System Preferences, and on the iPhone, you'll find in the Photos settings under the iCloud settings. I hope that helps and gives you a place to start. 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!
Hi Joel! Thank you so much for your response. I actually figured it out- my photos were "Syncing on Icloud" so that was taking a long time. Once the syncing was completed they all showed on my iphone:)
Hi Joel, I wonder if you can help me with this, I have separate photos from my iphone compared to the photos in my iMac, is there a way to merge the photos from my from my iphone and imac to icloud? in my experience, the icloud prioritize the photos in my iphone and if I do have a different photo in my imac, imac photos do not upload to icloud. Maybe my question is, if you have an iphone and a mac and sync photos in icloud, will it merge, or will it delete the photos from other device? if so, which device will it prioritize if you sync your iphone and your imac at the same time?
Great question @Kraize! It sounds like Apple Photos on your Mac isn't being told to sync with iCloud Photos. If you were to turn that on and everything is syncing, it would merge from there with what you have already in iCloud which is what is currently syncing with your iPhone. A few things to note and check if you want your Mac to sync. 1. Make sure you're using the same Apple ID in System Preferences that you're using on your iPhone. 2. Make sure iCloud Photos is turned on within System Preferences and Apple Photos Preferences. 3. Make sure that the Apple Photos Library is set to be the "System Library". You can only have one Photos Library designated as the "System Library" and this is the one that syncs with iCloud Photos. ( This is found in the preferences of Apple Photos) 4. Make sure that the option within Apple Photos preferences for "Copy items into Photo Library" is checked. If it's not, it means that every photo is referenced and not in the library and they won't sync to iCloud Photos. I hope this 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!
Great video ! I got a question, is there a possibility I could save I phone storage and sync my I phone photos without downloading all of the ICloud Photos on my device ? I want to see the photos on my device that were already there and that’s it
Joe- is there a way to group the photos shot on landscape orientation together in an album while viewing as it is irritating to rotate the phone every now and then to get good viewing experience. Thanks in advance.
So if I want to free up space on my phone's storage, if I delete the video or photo on my phone, it will delete it from iCloud as well? What is the point of iCloud then if I can't even free up space on my phone?
Hey @Noah Buie, that's a great question! So you are correct in saying that when using iCloud Photos to sync your pictures across multiple devices, it will delete photos from all locations if you delete files with the intent to free up space. We have to remember that before iCloud even existed that users manually connected the phones to a computer to load off files and such like pictures. It is a pain, I don't disagree! If photos is taking up the majority of the space on your iPhone/Apple Device and if you're using iCloud Photos, do you have your settings set to optimize storage locally specifically for photos? My Photos library is around 500GB, but because I optimize it on my iPhone, it's actually only taking up about 15GB. This video may help explain the concept! ruclips.net/video/bGmN-C-6W7A/видео.html Thanks for watching and I appreciate the support!
Fantastic video describing how the gears work within Icloud photos. But i do have one question remaining... what happens to the photos across all devices if you cancel your icloud storage plan?
Thanks for the kind words @Josiah Lopez! So if you were to cancel your iCloud storage, you would be prompted with a 30 day time period to download all of the photos/videos from iCloud to whatever device that you have... No the doubled edge sword to this is if you have more photos than what your device can hold.... For example. Let's say you have only have an iPhone that is a 64GB size and you were optimizing the iCloud Photo storage to free up space on it. If you had 100GB of photos in iCloud Photos, you're not going to be able to download everything. So if you were in these shoes, you really need to be able to access a computer to download them all. You can always visit icloud.com to download, or if you have a Mac, it can automatically sync and download to Apple Photos. Hope that helps and answers your question! Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate it!
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This is great as it can be very confusing how Apple is doing things. One thing I have learned is that a person needs to be sure they understand what Apple is giving them, or you can loose it all. One suggestion (humbly) please try to normalize your audio between your speaking and the stock music. When I turn up your speaking audio so I can hear it, the music rips my head off. Even if you only put the audio in a different track and turn it down to match your speaking volume, that would fine too. Thanks for the video! :)
Apple has gotten better over the years and I’m excited when they came out with Apple One. And so very true, once you’re involved in the eco-system, you can kinda be stuck in it! Thanks for the tip on the audio, I’ve been recording I’m different places lately and I miss my studio speakers at the moment! I’ll pay attention to my levels more!
Thank you so much for the wonderful video. I get a question: when right clicking "My Album", we have a choice of making a "New Folder". What's the New Folder for and how is it different from a New Album. Thank you.
Great question @Charles Qian! So our brains are trained to think that folders on a computer can hold anything. However within Photos, folders can only contain Albums. You can not just drag individual pictures into a folder. Only Albums. Maybe you had a folder called 2020 and within that folder you would create different Albums that you may use yearly like Birthdays or Holidays. That way you have a yearly folder that contains an album of every Birthday, New Years, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or whatever holiday you celebrate. Does that make sense? Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate the support!
2:37 hopefully you can help me out with something, when I try to click on iCloud Photos, I get a message: iCloud Photos is only available on macOS standard, macOS extended and APFS formatted volumes. What do I need to do so I can move forward? Any tips?
Hey @Rayluquin! I did google that error message and I see you may not be the only one who has run into that issue. A couple questions... What macOS are you on and what model mac do you have? Do you have a Hybrid internal hard drive, SSD, or HDD drive? Did it work before and now it doesn't? A few things to try: Try repairing the Apple Photo library. It's super easy and I have a video that talks about this: Apple Photos on your Mac not working? Try REPAIRING your library! ruclips.net/video/_zhwZ0kyWPA/видео.html Secondly try repairing the drive using Disk Utility. I don't have a video on this, but I'll link an Apple Support article link below with instructions. How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility support.apple.com/en-us/102611 Let me know how it goes! I hope it 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!
Thanks Joel, let me get you all the information. I will try to repair photo library, also I'm using a external SSD which now that I think about it, I don't think I ever formatted the external SSD.
@@Rayluquin That makes perfect sense then...I would highly recommend to format that external drive if your goal is to use with your Mac and Apple Photos. Just keep in mind that required wiping all data from it. I do have a video on that process in addition to a video that talks about moving Apple Photo libraries to external drives that I'll link below for reference: Understanding how to FORMAT your NEW External Hard Drive for your MAC - A look at Apple Disk Utility ruclips.net/video/caYfZWyN4CQ/видео.html How to MOVE your iCLOUD PHOTO LIBRARIES and APPLE PHOTO LIBRARIES to an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE! ruclips.net/video/wArkMrYehR8/видео.html Hope that helps!
Hi @SITA PALL! So if you have iCloud Photos enabled and turned on within all of your devices, yes it will delete photos from all locations. The concept of iCloud is to sync your devices so they all have the same information. Here is another video that helps explain the overall purpose of iCloud. What is iCLOUD?! - Complete UNDERSTANDING of what Apple iCloud's service actually is! ruclips.net/video/oz6o0zPREFo/видео.html Hope that helps! Thanks for watching! I appreciate the support!
Hi Joel, very clear and easy to understand. I'm keen to find a way to synch photo's without using icloud.. i'm guessing its using the synch option from Finder..?
Hi @Steve Carroll! Big question would be is sync photos from what devices? iPhone to Mac? Mac to Mac? Finder for sure could be used, but to fully answer, I'd need to know what devices you're working with and what your main goal is. Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching and if you'd like to support me by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it!
Ok, I organized and created some new albums on my MacBook and they’re totally NOT on my phone as such. Everything you explained IS checked in settings. What am I doing wrong ?
Hi @Michael Vitale! Sorry for the delayed response! So a couple things to double check if you haven't already and if it may already be syncing now... Depending on the amount of photos you have, the initial sync can take some time. The Photo Library on your Mac, within the Preferences, is iCloud Photos checked in addition to it being the "System Library" If you create those new albums on your Macbook, they don't go to your iPhone, but do they go to icloud.com? Is the syncing in general working?...meaning if you take a photo with your iPhone, does it show up on your Mac or icloud.com? My first advice would be to start with one device like the iPhone and also icloud.com and verify those sync, then add the computer or another device into the mix. Hope that helps! Maybe it already worked itself out and you're good? Thanks for watching! I appreciate your support!
Nice video and very well explained ! I have two questions : - Sometimes, when I am browsing through my library on my mac, some videos do not work, although I can see the play button. Do you think this might be related to the fact I don't keep originals on my mac book air with 128 Go capacity ? Is there a way to download the video to my hard drive? - What is the best way to organize and go through my 20.000+ photos and remove many of the not so good pictures I have ?
First off, thank you so much for watching and the support! As far as your question one, I have too experienced that. I do find that on the Mac that I have set to optimize media, it sometimes does not play because it needs to first download the video and depending on the size it could take forever. On my Mac that I have set to download all originals, I don't have this issue. One thing to try just to make sure the video isn't corrupted is to log onto icloud.com and see if the video plays from the browser. Question 2: I feel your pain and can completely relate to the exhausting task of going through thousands of photos. It can be quite daunting and time consuming. My best advice, as i've been in your shoes is to chip away little by little. I started organizing and only viewing photos by year so i wasn't so overwhelmed. I also used a method to title my photos with a word like "delete" and then i made a smart album to find all photos with that title and then i would delete them. It's certainly time consuming, but once you complete it, it will be a good feeling. I personally went from about 45,000 photos to about 28,000 photos just by deleting redundant and "bad" photos. Best of luck!
A few questions: --I have some photos and videos that I just want to keep on my Mac hard drive and not in the Cloud. Is there a way to do that? I will want to be able to do that with some of my future photos as well. --If I turn on the iCloud sync then all the old photos I have saved on my hard drive will to end up in the Cloud, right? Yikes! --Is there a way to have photos that I have edited maintain the edits in Shared Albums or saved somewhere else? BTW, I just discovered some of your tutorials yesterday and subscribed immediately. I'm looking forward to watching more of them! I have been so intimidated by Photos and the mess I have created within it for the last 19 years.
Hi thanks for your video. Q When I click on photos then icloud logo as per 2:39 on your video I get this message "icloud features for photos are only available in the system photo library" The problem I have is that I cannot upload my iphone photos to my MacBook Pro. I can upload them to the icloud - I've checked they are all there. I'm not sure why my phone has stopped syncing with my Macbook. Can you throw any light on this please? Thanks
Hi @Helens House And Garden! So to make sure we're on the same page...pictures taken on your iPhone go to iCloud, but the same photos are not going to your Mac? First thing to check is that you have enough iCloud storage to accommodate everything in Apple Photos on your Mac. Also at the 4:33 part of this video, I'm assuming you then have the library that you're in as the "System Library"? Now also below, there is an option that says "Copy items to the Photo Library". Do you have that checked? If not, you need that to be checked so that photos you take are imported into the actual Apple Photos Library. When photos are not imported into the Apple Photos library, they are referred to as "Referenced" files. If a file is referenced, it will not be included into iCloud Photos. I hope that helps! 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!
Great tutorials! I’m backing into full use of iCloud Photos and recently added a Mac to my iPad and iPhone. Not sure how/when to add the 20 years of digital photos still on my PC. Anyways I’m trying to decide how to set things up. So… Q1 - any updates to this for late 2024? Q2 - if I put my Mac photo library on an external drive and it gets lost/deleted/destroyed what does this do to my iCloud library the next time I connect? Does it act like I deleted those photos and try to delete them in iCloud?? Can you recover from this without losing photos stored in iCloud. TIA
I have an iPhone and an iCloud account. I just recently bought a MacBook Air, coming from a PC. If I want to bring the photos and videos from my PC to my new Mac, where do I import the pictures to - iCloud or the Mac? Thanks great videos.
Hey @Jason Ariston! Welcome to the Apple Family! So on the Mac side of things regarding Photos, Apple wants users to import and store their photo files within Apple Photos. By importing the files there, they will sync to iCloud. If you have iCloud Photos turned on among all of your devices, pictures that you take on your iPhone, will automatically show up within Apple Photos on your Mac. As far as transferring photo files from the Windows, you can bring them over via an external drive or any cloud solution, like Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, etc... Once they're copied locally to your Mac, you just need to drag them into Apple Photos and that will import them. I will link a few other videos that may give a better overview of Apple Photos and file/library management once you get going. Getting started with Apple Photos - HOW TO add and IMPORT pictures into APPLE PHOTOS ruclips.net/video/XRia-F4QZ-g/видео.html WHERE ARE MY PHOTOS? Understanding Photo Libraries and knowing where your pictures live on the Mac ruclips.net/video/gKV-8IVQM58/видео.html 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!
I have an iPhone but new to Mac. This has been so helpful ! The one think I can’t figure out is- under photos , it says uploading 5301 items , it’s on pause , nothing happens if I hit cancel , does that mean I need more storage before it will continue ? Thank you !
Hi @Julie Bauer! It's not uncommon for the uploads to pause. It could be for a few different reasons. If there is low battery, if the device is on "low power" mode. There are also some limits that I believe that Apple puts in place when you're trying to upload a large amount of pictures at once. I'll link an article below that references this. My Photo Stream upload limits support.apple.com/en-us/HT202299 But overall, it will work itself out if it hasn't already. My hunch is that you just started uploading everything when you got a new Mac and it will take some time. 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!
Great video Joel. I always like those comments, you make at the beginning like “maybe you want to download all the photos all over again and really load up the memory on your hard drive.” 🤣 Welcome to my world! I actually use my photos for my home inspection business and ideally I need to store them in folders or albums by customer name. The problem I found with iMac and their wonderfully complex filing system is that I can’t download the pics from my the albums when I am logged into my home inspection software website and I need a photo for a report. Something I took a picture of but did not include in the report. It’s great to have access from my Mac cause it’s a big screen, etc.. I still need to download the pictures from the iPhone to the Mac and put it in folders outside of the photo.library.
Hey Alejandro Quinteiro! So it sounds like you could actually benefit from having two Photo libraries or depending on if you want to use iCloud Photos or not, you could keep all of your photos referenced files so you could store them in just folders and link them into a Photo Library. A couple different options for sure! Now I have a question about your software...So are you saying that when you access this website on your home Mac, you can't find the photos to upload to the inspection website software? 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!
@@Learnwithjoel Hey Joel! Yes sir. When I am logged into the home inspection software website I cannot find the pictures in Photos or the photo.library on my iMac and/or MacBook. I can see the library but when I can click on it, no cigar. It doesn’t open and just buffers when I try. I created Albums at one point for each customer in Photos but they are not accessible or I haven’t found the way. Therefore at the end of each day I plug my iPhone into the Mac and use Image Capture to download them into the customers folder on my desktop. That’s the only way I can find them when I’m logged into the website and try to upload a picture. Am I missing something? Thanks for the advice and videos, it is greatly appreciated. I will search your videos for your recommendation above. Currently I have a MacBook Air OS Big Sur and a new iMac on Catalina. I have the same user account on both and I am logged into the same Apple ID. I called one library MacBook.photo.library and the other CPI.photo.library. But they seem to be synced. Going bonkers in Hudson, Florida! 🤣
Hi Joe, great video. I stopped syncing my Mac to iCloud but continued to take photos with my iPhone connected to iCloud. If I sync my Mac with iCloud will it overwrite and delete the new photos on my iPhone?
Great question @Elsa! If you turn your Mac on, it will just start to sync again and merge with what you have already! So you should be good! 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!
Hi Joel - do you have a video on exporting Live Photos from iCloud to an external hard drive? And if so, can you see them easily via the external hard drive?
Hi @sbalewski5! I do not currently have a video on Live Photos, but it's in my upcoming videos that I'm working on next so stay tuned regarding exporting, sharing and uploading photos! 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!
I appreciate you and your kind words @David davidd! 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!
Would love a video on how to store and move around photos from a portable drive into MacBook to edit in photoshop and then maintain the photos on the external drive.
Fantastic video. ON your setup, i see your photoslibrary is large, is that library on an external drive? If so, are you only running a macbook (and not a desktop ?), if so do you not have access to your photos library when away from home / external drive? I love the idea of having a copy of your photos library locally but how do you manage a 500gb library with a macbook pro? (with limited ssd space)
Thanks so much @SAS Stewart! Yes my Apple Photos is quite large currently and overdue for me to go through and start deleting random unwanted iPhone photos! I do have my main Apple Photos Library on an external hard drive that I run off my older MacBook Pro. This library is set to download the Original Photos from iCloud, so this way I know I have a local copy of all full quality files. I just got a new laptop and on that one, I have the Photo Library set to optimize Mac storage, so it takes up a fraction of my photo space with the benefit of having access to all my photos/videos. It is convenient to have the Photos Library stored on an external to free up space and have room to grow, but in order for it to update and stay current, it needs to be plugged in and have photos open. I usually plug it in about one every other week and let it sit and catch up with all my updates photos. I am lucky because I use my old Mac to do this, but I could easily use my new Mac as well if I only had one Mac. 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!
I hope you can help me. My goal is to free up my phone but every time I want to take a pictures and video I want it saved on the icloud for the future use. I guess the question is, if I delete the pictures or video on my phone is that going to delete the picture or video on the iCloud too?
Hi @Owen Pelaez! Your best bet is to turn on the settings for "Optimize iPhone Storage" in the iCloud Photos Settings. I will link a video below that discusses this for reference. Optimizing iPhone & iPad Storage - How to FREE UP SPACE on my iPhone, iPad, or Mac for photos! ruclips.net/video/bGmN-C-6W7A/видео.html Long story short though, cloud services like iCloud, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive are all designed to keep your content in sync with one another. So yes if you delete a photo out of your Apple Photos app on your iPhone, it would be deleted from iCloud. If you delete a photo out of Google Photos, it will also be deleted from Google's Cloud. 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!
This is great, thank you. Quick question, I have iCloud photos turned on for my iMac and upload has been completed and everything is synced--including my albums. I want to enable iCloud photos on my iPhone, but what happens to the albums I created on my iPhone? Will iphone albums be retained and just added to my iMac albums in iCloud? One other question, I said my photos have all synced, but I have "Syncing 1 item to iCloud" showing in iMac Photos for days. Any idea on what is happening and how I fix might fix? Thank you!
All of my folders seem to be syncing EXCEPT for my Favorites, which I love and use often. The folder is there in my desktop version of Photos but hasn't been updated for the past year. Any suggestions? I've checked all of your settings and that's what I have on mine as well. Help!! TIA!!
So on your Mac within Apple Photos you have marked photos as favorite, but when you go to your iPhone or iPad where you're using iCloud Photos for syncing everything, the "favorites" is not on your mobile device? Are you running the latest OS on your mobile devices as well as the latest OSX on your Mac? The "Favorites" album is just built in and i've never seen any options to turn it on or off!
Hi Joel, Greta video as usual, have recently subscribed to your Chanel and have learned a lot on various topics thanks. With regards iCloud photos, I have about 13k photos on my iPad and would like to upload them to iCloud to free up storage on my device. My question is… if I follow your instructions here, will the albums I have created in photos be replicated in iCloud, or will it just upload the photos as one big album… also what order will the photos be in (date, name, etc) thanks
Welcome @Hugh Simpson! Thanks for supporting and subscribing! If you're going to turn the toggle on for iCloud Photos, it should keep everything in tact and upload everything as is into iCloud. So the Albums should not go away. Using iCloud Photos won't really change much from an organization stand point. You can still sort photos by date, name, place and everything you're already doing. Now keep in mind that freeing up storage, there is an option to "optimize Mac Storage" in the preferences of Apple Photos after turning on iCloud Photos. I have a video related to this feature on an iPad, which works the same way on a Mac. I'll link below for reference. Optimizing iPhone & iPad Storage - How to FREE UP SPACE on my iPhone, iPad, or Mac for photos! ruclips.net/video/bGmN-C-6W7A/видео.html I hope that helps! If you learned something new and want to support my channel, 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!
Hi @Bertrand Mangeot! So in theory, yes, you could use the same Photos Library using two different iPhones, but that requires both iPhones to use the same Apple ID. Now typically most people won't do this, as the Apple ID also syncs a whole bunch of other content like, text messages, calendars, contacts, notes and more. I guess it all depends on what your end goal is though! Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate your continued support!
A question Joel…I have the new iMac 24 inch now, which doesn’t have a usb port. I want to put some photos on a CD to send to a friend (using my external dvd drive) so how do I do this please? (This video on icloud is excellent by the way. Thank you.)
Hi @Jeff Goddard! Kinda....So when iCloud Photos is enabled, it syncs your photos and videos to iCloud and associated devices. These pictures are all in a "backup" in the sense that if your device were broken or stolen, the pictures could be restored from a backup... However if you delete the photos from any device it goes to the "Recently Deleted" album in iCloud Photos and is held there for roughly 30 days. After that time period, it would be gone forever, unless you restored from a backup that was really old prior to that date. I personally see iCloud backup as a short term backup, not a long term backup solution. Hope that helps and makes sense! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
I'm on Monterey. I have run out of disk space on my 2017 MBP and was thinking of buying iCloud storage 2TB. My question is will the folders and albums sync on iCloud exactly as I have them on my MBP Photos app? So if I delete all the contents of Photos on my MBP will I then find everything organized in the same exact way on iCloud?
Hi @nounix! So have you confirmed that the Photos is the main culprit for taking up space? If so, DO NOT delete the contents out of Apple Photos as it will also delete it from iCloud. iCloud Photos is more about syncing rather than a backup of a oneway sync. To answer your other question, yes regular albums sync exactly from your Mac to iCloud Photos. If Apple Photos are taking up the majority of space, You should turn on the option to "Optimize Photo Storage". This setting is within the Apple Photos Settings. The video below discusses this topic not only on Mac, but also iPhone and iPads. Storage is FULL! - How to OPTIMIZE FILES and FIX your STORAGE PROBLEMS on Macs, iPhones and iPads ruclips.net/video/VhGG6goINBM/видео.html Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been beneficial, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
HI There. Thank you for your videos. Been learning a lot about apple photos, icloud, and syncing. I just turned on icloud on my computer after having it off for years. This synced thousands of old photos from over even like 10 years ago. Now these are showing up on my phone. Is there any way to limit years of photos on the phone while still using icloud as backup? Is there anyway to delete years of old photos off my phone without deleting the actual file? I'd badsically like to take 6-7 years of photos off my phone (that are currently linked through icloud.) Thanks!
Hey Joel, I synched my apple id with my iPhone & mac. Now, I was trying to logout my apple id from mac, but my photos are still showing on mac,. I was wondering if I delete all the pictures from mac will it affect on my iPhone / cloud as well. If Sign in again with the same apple id?
Great question @Deepika Sharma! So if you just sign out of a device, no matter the prompt it gives you, all items would remain on iCloud and your other devices. If you signed out of iCloud on your Mac, it would most likely prompt you to download or remove the content depending on what you're syncing, but it would only effect that Mac. If you signed right back in with the same Apple ID, it would just bring you right back to where you were and sync the same photos/content from iCloud and your other devices. I hope that makes sense! 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!
Hi @Jahde Adamo! Apple Photos allows you to create multiple photo libraries, however you can only have one open at a time. By default they're usually saved within the Pictures Folder. The library usually ends with the extension of .photoslibrary Also if you hold down "option" on the keyboard while opening Apple Photos it should prompt with a window that shows all Photo libraries and the ability to open them. You can also delete any of these at any time by locating it in the Finder and just deleting to the trash. 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 use the THANKS button! 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!
Hi @Sudds1888! Great question! Even though you have "Download Originals" selected on your Mac, that just means it's keeping the high quality file saved locally on your Mac. There are pros and cons to this, but regardless if you delete it on your Mac, it will delete from iCloud and all of your other devices! 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!
@@Learnwithjoel Thanks for the reply Joel! Ran very low on iCloud space, exported all unmodified originals to a backup folder then proceeded to clear out iCloud. Seriously thinking about dropping iCloud, have an Asustor NAS along with Photo Gallery 3 and AiFoto3 on the iPhone, this combination auto uploads every photo and video, downside is, you must have keep originals checked on the iPhone.
Hi nice video thank you, I have tagged people in photos app in mac I backed up in iCloud, but there is no people section in iCloud, so when i use iPad I have to tag people again. It is very tedious as Iva 24k pictures. Can you help
Hi @Anand K! You are correct, there is no option in iCloud's website to see or use the People feature. There is so much I wish Apple would add there, but fingers crossed for the future. I will say that it takes forever for People to sync, especially if you have the option turned on to "optimize" the storage of Apple Photos. Be patient and it will eventually catch up and sync. When I use the People feature and tag people in the photos, I always do it from my Mac and keep Apple Photos open, and it eventually syncs to my phone. I find it way faster to add people from the Mac vs iPhone or iPad. I wish there was some progress bar or something to let users know the syncing status or something, but it really doesn't. Probably not the best answer, but Thank you for your continued support! 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!
Great video Joel. Thank you. I have a question that I hope you can help with. I recently combined multiple photo libraries (using another one of your other great videos - THANK YOU!!) on a new iMac. To back these photos up, I turned on iCloud on the iMac so they were backed up beyond the computer itself. The problem now is, these photos are also showing up randomly on my iPhone which is also synchronized to iCloud. Is there a work-around to make this a "one way street" to keep random iCloud photos from showing up on my phone? If I turn off iCloud on the iMac and optimize storage on my phone will these photos eventually fall off? Thanks for your consideration. Your videos are great.
Hi @Darren Fitzpatrick! I appreciate your kind words and support! So first and foremost, let's clarify that when iCloud Photos is turned on, it is not backed up in iCloud. iCloud is really a syncing service designed to keep multiple devices on the same page with the same content. This is why you're starting to see photos show up on your iPhone. Eventually when it finishes syncing, your photos on your iMac would match what's on your iPhone. If you turn off iCloud Photos on your iMac, it will no longer sync pictures to iCloud and then you'll just be left with your iPhone sending photos to iCloud. The best way to backup your photos is with an external hard drive and use TimeMachine, or another cloud service that's actually designed for backing up. iCloud sounds great in theory and the photos added there are stored on Apple's server, but the issue is that if you delete a photo on your personal device, it's also deleted on iCloud. When a photo is deleted it's put in a "recently deleted" album for 30 days and if you don't recover it, it's gone for good.... So iCloud really is not a backup for iCloud Photos. Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching and if you'd like to support me by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it!
Hey Joel, Heres one for you. I had taken photos using my IPHONE on a trip. Its setup to load to the cloud. Upon returing I have ALL the photos taken on my phone and IPAD… but only ~1/2 of photos show up on my MAC for that particualer album I made for the photos/videos. I’ve gone over the MAC icloud settings and ensured there settings are correct. Can you advise?🤔
A absolute Great video. I only have a problem/question. How can I unSync/disconnect my icloud on iphone macbook air? All my photos, messages, notes are on my laptop and is annoyin when i borrow it to my sister and she scroll and dig deep through my stuff which is kinda like same thing going through my actuall phone?? Helpp😅
Hi @Glazed CinnamonBun! Thanks so much for the kind words! That is actually a very good question! Really it's a topic of "How NOT to use iCloud"! This is actually on my top list to cover in an upcoming video...but for now here are a couple things to think about and possible action to take... 1. As for your Macbook Air, I'd highly recommend to make a separate user account on the computer for your sister or anyone else to use. This way it isn't tied to your iCloud/Apple ID account. 2. If you're sharing your iPhone with her, there's really no good way to prevent her or anyone from looking at anything aside from not letting someone else use it... 3. If you wanted to stop using iCloud on any device and stop syncing your content, the easiest thing to do is sign out of the account within the settings and you would remove your iCloud account altogether. Hope that helps a little for the moment! Stay tuned for more videos coming up soon and thank you so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
Thank you Joel. Im a new subscriber.Why is it that when I edit a photo on my MacBook and save it, the edited photo does not appear in Photos on my iPhone and iPad, only the original? I checked and all three devices are connected to the Cloud. Thanks
Hi @Richard Keenan! Thanks so much for the support! Hmm...that does sound odd. If you take a photo on your iPhone, does it show up on the rest of the devices? or if you delete it? Also what OS are your devices at? That could play a role in it. Probably not the best answer!
This was hugely helpful - thanks! I do have one question that maybe you can help with. I have an iPad, iPhone, and a Mac. I have turned on iCloud photo sharing on all three. For the iPad and iPhone, I have "optimize photo storage" set. On the Mac, I have "download full-size" originals. My question is about Photo Stream. Is there any benefit at all in having it turned on for any of my three devices. You implied in the video that there might be, but it is not clear to me that there is any benefit at all. Because all photos will sync via iCloud, I have access to every photo on all three devices. If I did not use iCloud for photos sync, then I see the value, but I do not see any reason to enable it if iCloud photo storage is used. Am I missing something or is my thinking accurate?.
Hey @Tom Gifford! Great question and observation! I have pondered this same question multiple times and have also come to the conclusion that if you use iCloud Photos and pay for storage, the "Photo Stream" feature is really isn't useful as iCloud Photos already syncs everything. However if you don't use iCloud Photos and just want the last 30 days or 1,000 items to sync to your devices, it's super helpful for those users. Plus Photo stream does not count against your iCloud Storage....so for those users who aren't paying for it, it's actually really nice.
@@Learnwithjoel It seems we think alike on this. Thanks! (Maybe someone else can point out a good reason to use Photo Stream in addition to iCloud Photo storage that you and I have missed - that's a great thing about this online community!
Hi Joel, great video, thanks. Although your video is dated now with IOS 17 coming soon, I have a general iCloud Photo Library questions. I am considering a switch to iCloud Photos, but my iPhone and IPad have different photos and albums. If I turn on iCloud will photos on each device merge together? And will created albums on one device merge onto other device? Just trying to understand before I pull the trigger. Thanks, again.
Hello Joel, - A good tutorial on iCloud photos, and impressive teaching and recording skills. I am now a subscriber. I have a challenge, which might be a subject for another of your tutorials: I am a Lightroom and occasional PS user on Mac. With the shift from dSLR to iPhone as main camera, I need to change my workflow, would like 1) to capture on the mobile, sync to iPad ( for better screen), 2) do some Lightroom editing on iPad and 3) transfer edited result to Mac lightroom for storage and fine postprocessing. Most pics would be dropped early on in the workflow. I am looking for help in integrating a IPad Lightroom sync to Lightroom Classic/Mac workflow, built on top of the iCloud device sync. And I want to avoid getting lost in the process. Any comments?
Hi @Peter Plantener! Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it! Based off what you've described, it sounds like possibly ditching iCloud Photos and dedicating your workflow using Adobe may be your best bet. Hear me out.... Adobe Lightroom is typically a subscription that includes 1TB of online storage. They've worked really hard the past couple years to integrate the Mobile version of Lightroom for iPads and iOS. Photos you take on your iPhone, should be able to sync into Adobe Lightroom which would then sync to Adobe on the iPad and then in return should be able to sync to Adobe Lightroom on the Mac. However, it may force you to use Adobe's newer Lightroom and not the Classic version. This may have changed, so I could be wrong, as I was a Lightroom user, but switched to CaptureOne a few years back. So with that being said, the photo files would be syncing among the Adobe Cloud system. When they get to your Mac, I would imagine you would be able to integrate them locally and then export or save your final processed/edited photos into iCloud Photos if you wanted for sharing. I guess that would be my initial thought process. Lightroom is a fantastic tool, and I think it's a good pairing with iCloud Photos for sharing your final work. I hope that kinda makes sense! Thank you for your continued support! 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!
Very informative video. One problem I still have though, not all my pictures or videos download over to ICLOUD. I can't seem to figure out why. I have over 189 GB of unused space and plenty to put there but the files won't transfer.
Thanks @Captain Cake! So when you say the "files won't transfer", what do you mean by that? Are you putting files into iCloud Drive? Are you uploading through a web browser? Are you referencing photos? What's your workflow and what type of files are you trying to upload to iCloud that's not working? I hope that helps! 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!
hello, how can you share your trip folder, to share all the trips at the same time? I have a company and I would like to shared a folder which has 10 albums inside.
HI @sergio perello! Apple Photos for sure has a lot of improving to do! This would be one of the features that would be a nice addition. I use the Shared iCloud Photo Albums often, and it's so annoying that you can not group them into a folder at all! So as of right now, there is no way to share a folder with albums within to others for viewing, but maybe someday! 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 benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!
@@Learnwithjoel thanks for your quick response, let me ask you another thing, is there a way to share an existing personal album, I have my son’s pics And I would like to share this personal album with him but I do not know how to do it, many thanks in advance for your help
Hi @Valerie Mahor! So if there is a file or document or really anything like the whole Photo Library and you want to delete it, you can drag it to the Trash can on the bottom right side of the dock. Or you can locate the file in the finder and "right click" on it and choose "Move to Trash" I hope this helps! Thanks for watching and I appreciate the support!
Thank you so much! Just a quick comment; l was also getting the mistake "Icloud feautures for photos..." but l didnt have 2 library though. So what l realize is if you have never choose the library as system library; at the beginning you need to choose then icloud will appear. l think a new video about that would help other people. Thank you so much
Great suggestion @roadtripsbeaver! This is an older video and I have several others that will mention that, however with latest macOS 15, Apple Photos has changed a bit, so I guess it's time to update with a new video soon! Thank you so much for taking your time to watch this video. It is greatly appreciated! If this video has been helped you, I would be honored if you would consider sharing it with your social media network and expressing your gratitude for its assistance. Kindly subscribe if you have not already done so. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
Hi Joel, I followed all your instructions however only the photo's on my iPhone are being uploaded to iCloud, not my Mac. Do you have any ideas on how to fix this? I can not work out how to save all my Mac computer pictures onto iCloud. There is plenty of storage. Thanks so much!
Welcome to the Apple TV family! I have one on each of my tv's! So the feature your looking for is AirPlay. You can view your photos to your Apple TV in a variety of ways. From an iPhone or iPad, you can look for the share button that is like a square with an upwards arrow and you can airplay a photo to the Apple TV. You can also broadcast your whole screen to the TV as well, and same thing goes from your Mac. You can also sign into iCloud Photos (if you use that) directly on your Apple TV and have access to your entire collection of photos and videos right there already! So many options! I love TV!
Thank you for your support! Unfortunately I can't sync all my devices. I have set all the settings you mentioned in this video and I paid for additional storage. 1. My account is the same and active in all devices; 2. Iphone: iCloud photos on; My photo stream on; shared albums on; 3. Mac: Mac Did I miss any critical information? Hoping to receive your help. 🙏🏼
Hi @Nayder Amade Issufo! So let's check some more things...Are there any two locations that currently are syncing? For example, if you take a photo on your iPhone, does it go to either Mac, iPad or icloud.com? Or does it not go to any of those? Try to repeat that for each device...go to icloud.com, upload a photo and see if it appears on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The purpose will be to try to pinpoint if any device currently is syncing. Also make sure that not only the same account is being used, but that iCloud Photos is turned on within the settings of each device too. I look forward to hearing back! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
@@Learnwithjoel Thank you for your reply. Just found out that the problem was unstable internet connection… Mozambique problems… it takes long to upload in the cloud, consequently takes time to be available on all devices. Just discovered after following your instructions! Thank you so much.
Hello Joel. I'm your fan. You explain very good. I'm from Mexico City. I have 2 questions: 1. If I shared an album, and then I erase a photo from my library... Why it doesn't erase from the shared album. 2. If I modify a pic from my library... Will it automatically modify also in all the Mac ecosystem ? Will the modifications will be automatic also in a shared album ?
Hi @Hector Cordoba Tornell! Thanks so much for the kind words and i'm so happy to be able to help! So to answer your questions: 1: Shared Albums in iCloud are slightly different than the albums and photos within the regular Photo Library. Currently these Shared Albums don't take up any space from your existing iCloud storage and are pretty much separate, which is why when you delete photos from your main Photo Library, they still are in Shared Album. I have a video on Shared iCloud Albums that I will link below if you have not seen that one yet. I will also link some Apple Support articles that discuss Shared Albums and info about them. 2: Yes, if you modify a photo by cropping, adjusting colors, or any edits, it should update and reflect those changes on that picture on all devices as long as you're using and syncing with iCloud Photos. iCloud Photo SHARED ALBUMS - GET STARTED with sharing photos with ANYONE on ANY DEVICE! ruclips.net/video/vU0MRfm2utI/видео.html My Photo Stream and Shared Albums limits support.apple.com/en-us/HT202299 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 benefit from this video, feel free to share it along!
Hello, is it possible to select what photos you want synced in your devices. For example, every photo I take with my devices I want them in my icloud, but in my devices there are many pictures that I dont need anymore because they are too old.
Thanks for the video! It's really helpful. I encountered a problem where my all deleted photo from my iPhone actually showed up in the All Photos on mac. Any clue? :(
Hi @Amber Li! Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate the support! The first thing that comes to mind is possibility the feature of "Photo Stream". Do you have this turned on by chance on your Mac or iPhone? Usually with Photo Stream enabled, (if you're not using iCloud Photos) When you take pictures on your iPhone, they would go to all of your other devices, and specifically on your Mac they would download there. Then if you were to delete them on your iPhone, they would then still remain in your main library on your Mac. I would start looking there!
Hi, Mac and phone clearly synced as my phone suddenly got all the photos from Mac onto it but when I delete photos on one device it doesn't update on the other one?
Hi @skyzx! Did you just enable iCloud Photos on your devices? Sometimes when iCloud does a lot of photo syncing at once, it will pause. You may sometime see this and it will say "resume" upload at the bottom of the screen when you're selected on the library of photos. Also make sure you're on wifi. There is a setting, which I believe is turned off by default on the iPhone located: Settings > Photos > Cellular Data > Unlimited Updates. This setting makes it so it doesn't sync when not connected to wifi. Another thing I like to always look at when troubleshooting syncing, is to verify what syncs to iCloud.com. So if you visit that website on your Mac (you can't on the iPhone) this will help you to tell what is syncing and from what device. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching! If you would like to support me and my content, please SUBSCRIBE if you haven’t already 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!
@@llSkyzxll How many photos is it off by? There could also be reasons for that too...One is that the photos on your Mac could have some that are not imported into the Library, meaning that they''re referenced. In the Preferences of Photos on your Mac, there is an option that says "Copy items into the Photos Library". Make sure that's checked and stays checked. Referenced just means that if a photo from a location like your desktop was imported, it doesn't get copied into the Photos Library, it's referenced to the desktop. So if that file gets deleted from the desktop, it's no longer in Apple Photos. If this is the case, you could create a Smart Album with the parameters of "Photo is Referenced" and it would find them. Hope that helps. If that's not the case, give it time and it may just catch up.
Hi Joel, thanks so much for this video. It was very helpful. However, I still have a problem in which some of the albums I recently created on my mac do NOT show up on my iphone. Also, some of the photos that show up in certain albums on my mac are not showing up in the album on my iphone. How do I adjust this?
Hi @Creating A New Life! Stick around and stay tuned because there's more to come! Lots of things when it comes to using iCloud or any cloud service! Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you for this, Joel, and thanks for answering questions. That's awesome! I want to delete 3K photos/videos from my phone and have them survive on iCloud. But will I lose them on iCloud if I later turn the syncing/backup back on? Is there a way to keep them on iCloud permanently -- but off my iPhone? Thanks!
Hi @Kristen Moulton! So let's say you just have an iPhone and use iCloud Photos. Currently photos on iCloud and the photos on your iPhone would each have the same amount of photos. If you were to turn off iCloud Photos on your iPhone, you would be prompted with a 30 day time frame to download all of the photos and videos to your iPhone (assuming you have the available storage), and all of the photos would still be on iCloud.com. Going forward, the photos on iCloud would stay there and any new photos that you take on your iPhone would not go to iCloud. If you were to turn iCloud Photos back on in your iPhone, it's going to go back and sync your photos back down from iCloud and merge them with your iPhone resulting in the same exact situation you were in before you turned on iCloud Photos on your iPhone. Remember the whole goal of using iCloud Photos is to sync all of your devices and have everything on the same page so you have access to all of your files. If you didn't want to turn on iCloud Photos on in your iPhone, you would have to manually sync and copy your photos to a computer and then manually upload them to icloud.com. Does that make sense? Hope this helps a little! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
This is hands down the best video explaining iCLOUD Photos. Thank you for sharing. New subscriber.
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Brilliant videos Joel. Thanks so much. I’m working my way through your tutorials and am feeling a lot more confident in navigating my Mac as a result
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This is such a great video, clear, concise and very helpful. There's more I need to know, so I am hoping to find it in the Beginners Guide . Thanks Joel.
Thanks so much for watching @Ken Russell! iCloud is such a huge topic and I know that just the friends and family I encounter regularly don't 100% understand how it's all interconnected! It's a lot!
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@@Learnwithjoel Hi Joel, thank you for your kind reply. My own issue is that I have iCloud photos turned on, on my iPhone and iPad, as a means to save storage space more than the convenience of having all my photos synced for easy access. My problem is that I don’t so much mind having my iPhone photos on my iPad, but definitely not the iPad ones on the phone as it takes me so much longer to find ones I want.
Should I switch off the iPad syncing, but keep the iPhone syncing?
And if I turned off iPhone syncing, would it only remove the iPad photos that had synced across to the phone or would it remove all the photos including the ones originally taken on the iPhone?
If you have a moment and are able to answer this it would be wonderful or if you can direct me to a particular video where you might have dealt with this it would be so helpful.
I genuinely like your videos as they are clear, concise, no waffling and act as a very good, brief, but complete step by step guide.
BTW. The reason I need to know all of this is because I’m about to activate my new iPad and I don’t want to import a lot of photos I do not want.
With very many thanks from London.
Ken
Hey Ken! A couple questions for you!
Do you only have an iPhone and iPad or do you have a Mac as well?
Are you shooting photos primarily with your iPhone or are you using an actual camera for your photos?
Do you have the option for Photo Stream in your iCloud Photos settings?
I would for sure keep the iPhone syncing turned on. As most people are using the phone to take pictures and it's usually always on your person, it makes sense to have that sync so you'll always have a copy in the cloud.
If you syncing for iCloud Photos turned off on the iPad, you can always use AirDrop or better yet, use Shared Photo Streams to share pictures to your iPhone and that would give you the ability to have access on your iPhone, but not sync all your pictures on the iPad.
Hope this helps a little and hope all is well and safe in London!
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Extremely informative presented in layman's terms!
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Very comprehensive explanation; easy to follow. At last, I can see where I was going wrong with it all. Thank you.
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Thank you, this worked great from my phone to my iPad.
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Just found you after watching a half dozen videos to clean up this icloud photos mess i have created on my iphone ipad and mac. Grateful you go into DETAIL and explain what works, how and importantly what doesn't work (no syncing smart photos on mobile device, etc). I'm subscribed and going to see what else you have, hopefully you have done an new Photos App tutorial for Big Sur 11!
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Awesome video! Just upgraded to Apple One so have some iCloud space I need to learn how to use
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I have a 1TB of Photos in my iCloud (and 2TB iCloud storage) and I store everything there, but now I see a 'photolibrary' folder that weights 60GB (on my MAC computer) - why it is there and how I can reload this files in to iCloud? Thank you so much!
Great video! Just subbed. A question for you: how do I set up iCloud storage usage with a photo library on an external hardrive? As I don’t have enough space on my Mac, my photos library is on an external drive. Thanks very much :)
Hi @Lucy Leheilleix!
I have a video for that exact question! I will link it below and it should answer and walk you through the steps of moving your photos library to an external and then making sure it's talking to iCloud.
Give it a watch and don't hesitate to reach out with more questions! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
How to MOVE your iCLOUD PHOTO LIBRARIES and APPLE PHOTO LIBRARIES to an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE!
ruclips.net/video/wArkMrYehR8/видео.html
Thank you! It worked ! 😃
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Thank you. That is very helpful!
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Hi Joel, thanks for sharing that video. I'm a big fan on storing my 80k + photo/library photo in iCloud. Wondering if I can get your suggestion on something. We have (3) Apple ID's (The main family one on our imac, mine for my phone, then one for my wife's phone). What would be the best way to download the pictures we take from our phones into our main family Apple ID account where our main Library is? I've been using a cable connection to select and copy into the main library but was wondering if there's an easier way? I know it can be kind of tricky because they are separate accounts...just want your opinion/input...thank you in advance!
Hi @Christian Wolfe!
Honestly this is my biggest request from @Apple! Is some type of family sharing for photos! It is extremely hard to share photos in a family environment. They do have Shared Albums, but those don't keep the high resolution images in them and there and they don't go automatically.
I hope they take some tips from Google Photos on this, because Google has had this ability for a while now.
I'm afraid I don't have a better workflow or option for you currently. My wife, family and I currently use Shared Albums as our method. We both have Macs, so at least our pictures are saved to that in full resolution, but still isn't the best option.
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Thank you Joel for the all info 👍
You’re very welcome!
Its not working for me! I created over 10+ albums on my macbook air, and they arent showing on my iphone. What shall I do?
Hi @Valentina Shamma!
A few things that to double check.
1. Make sure you're using the same Apple ID on all devices. This is an absolute must in order for the same information to sync among each device.
2. Depending on the amount of photos/albums you have, you need to make sure you've purchased enough iCloud storage to accommodate it all. If you don't have enough iCloud storage, it will not sync.
3. Make sure that you have iCloud Photos toggled on within all devices. On the Mac you'll find this within Apple Photo Preferences and also System Preferences, and on the iPhone, you'll find in the Photos settings under the iCloud settings.
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Hi Joel! Thank you so much for your response. I actually figured it out- my photos were "Syncing on Icloud" so that was taking a long time. Once the syncing was completed they all showed on my iphone:)
Hi Joel, I wonder if you can help me with this, I have separate photos from my iphone compared to the photos in my iMac, is there a way to merge the photos from my from my iphone and imac to icloud? in my experience, the icloud prioritize the photos in my iphone and if I do have a different photo in my imac, imac photos do not upload to icloud. Maybe my question is, if you have an iphone and a mac and sync photos in icloud, will it merge, or will it delete the photos from other device? if so, which device will it prioritize if you sync your iphone and your imac at the same time?
Great question @Kraize!
It sounds like Apple Photos on your Mac isn't being told to sync with iCloud Photos. If you were to turn that on and everything is syncing, it would merge from there with what you have already in iCloud which is what is currently syncing with your iPhone.
A few things to note and check if you want your Mac to sync.
1. Make sure you're using the same Apple ID in System Preferences that you're using on your iPhone.
2. Make sure iCloud Photos is turned on within System Preferences and Apple Photos Preferences.
3. Make sure that the Apple Photos Library is set to be the "System Library". You can only have one Photos Library designated as the "System Library" and this is the one that syncs with iCloud Photos. ( This is found in the preferences of Apple Photos)
4. Make sure that the option within Apple Photos preferences for "Copy items into Photo Library" is checked. If it's not, it means that every photo is referenced and not in the library and they won't sync to iCloud Photos.
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Great video ! I got a question, is there a possibility I could save I phone storage and sync my I phone photos without downloading all of the ICloud Photos on my device ? I want to see the photos on my device that were already there and that’s it
great explanation Joel. The next question is how to delete photo's from the iPhone but still keep a local copy in Photo's on the Imac
very well done!!
Hi @Miguel Weissman! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
Joe- is there a way to group the photos shot on landscape orientation together in an album while viewing as it is irritating to rotate the phone every now and then to get good viewing experience. Thanks in advance.
So if I want to free up space on my phone's storage, if I delete the video or photo on my phone, it will delete it from iCloud as well? What is the point of iCloud then if I can't even free up space on my phone?
Hey @Noah Buie, that's a great question!
So you are correct in saying that when using iCloud Photos to sync your pictures across multiple devices, it will delete photos from all locations if you delete files with the intent to free up space.
We have to remember that before iCloud even existed that users manually connected the phones to a computer to load off files and such like pictures.
It is a pain, I don't disagree!
If photos is taking up the majority of the space on your iPhone/Apple Device and if you're using iCloud Photos, do you have your settings set to optimize storage locally specifically for photos?
My Photos library is around 500GB, but because I optimize it on my iPhone, it's actually only taking up about 15GB.
This video may help explain the concept! ruclips.net/video/bGmN-C-6W7A/видео.html
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@@Learnwithjoel thank you
Fantastic video describing how the gears work within Icloud photos. But i do have one question remaining... what happens to the photos across all devices if you cancel your icloud storage plan?
Thanks for the kind words @Josiah Lopez!
So if you were to cancel your iCloud storage, you would be prompted with a 30 day time period to download all of the photos/videos from iCloud to whatever device that you have...
No the doubled edge sword to this is if you have more photos than what your device can hold....
For example. Let's say you have only have an iPhone that is a 64GB size and you were optimizing the iCloud Photo storage to free up space on it. If you had 100GB of photos in iCloud Photos, you're not going to be able to download everything. So if you were in these shoes, you really need to be able to access a computer to download them all.
You can always visit icloud.com to download, or if you have a Mac, it can automatically sync and download to Apple Photos.
Hope that helps and answers your question! Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate it!
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This is great as it can be very confusing how Apple is doing things. One thing I have learned is that a person needs to be sure they understand what Apple is giving them, or you can loose it all. One suggestion (humbly) please try to normalize your audio between your speaking and the stock music. When I turn up your speaking audio so I can hear it, the music rips my head off. Even if you only put the audio in a different track and turn it down to match your speaking volume, that would fine too. Thanks for the video! :)
Apple has gotten better over the years and I’m excited when they came out with Apple One. And so very true, once you’re involved in the eco-system, you can kinda be stuck in it!
Thanks for the tip on the audio, I’ve been recording I’m different places lately and I miss my studio speakers at the moment! I’ll pay attention to my levels more!
Thank you so much for the wonderful video. I get a question: when right clicking "My Album", we have a choice of making a "New Folder". What's the New Folder for and how is it different from a New Album. Thank you.
Great question @Charles Qian! So our brains are trained to think that folders on a computer can hold anything. However within Photos, folders can only contain Albums. You can not just drag individual pictures into a folder. Only Albums.
Maybe you had a folder called 2020 and within that folder you would create different Albums that you may use yearly like Birthdays or Holidays. That way you have a yearly folder that contains an album of every Birthday, New Years, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or whatever holiday you celebrate.
Does that make sense?
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Will this work the same on our IPads too?
2:37 hopefully you can help me out with something,
when I try to click on iCloud Photos, I get a message: iCloud Photos is only available on macOS standard, macOS extended and APFS formatted volumes.
What do I need to do so I can move forward? Any tips?
Hey @Rayluquin!
I did google that error message and I see you may not be the only one who has run into that issue.
A couple questions...
What macOS are you on and what model mac do you have?
Do you have a Hybrid internal hard drive, SSD, or HDD drive?
Did it work before and now it doesn't?
A few things to try:
Try repairing the Apple Photo library. It's super easy and I have a video that talks about this:
Apple Photos on your Mac not working? Try REPAIRING your library!
ruclips.net/video/_zhwZ0kyWPA/видео.html
Secondly try repairing the drive using Disk Utility. I don't have a video on this, but I'll link an Apple Support article link below with instructions.
How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility
support.apple.com/en-us/102611
Let me know how it goes! I hope it helps!
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Thanks Joel, let me get you all the information. I will try to repair photo library, also I'm using a external SSD which now that I think about it, I don't think I ever formatted the external SSD.
@@Rayluquin That makes perfect sense then...I would highly recommend to format that external drive if your goal is to use with your Mac and Apple Photos. Just keep in mind that required wiping all data from it.
I do have a video on that process in addition to a video that talks about moving Apple Photo libraries to external drives that I'll link below for reference:
Understanding how to FORMAT your NEW External Hard Drive for your MAC - A look at Apple Disk Utility
ruclips.net/video/caYfZWyN4CQ/видео.html
How to MOVE your iCLOUD PHOTO LIBRARIES and APPLE PHOTO LIBRARIES to an EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE!
ruclips.net/video/wArkMrYehR8/видео.html
Hope that helps!
Hi Joel , thank you this helped me so much ! Can u tell me , if I delete pics of iCloud photos will it delete off my other synced devices ? Thank u
Hi @SITA PALL! So if you have iCloud Photos enabled and turned on within all of your devices, yes it will delete photos from all locations. The concept of iCloud is to sync your devices so they all have the same information.
Here is another video that helps explain the overall purpose of iCloud.
What is iCLOUD?! - Complete UNDERSTANDING of what Apple iCloud's service actually is!
ruclips.net/video/oz6o0zPREFo/видео.html
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Hi Joel, very clear and easy to understand. I'm keen to find a way to synch photo's without using icloud.. i'm guessing its using the synch option from Finder..?
Hi @Steve Carroll!
Big question would be is sync photos from what devices? iPhone to Mac? Mac to Mac?
Finder for sure could be used, but to fully answer, I'd need to know what devices you're working with and what your main goal is.
Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching and if you'd like to support me by subscribing, I would greatly appreciate it!
Ok, I organized and created some new albums on my MacBook and they’re totally NOT on my phone as such. Everything you explained IS checked in settings. What am I doing wrong ?
Hi @Michael Vitale! Sorry for the delayed response!
So a couple things to double check if you haven't already and if it may already be syncing now...
Depending on the amount of photos you have, the initial sync can take some time.
The Photo Library on your Mac, within the Preferences, is iCloud Photos checked in addition to it being the "System Library"
If you create those new albums on your Macbook, they don't go to your iPhone, but do they go to icloud.com?
Is the syncing in general working?...meaning if you take a photo with your iPhone, does it show up on your Mac or icloud.com?
My first advice would be to start with one device like the iPhone and also icloud.com and verify those sync, then add the computer or another device into the mix.
Hope that helps! Maybe it already worked itself out and you're good?
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Nice video and very well explained ! I have two questions :
- Sometimes, when I am browsing through my library on my mac, some videos do not work, although I can see the play button. Do you think this might be related to the fact I don't keep originals on my mac book air with 128 Go capacity ? Is there a way to download the video to my hard drive?
- What is the best way to organize and go through my 20.000+ photos and remove many of the not so good pictures I have ?
First off, thank you so much for watching and the support!
As far as your question one, I have too experienced that. I do find that on the Mac that I have set to optimize media, it sometimes does not play because it needs to first download the video and depending on the size it could take forever. On my Mac that I have set to download all originals, I don't have this issue. One thing to try just to make sure the video isn't corrupted is to log onto icloud.com and see if the video plays from the browser.
Question 2: I feel your pain and can completely relate to the exhausting task of going through thousands of photos. It can be quite daunting and time consuming. My best advice, as i've been in your shoes is to chip away little by little. I started organizing and only viewing photos by year so i wasn't so overwhelmed. I also used a method to title my photos with a word like "delete" and then i made a smart album to find all photos with that title and then i would delete them. It's certainly time consuming, but once you complete it, it will be a good feeling. I personally went from about 45,000 photos to about 28,000 photos just by deleting redundant and "bad" photos.
Best of luck!
@@Learnwithjoel Thank you... I like your answers !!
A few questions:
--I have some photos and videos that I just want to keep on my Mac hard drive and not in the Cloud. Is there a way to do that? I will want to be able to do that with some of my future photos as well.
--If I turn on the iCloud sync then all the old photos I have saved on my hard drive will to end up in the Cloud, right? Yikes!
--Is there a way to have photos that I have edited maintain the edits in Shared Albums or saved somewhere else?
BTW, I just discovered some of your tutorials yesterday and subscribed immediately. I'm looking forward to watching more of them! I have been so intimidated by Photos and the mess I have created within it for the last 19 years.
Hi thanks for your video. Q When I click on photos then icloud logo as per 2:39 on your video I get this message "icloud features for photos are only available in the system photo library" The problem I have is that I cannot upload my iphone photos to my MacBook Pro. I can upload them to the icloud - I've checked they are all there. I'm not sure why my phone has stopped syncing with my Macbook. Can you throw any light on this please? Thanks
Hi @Helens House And Garden!
So to make sure we're on the same page...pictures taken on your iPhone go to iCloud, but the same photos are not going to your Mac?
First thing to check is that you have enough iCloud storage to accommodate everything in Apple Photos on your Mac.
Also at the 4:33 part of this video, I'm assuming you then have the library that you're in as the "System Library"?
Now also below, there is an option that says "Copy items to the Photo Library". Do you have that checked? If not, you need that to be checked so that photos you take are imported into the actual Apple Photos Library.
When photos are not imported into the Apple Photos library, they are referred to as "Referenced" files. If a file is referenced, it will not be included into iCloud Photos.
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Great tutorials! I’m backing into full use of iCloud Photos and recently added a Mac to my iPad and iPhone. Not sure how/when to add the 20 years of digital photos still on my PC. Anyways I’m trying to decide how to set things up. So…
Q1 - any updates to this for late 2024?
Q2 - if I put my Mac photo library on an external drive and it gets lost/deleted/destroyed what does this do to my iCloud library the next time I connect? Does it act like I deleted those photos and try to delete them in iCloud?? Can you recover from this without losing photos stored in iCloud.
TIA
I have an iPhone and an iCloud account. I just recently bought a MacBook Air, coming from a PC. If I want to bring the photos and videos from my PC to my new Mac, where do I import the pictures to - iCloud or the Mac? Thanks great videos.
Hey @Jason Ariston!
Welcome to the Apple Family!
So on the Mac side of things regarding Photos, Apple wants users to import and store their photo files within Apple Photos. By importing the files there, they will sync to iCloud. If you have iCloud Photos turned on among all of your devices, pictures that you take on your iPhone, will automatically show up within Apple Photos on your Mac.
As far as transferring photo files from the Windows, you can bring them over via an external drive or any cloud solution, like Google Drive, OneDrive, DropBox, etc...
Once they're copied locally to your Mac, you just need to drag them into Apple Photos and that will import them.
I will link a few other videos that may give a better overview of Apple Photos and file/library management once you get going.
Getting started with Apple Photos - HOW TO add and IMPORT pictures into APPLE PHOTOS
ruclips.net/video/XRia-F4QZ-g/видео.html
WHERE ARE MY PHOTOS? Understanding Photo Libraries and knowing where your pictures live on the Mac
ruclips.net/video/gKV-8IVQM58/видео.html
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I have an iPhone but new to Mac. This has been so helpful ! The one think I can’t figure out is- under photos , it says uploading 5301 items , it’s on pause , nothing happens if I hit cancel , does that mean I need more storage before it will continue ? Thank you !
Hi @Julie Bauer!
It's not uncommon for the uploads to pause. It could be for a few different reasons. If there is low battery, if the device is on "low power" mode.
There are also some limits that I believe that Apple puts in place when you're trying to upload a large amount of pictures at once. I'll link an article below that references this.
My Photo Stream upload limits
support.apple.com/en-us/HT202299
But overall, it will work itself out if it hasn't already. My hunch is that you just started uploading everything when you got a new Mac and it will take some time.
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Great video Joel. I always like those comments, you make at the beginning like “maybe you want to download all the photos all over again and really load up the memory on your hard drive.” 🤣 Welcome to my world!
I actually use my photos for my home inspection business and ideally I need to store them in folders or albums by customer name. The problem I found with iMac and their wonderfully complex filing system is that I can’t download the pics from my the albums when I am logged into my home inspection software website and I need a photo for a report. Something I took a picture of but did not include in the report. It’s great to have access from my Mac cause it’s a big screen, etc.. I still need to download the pictures from the iPhone to the Mac and put it in folders outside of the photo.library.
Hey Alejandro Quinteiro! So it sounds like you could actually benefit from having two Photo libraries or depending on if you want to use iCloud Photos or not, you could keep all of your photos referenced files so you could store them in just folders and link them into a Photo Library.
A couple different options for sure!
Now I have a question about your software...So are you saying that when you access this website on your home Mac, you can't find the photos to upload to the inspection website software?
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@@Learnwithjoel Hey Joel! Yes sir. When I am logged into the home inspection software website I cannot find the pictures in Photos or the photo.library on my iMac and/or MacBook. I can see the library but when I can click on it, no cigar. It doesn’t open and just buffers when I try. I created Albums at one point for each customer in Photos but they are not accessible or I haven’t found the way. Therefore at the end of each day I plug my iPhone into the Mac and use Image Capture to download them into the customers folder on my desktop. That’s the only way I can find them when I’m logged into the website and try to upload a picture. Am I missing something?
Thanks for the advice and videos, it is greatly appreciated. I will search your videos for your recommendation above. Currently I have a MacBook Air OS Big Sur and a new iMac on Catalina. I have the same user account on both and I am logged into the same Apple ID. I called one library MacBook.photo.library and the other CPI.photo.library. But they seem to be synced. Going bonkers in Hudson, Florida! 🤣
Hi Joe, great video. I stopped syncing my Mac to iCloud but continued to take photos with my iPhone connected to iCloud. If I sync my Mac with iCloud will it overwrite and delete the new photos on my iPhone?
Great question @Elsa!
If you turn your Mac on, it will just start to sync again and merge with what you have already! So you should be good!
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Hi Joel - do you have a video on exporting Live Photos from iCloud to an external hard drive? And if so, can you see them easily via the external hard drive?
Hi @sbalewski5!
I do not currently have a video on Live Photos, but it's in my upcoming videos that I'm working on next so stay tuned regarding exporting, sharing and uploading photos!
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Hot tips not hot air. I watched your other vids and I am gonna watch more again and again.
I appreciate you and your kind words @David davidd!
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Would love a video on how to store and move around photos from a portable drive into MacBook to edit in photoshop and then maintain the photos on the external drive.
Fantastic video.
ON your setup, i see your photoslibrary is large, is that library on an external drive? If so, are you only running a macbook (and not a desktop ?), if so do you not have access to your photos library when away from home / external drive?
I love the idea of having a copy of your photos library locally but how do you manage a 500gb library with a macbook pro? (with limited ssd space)
Thanks so much @SAS Stewart!
Yes my Apple Photos is quite large currently and overdue for me to go through and start deleting random unwanted iPhone photos!
I do have my main Apple Photos Library on an external hard drive that I run off my older MacBook Pro. This library is set to download the Original Photos from iCloud, so this way I know I have a local copy of all full quality files.
I just got a new laptop and on that one, I have the Photo Library set to optimize Mac storage, so it takes up a fraction of my photo space with the benefit of having access to all my photos/videos.
It is convenient to have the Photos Library stored on an external to free up space and have room to grow, but in order for it to update and stay current, it needs to be plugged in and have photos open.
I usually plug it in about one every other week and let it sit and catch up with all my updates photos. I am lucky because I use my old Mac to do this, but I could easily use my new Mac as well if I only had one Mac.
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I hope you can help me. My goal is to free up my phone but every time I want to take a pictures and video I want it saved on the icloud for the future use. I guess the question is, if I delete the pictures or video on my phone is that going to delete the picture or video on the iCloud too?
Hi @Owen Pelaez!
Your best bet is to turn on the settings for "Optimize iPhone Storage" in the iCloud Photos Settings. I will link a video below that discusses this for reference.
Optimizing iPhone & iPad Storage - How to FREE UP SPACE on my iPhone, iPad, or Mac for photos!
ruclips.net/video/bGmN-C-6W7A/видео.html
Long story short though, cloud services like iCloud, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive are all designed to keep your content in sync with one another. So yes if you delete a photo out of your Apple Photos app on your iPhone, it would be deleted from iCloud. If you delete a photo out of Google Photos, it will also be deleted from Google's Cloud.
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This is great, thank you. Quick question, I have iCloud photos turned on for my iMac and upload has been completed and everything is synced--including my albums. I want to enable iCloud photos on my iPhone, but what happens to the albums I created on my iPhone? Will iphone albums be retained and just added to my iMac albums in iCloud? One other question, I said my photos have all synced, but I have "Syncing 1 item to iCloud" showing in iMac Photos for days. Any idea on what is happening and how I fix might fix? Thank you!
All of my folders seem to be syncing EXCEPT for my Favorites, which I love and use often. The folder is there in my desktop version of Photos but hasn't been updated for the past year. Any suggestions? I've checked all of your settings and that's what I have on mine as well. Help!! TIA!!
So on your Mac within Apple Photos you have marked photos as favorite, but when you go to your iPhone or iPad where you're using iCloud Photos for syncing everything, the "favorites" is not on your mobile device?
Are you running the latest OS on your mobile devices as well as the latest OSX on your Mac?
The "Favorites" album is just built in and i've never seen any options to turn it on or off!
Hi Joel, Greta video as usual, have recently subscribed to your Chanel and have learned a lot on various topics thanks. With regards iCloud photos, I have about 13k photos on my iPad and would like to upload them to iCloud to free up storage on my device. My question is… if I follow your instructions here, will the albums I have created in photos be replicated in iCloud, or will it just upload the photos as one big album… also what order will the photos be in (date, name, etc) thanks
Welcome @Hugh Simpson! Thanks for supporting and subscribing!
If you're going to turn the toggle on for iCloud Photos, it should keep everything in tact and upload everything as is into iCloud. So the Albums should not go away.
Using iCloud Photos won't really change much from an organization stand point. You can still sort photos by date, name, place and everything you're already doing.
Now keep in mind that freeing up storage, there is an option to "optimize Mac Storage" in the preferences of Apple Photos after turning on iCloud Photos.
I have a video related to this feature on an iPad, which works the same way on a Mac. I'll link below for reference.
Optimizing iPhone & iPad Storage - How to FREE UP SPACE on my iPhone, iPad, or Mac for photos!
ruclips.net/video/bGmN-C-6W7A/видео.html
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I need your help Joel. I made my “System Library “ on an external hard drive. I want to get my this on my Mac. Would appreciate answer.
very nice video. Quick question. is it possible to use the same photos library using two differents iPhone?
Hi @Bertrand Mangeot!
So in theory, yes, you could use the same Photos Library using two different iPhones, but that requires both iPhones to use the same Apple ID.
Now typically most people won't do this, as the Apple ID also syncs a whole bunch of other content like, text messages, calendars, contacts, notes and more.
I guess it all depends on what your end goal is though!
Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate your continued support!
A question Joel…I have the new iMac 24 inch now, which doesn’t have a usb port. I want to put some photos on a CD to send to a friend (using my external dvd drive) so how do I do this please? (This video on icloud is excellent by the way. Thank you.)
Great vid. Does iCloud back-up my photos?
Hi @Jeff Goddard!
Kinda....So when iCloud Photos is enabled, it syncs your photos and videos to iCloud and associated devices. These pictures are all in a "backup" in the sense that if your device were broken or stolen, the pictures could be restored from a backup...
However if you delete the photos from any device it goes to the "Recently Deleted" album in iCloud Photos and is held there for roughly 30 days. After that time period, it would be gone forever, unless you restored from a backup that was really old prior to that date.
I personally see iCloud backup as a short term backup, not a long term backup solution.
Hope that helps and makes sense! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
I'm on Monterey. I have run out of disk space on my 2017 MBP and was thinking of buying iCloud storage 2TB. My question is will the folders and albums sync on iCloud exactly as I have them on my MBP Photos app? So if I delete all the contents of Photos on my MBP will I then find everything organized in the same exact way on iCloud?
Hi @nounix!
So have you confirmed that the Photos is the main culprit for taking up space? If so, DO NOT delete the contents out of Apple Photos as it will also delete it from iCloud. iCloud Photos is more about syncing rather than a backup of a oneway sync.
To answer your other question, yes regular albums sync exactly from your Mac to iCloud Photos.
If Apple Photos are taking up the majority of space, You should turn on the option to "Optimize Photo Storage". This setting is within the Apple Photos Settings.
The video below discusses this topic not only on Mac, but also iPhone and iPads.
Storage is FULL! - How to OPTIMIZE FILES and FIX your STORAGE PROBLEMS on Macs, iPhones and iPads
ruclips.net/video/VhGG6goINBM/видео.html
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HI There. Thank you for your videos. Been learning a lot about apple photos, icloud, and syncing. I just turned on icloud on my computer after having it off for years. This synced thousands of old photos from over even like 10 years ago. Now these are showing up on my phone. Is there any way to limit years of photos on the phone while still using icloud as backup? Is there anyway to delete years of old photos off my phone without deleting the actual file? I'd badsically like to take 6-7 years of photos off my phone (that are currently linked through icloud.) Thanks!
Hey Joel,
I synched my apple id with my iPhone & mac. Now, I was trying to logout my apple id from mac, but my photos are still showing on mac,. I was wondering if I delete all the pictures from mac will it affect on my iPhone / cloud as well. If Sign in again with the same apple id?
Great question @Deepika Sharma!
So if you just sign out of a device, no matter the prompt it gives you, all items would remain on iCloud and your other devices.
If you signed out of iCloud on your Mac, it would most likely prompt you to download or remove the content depending on what you're syncing, but it would only effect that Mac.
If you signed right back in with the same Apple ID, it would just bring you right back to where you were and sync the same photos/content from iCloud and your other devices.
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hi joel, if i do click on the option to create a "phoyo library 2" , is there any way i can get my old library back and get rid of the second one?
Hi @Jahde Adamo!
Apple Photos allows you to create multiple photo libraries, however you can only have one open at a time.
By default they're usually saved within the Pictures Folder. The library usually ends with the extension of .photoslibrary
Also if you hold down "option" on the keyboard while opening Apple Photos it should prompt with a window that shows all Photo libraries and the ability to open them.
You can also delete any of these at any time by locating it in the Finder and just deleting to the trash.
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I have download originals enabled on my Mac… if I delete a photo on my iPhone does it delete from my Mac as well?
Hi @Sudds1888! Great question!
Even though you have "Download Originals" selected on your Mac, that just means it's keeping the high quality file saved locally on your Mac. There are pros and cons to this, but regardless if you delete it on your Mac, it will delete from iCloud and all of your other devices!
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@@Learnwithjoel Thanks for the reply Joel! Ran very low on iCloud space, exported all unmodified originals to a backup folder then proceeded to clear out iCloud. Seriously thinking about dropping iCloud, have an Asustor NAS along with Photo Gallery 3 and AiFoto3 on the iPhone, this combination auto uploads every photo and video, downside is, you must have keep originals checked on the iPhone.
Hi nice video thank you, I have tagged people in photos app in mac I backed up in iCloud, but there is no people section in iCloud, so when i use iPad I have to tag people again. It is very tedious as Iva 24k pictures. Can you help
Hi @Anand K!
You are correct, there is no option in iCloud's website to see or use the People feature. There is so much I wish Apple would add there, but fingers crossed for the future.
I will say that it takes forever for People to sync, especially if you have the option turned on to "optimize" the storage of Apple Photos. Be patient and it will eventually catch up and sync.
When I use the People feature and tag people in the photos, I always do it from my Mac and keep Apple Photos open, and it eventually syncs to my phone. I find it way faster to add people from the Mac vs iPhone or iPad.
I wish there was some progress bar or something to let users know the syncing status or something, but it really doesn't.
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Great video Joel. Thank you. I have a question that I hope you can help with. I recently combined multiple photo libraries (using another one of your other great videos - THANK YOU!!) on a new iMac. To back these photos up, I turned on iCloud on the iMac so they were backed up beyond the computer itself. The problem now is, these photos are also showing up randomly on my iPhone which is also synchronized to iCloud. Is there a work-around to make this a "one way street" to keep random iCloud photos from showing up on my phone? If I turn off iCloud on the iMac and optimize storage on my phone will these photos eventually fall off? Thanks for your consideration. Your videos are great.
Hi @Darren Fitzpatrick! I appreciate your kind words and support!
So first and foremost, let's clarify that when iCloud Photos is turned on, it is not backed up in iCloud. iCloud is really a syncing service designed to keep multiple devices on the same page with the same content. This is why you're starting to see photos show up on your iPhone. Eventually when it finishes syncing, your photos on your iMac would match what's on your iPhone.
If you turn off iCloud Photos on your iMac, it will no longer sync pictures to iCloud and then you'll just be left with your iPhone sending photos to iCloud.
The best way to backup your photos is with an external hard drive and use TimeMachine, or another cloud service that's actually designed for backing up. iCloud sounds great in theory and the photos added there are stored on Apple's server, but the issue is that if you delete a photo on your personal device, it's also deleted on iCloud. When a photo is deleted it's put in a "recently deleted" album for 30 days and if you don't recover it, it's gone for good....
So iCloud really is not a backup for iCloud Photos.
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Hey Joel, Heres one for you. I had taken photos using my IPHONE on a trip. Its setup to load to the cloud. Upon returing I have ALL the photos taken on my phone and IPAD… but only ~1/2 of photos show up on my MAC for that particualer album I made for the photos/videos. I’ve gone over the MAC icloud settings and ensured there settings are correct. Can you advise?🤔
A absolute Great video. I only have a problem/question. How can I unSync/disconnect my icloud on iphone macbook air? All my photos, messages, notes are on my laptop and is annoyin when i borrow it to my sister and she scroll and dig deep through my stuff which is kinda like same thing going through my actuall phone?? Helpp😅
Hi @Glazed CinnamonBun! Thanks so much for the kind words!
That is actually a very good question! Really it's a topic of "How NOT to use iCloud"!
This is actually on my top list to cover in an upcoming video...but for now here are a couple things to think about and possible action to take...
1. As for your Macbook Air, I'd highly recommend to make a separate user account on the computer for your sister or anyone else to use. This way it isn't tied to your iCloud/Apple ID account.
2. If you're sharing your iPhone with her, there's really no good way to prevent her or anyone from looking at anything aside from not letting someone else use it...
3. If you wanted to stop using iCloud on any device and stop syncing your content, the easiest thing to do is sign out of the account within the settings and you would remove your iCloud account altogether.
Hope that helps a little for the moment! Stay tuned for more videos coming up soon and thank you so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
Thank you Joel. Im a new subscriber.Why is it that when I edit a photo on my MacBook and save it, the edited photo does not appear in Photos on my iPhone and iPad, only the original? I checked and all three devices are connected to the Cloud. Thanks
Hi @Richard Keenan! Thanks so much for the support!
Hmm...that does sound odd. If you take a photo on your iPhone, does it show up on the rest of the devices? or if you delete it?
Also what OS are your devices at? That could play a role in it.
Probably not the best answer!
This was hugely helpful - thanks! I do have one question that maybe you can help with. I have an iPad, iPhone, and a Mac. I have turned on iCloud photo sharing on all three. For the iPad and iPhone, I have "optimize photo storage" set. On the Mac, I have "download full-size" originals. My question is about Photo Stream. Is there any benefit at all in having it turned on for any of my three devices. You implied in the video that there might be, but it is not clear to me that there is any benefit at all. Because all photos will sync via iCloud, I have access to every photo on all three devices. If I did not use iCloud for photos sync, then I see the value, but I do not see any reason to enable it if iCloud photo storage is used. Am I missing something or is my thinking accurate?.
Hey @Tom Gifford! Great question and observation! I have pondered this same question multiple times and have also come to the conclusion that if you use iCloud Photos and pay for storage, the "Photo Stream" feature is really isn't useful as iCloud Photos already syncs everything.
However if you don't use iCloud Photos and just want the last 30 days or 1,000 items to sync to your devices, it's super helpful for those users. Plus Photo stream does not count against your iCloud Storage....so for those users who aren't paying for it, it's actually really nice.
@@Learnwithjoel It seems we think alike on this. Thanks!
(Maybe someone else can point out a good reason to use Photo Stream in addition to iCloud Photo storage that you and I have missed - that's a great thing about this online community!
Hi Joel, great video, thanks. Although your video is dated now with IOS 17 coming soon, I have a general iCloud Photo Library questions. I am considering a switch to iCloud Photos, but my iPhone and IPad have different photos and albums. If I turn on iCloud will photos on each device merge together? And will created albums on one device merge onto other device? Just trying to understand before I pull the trigger. Thanks, again.
Hello Joel, - A good tutorial on iCloud photos, and impressive teaching and recording skills. I am now a subscriber. I have a challenge, which might be a subject for another of your tutorials: I am a Lightroom and occasional PS user on Mac. With the shift from dSLR to iPhone as main camera, I need to change my workflow, would like 1) to capture on the mobile, sync to iPad ( for better screen), 2) do some Lightroom editing on iPad and 3) transfer edited result to Mac lightroom for storage and fine postprocessing. Most pics would be dropped early on in the workflow.
I am looking for help in integrating a IPad Lightroom sync to Lightroom Classic/Mac workflow, built on top of the iCloud device sync. And I want to avoid getting lost in the process.
Any comments?
Hi @Peter Plantener!
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it!
Based off what you've described, it sounds like possibly ditching iCloud Photos and dedicating your workflow using Adobe may be your best bet.
Hear me out....
Adobe Lightroom is typically a subscription that includes 1TB of online storage. They've worked really hard the past couple years to integrate the Mobile version of Lightroom for iPads and iOS.
Photos you take on your iPhone, should be able to sync into Adobe Lightroom which would then sync to Adobe on the iPad and then in return should be able to sync to Adobe Lightroom on the Mac.
However, it may force you to use Adobe's newer Lightroom and not the Classic version. This may have changed, so I could be wrong, as I was a Lightroom user, but switched to CaptureOne a few years back.
So with that being said, the photo files would be syncing among the Adobe Cloud system. When they get to your Mac, I would imagine you would be able to integrate them locally and then export or save your final processed/edited photos into iCloud Photos if you wanted for sharing.
I guess that would be my initial thought process. Lightroom is a fantastic tool, and I think it's a good pairing with iCloud Photos for sharing your final work.
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Very informative video. One problem I still have though, not all my pictures or videos download over to ICLOUD. I can't seem to figure out why. I have over 189 GB of unused space and plenty to put there but the files won't transfer.
Thanks @Captain Cake!
So when you say the "files won't transfer", what do you mean by that? Are you putting files into iCloud Drive? Are you uploading through a web browser? Are you referencing photos?
What's your workflow and what type of files are you trying to upload to iCloud that's not working?
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hello, how can you share your trip folder, to share all the trips at the same time? I have a company and I would like to shared a folder which has 10 albums inside.
HI @sergio perello!
Apple Photos for sure has a lot of improving to do! This would be one of the features that would be a nice addition.
I use the Shared iCloud Photo Albums often, and it's so annoying that you can not group them into a folder at all!
So as of right now, there is no way to share a folder with albums within to others for viewing, but maybe someday!
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@@Learnwithjoel thanks for your quick response, let me ask you another thing, is there a way to share an existing personal album, I have my son’s pics And I would like to share this personal album with him but I do not know how to do it, many thanks in advance for your help
How did you delete the new photo library you created
Hi @Valerie Mahor!
So if there is a file or document or really anything like the whole Photo Library and you want to delete it, you can drag it to the Trash can on the bottom right side of the dock. Or you can locate the file in the finder and "right click" on it and choose "Move to Trash"
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Thank you so much!
Just a quick comment; l was also getting the mistake "Icloud feautures for photos..." but l didnt have 2 library though.
So what l realize is if you have never choose the library as system library; at the beginning you need to choose then icloud will appear.
l think a new video about that would help other people.
Thank you so much
Great suggestion @roadtripsbeaver!
This is an older video and I have several others that will mention that, however with latest macOS 15, Apple Photos has changed a bit, so I guess it's time to update with a new video soon!
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Hi Joel,
I followed all your instructions however only the photo's on my iPhone are being uploaded to iCloud, not my Mac.
Do you have any ideas on how to fix this? I can not work out how to save all my Mac computer pictures onto iCloud. There is plenty of storage. Thanks so much!
I enjoy your videos about Photos. I now have Apple TV and like to view my pixs on the tv.
Welcome to the Apple TV family! I have one on each of my tv's!
So the feature your looking for is AirPlay. You can view your photos to your Apple TV in a variety of ways. From an iPhone or iPad, you can look for the share button that is like a square with an upwards arrow and you can airplay a photo to the Apple TV. You can also broadcast your whole screen to the TV as well, and same thing goes from your Mac.
You can also sign into iCloud Photos (if you use that) directly on your Apple TV and have access to your entire collection of photos and videos right there already! So many options! I love TV!
@@Learnwithjoel I never thought of AirPlay. Thanks
Thank you for your support! Unfortunately I can't sync all my devices. I have set all the settings you mentioned in this video and I paid for additional storage.
1. My account is the same and active in all devices;
2. Iphone: iCloud photos on; My photo stream on; shared albums on;
3. Mac: Mac
Did I miss any critical information? Hoping to receive your help. 🙏🏼
Hi @Nayder Amade Issufo!
So let's check some more things...Are there any two locations that currently are syncing?
For example, if you take a photo on your iPhone, does it go to either Mac, iPad or icloud.com? Or does it not go to any of those?
Try to repeat that for each device...go to icloud.com, upload a photo and see if it appears on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
The purpose will be to try to pinpoint if any device currently is syncing. Also make sure that not only the same account is being used, but that iCloud Photos is turned on within the settings of each device too.
I look forward to hearing back! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!
@@Learnwithjoel Thank you for your reply. Just found out that the problem was unstable internet connection… Mozambique problems… it takes long to upload in the cloud, consequently takes time to be available on all devices. Just discovered after following your instructions! Thank you so much.
Hello Joel. I'm your fan. You explain very good. I'm from Mexico City. I have 2 questions: 1. If I shared an album, and then I erase a photo from my library... Why it doesn't erase from the shared album. 2. If I modify a pic from my library... Will it automatically modify also in all the Mac ecosystem ? Will the modifications will be automatic also in a shared album ?
Hi @Hector Cordoba Tornell!
Thanks so much for the kind words and i'm so happy to be able to help!
So to answer your questions:
1: Shared Albums in iCloud are slightly different than the albums and photos within the regular Photo Library. Currently these Shared Albums don't take up any space from your existing iCloud storage and are pretty much separate, which is why when you delete photos from your main Photo Library, they still are in Shared Album.
I have a video on Shared iCloud Albums that I will link below if you have not seen that one yet. I will also link some Apple Support articles that discuss Shared Albums and info about them.
2: Yes, if you modify a photo by cropping, adjusting colors, or any edits, it should update and reflect those changes on that picture on all devices as long as you're using and syncing with iCloud Photos.
iCloud Photo SHARED ALBUMS - GET STARTED with sharing photos with ANYONE on ANY DEVICE!
ruclips.net/video/vU0MRfm2utI/видео.html
My Photo Stream and Shared Albums limits
support.apple.com/en-us/HT202299
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Hello, is it possible to select what photos you want synced in your devices. For example, every photo I take with my devices I want them in my icloud, but in my devices there are many pictures that I dont need anymore because they are too old.
Thanks for the video! It's really helpful. I encountered a problem where my all deleted photo from my iPhone actually showed up in the All Photos on mac. Any clue? :(
Hi @Amber Li! Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate the support!
The first thing that comes to mind is possibility the feature of "Photo Stream". Do you have this turned on by chance on your Mac or iPhone? Usually with Photo Stream enabled, (if you're not using iCloud Photos) When you take pictures on your iPhone, they would go to all of your other devices, and specifically on your Mac they would download there. Then if you were to delete them on your iPhone, they would then still remain in your main library on your Mac.
I would start looking there!
Hi, Mac and phone clearly synced as my phone suddenly got all the photos from Mac onto it but when I delete photos on one device it doesn't update on the other one?
Hi @skyzx!
Did you just enable iCloud Photos on your devices? Sometimes when iCloud does a lot of photo syncing at once, it will pause. You may sometime see this and it will say "resume" upload at the bottom of the screen when you're selected on the library of photos.
Also make sure you're on wifi. There is a setting, which I believe is turned off by default on the iPhone located: Settings > Photos > Cellular Data > Unlimited Updates. This setting makes it so it doesn't sync when not connected to wifi.
Another thing I like to always look at when troubleshooting syncing, is to verify what syncs to iCloud.com. So if you visit that website on your Mac (you can't on the iPhone) this will help you to tell what is syncing and from what device.
I hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching!
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@@Learnwithjoel hi ! It seems to be working now ! Though my Mac seems to have couple more photos than my phone still.
@@llSkyzxll How many photos is it off by? There could also be reasons for that too...One is that the photos on your Mac could have some that are not imported into the Library, meaning that they''re referenced. In the Preferences of Photos on your Mac, there is an option that says "Copy items into the Photos Library". Make sure that's checked and stays checked.
Referenced just means that if a photo from a location like your desktop was imported, it doesn't get copied into the Photos Library, it's referenced to the desktop. So if that file gets deleted from the desktop, it's no longer in Apple Photos.
If this is the case, you could create a Smart Album with the parameters of "Photo is Referenced" and it would find them. Hope that helps. If that's not the case, give it time and it may just catch up.
@@Learnwithjoel yah it's only off by 6 photos just wondering what they are that's all! Thanks
Hi Joel, thanks so much for this video. It was very helpful. However, I still have a problem in which some of the albums I recently created on my mac do NOT show up on my iphone. Also, some of the photos that show up in certain albums on my mac are not showing up in the album on my iphone. How do I adjust this?
Thank you i am curious about this topic how does its working. I am searching that tutorial.
Hi @Creating A New Life!
Stick around and stay tuned because there's more to come! Lots of things when it comes to using iCloud or any cloud service!
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you for this, Joel, and thanks for answering questions. That's awesome! I want to delete 3K photos/videos from my phone and have them survive on iCloud. But will I lose them on iCloud if I later turn the syncing/backup back on? Is there a way to keep them on iCloud permanently -- but off my iPhone? Thanks!
If you have ICloud-Photos turn on but you delete a Photo, it will be still on ICloud
Hi @Kristen Moulton!
So let's say you just have an iPhone and use iCloud Photos. Currently photos on iCloud and the photos on your iPhone would each have the same amount of photos. If you were to turn off iCloud Photos on your iPhone, you would be prompted with a 30 day time frame to download all of the photos and videos to your iPhone (assuming you have the available storage), and all of the photos would still be on iCloud.com.
Going forward, the photos on iCloud would stay there and any new photos that you take on your iPhone would not go to iCloud.
If you were to turn iCloud Photos back on in your iPhone, it's going to go back and sync your photos back down from iCloud and merge them with your iPhone resulting in the same exact situation you were in before you turned on iCloud Photos on your iPhone.
Remember the whole goal of using iCloud Photos is to sync all of your devices and have everything on the same page so you have access to all of your files.
If you didn't want to turn on iCloud Photos on in your iPhone, you would have to manually sync and copy your photos to a computer and then manually upload them to icloud.com.
Does that make sense? Hope this helps a little! Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support!