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  1. macsince2008

    Phones Moved to Pixel after 16 years on iPhone

    After 16 years on every (or alternate year) iPhone, I recently took the decision of moving everything to Google Cloud and Google Pixel. The first reason was the painfully slow iCloud sync with files and photos, the second being the behaviour of the staff at Apple Store, Saket (careless, rude...
  2. L

    Photos won’t offload, Backup to MacOS won’t complete due to “iPhone disconnect”

    Hi, My phone was replaced 3 months ago or so under AppleCare+ due to battery wear. I restored the new phone from the MacOS backup of my previous phone (both were the same model) Now, I’ve been getting continual notifications that I’m out of storage space. I keep trying to find apps to remove...
  3. S

    iCloud iCloud Photos Data Usage Inconsistency

    In an effort to clean up my iCloud Photos, remove unnecessary photos and possibly be able to drop down a storage tier, I exported and then deleted quite a bit of photos and videos from my library. I deleted over a thousand photos, plus deleted several dozen of the larger holiday videos I hadn't...
  4. B

    iCloud Adding previously offline mac photos to iCloud Photos

    Hi, I have an iphone and ipad that are both connected/synced to my iCloud Photos account. I also have an older offline iMac that is running Photos version 3.0. Since this iMac is offline, it is not connected to my iCloud Photos account. I manually download my iphone photos to this older iMac...
  5. L

    Photos not saving/syncing iPhone 16 Pro

    Upgraded to the iPhone 16 Pro Max and I have noticed since day one it has been having issues syncing photos with iCloud. It stays stuck on the initial uploading screen with an all the images left to sync. The only way to fix this is to fully restart the phone. Also on some images I get the...
  6. C

    iCloud Photos in iCloud - managing a family

    Okay, I'm trying to figure out what to do. I'm a dad with a full Apple Family (my wife and 4 kids). I got my children iCloud accounts because I like the privacy of Apple Mail (no ads, and google not snooping on them from their youth). The problem is iCloud mail stops working when I each of...
  7. im1k31

    iPhone iPhone storage and Photos

    Recently I have had some issues with storage on my device. To narrow down what may be causing the issue I removed 90% of my installed applications. Since this did not fix my issue I checked my storage listed against my storage shown in finder on my Mac. I was able to determine that my photos are...
  8. AMB12686

    iPhone 14 Pro Max Google Photos Uploads Wrong Meta Data

    I am a dedicated user of iCloud photo library. This past year, since shared library was launched, I have gone back through my library to clean everything up and share it with my family. This has included adding location info and updating date/time data for photos from other sources. I am now...
    • AMB12686
    • Thread
    • apple photos google photos icloud icloud photos metadata photo photo metadata
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iPhone
  9. T

    How to transfer photos from My Photo Stream to iCloud Photos before the deadline

    My sister has a 'My Photostream' with about 10,000 photos in it and she needs to put them into iCloud Photos before the deadline on July 26th. What is the easiest way to do this?
    • ToddJ
    • Thread
    • icloud photos photo stream photos photostream transaction
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  10. IndianaSxS

    Do photos transfer to new phone upon switch or just stay in iCloud.

    I know if I delete a photo on my iPhone it also deletes it from the cloud. When I get the new iPhone 14 pro and turn it on and tell it to go from a backup from the iCloud on my old phone does it also copy every single photo from the last iPhone to the new iPhone or does it just have them in the...
  11. T

    Does Photos on an external drive with iCloud turned on use boot drive storage?

    Hi all, I think my 2012 mini is on its last legs, (currently won't get past the boot screen), and I’m wondering how I'm going to transition from its 4tb ssd internal boot drive to the options available now from Apple. I use the mini as a photos backup point (amongst other things), with iCloud...
  12. F

    Apple Photos Multiple Libraries

    Objective :- Download a full backup (Full Resolution) of iCloud Photos to External HDD and All Photos with Optimised Storage on Local HDD Steps :- Open Photos Normally and Download all my photos in full resolution. Copy the Photos Library to External Drive. Remove the Photos library from...
    • fivemufc
    • Thread
    • icloud photos photos
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  13. P

    iCloud Does anyone know how iCloud photo works?

    I understand that on the iPhone and on the Mac there are photos and data from analytics (faces, memories, etc.) Is all this information also stored on the iCloud.com or only photos?
  14. Minerbot360

    Photo Slideshow Screensaver on TVOS 14

    I was thinking about getting a new Apple TV 4K to replace my now unusable old one. I really liked the photo gallery screensaver on the old one, but in all of the documentation for the new TVOS, I couldn’t find a way to do the new, photo slideshow screensaver without using shared albums in iCloud...
  15. Buadhai

    iCloud Photos and Dropbox Camera Uploads

    I started using iCloud Photos (again) several months ago. I've been using Dropbox Camera Uploads for many years. Last week I decided to import several thousand old photos into iCloud Photos. The import went very quickly. (Last time I tried this it took several weeks and crashed the Photos app...
  16. M

    iCloud Photos "Optimize iPhone Storage"

    Checked "Optimize iPhone Storage"... ->>> How long are originals (when downloaded) kept on the iPhone? (Full-res Photos / Videos are downloaded when I click on them ...when is the cache cleared?)
  17. Gullwingdmc

    iCloud iCloud Photos Advice Needed

    I need some advice on how to accomplish something within iCloud Photos. I have been scanning in old family photos and sorting them into albums in my iCloud Library. When I’m done I want to transfer all the photos and albums to my mothers iCloud library. There are already thousands of photos and...
  18. C

    How does actually "iCloud Photos Download Originals to this Mac" work in macOS Photos?

    I am storing my Photos library on external USB drive. I plug this drive from time to time to my desktop mac so it can redownload all photos I've taken with my phone to the drive. I just like having a local copy as well. However I'm confused what does "Download Originals to this Mac" option in...
    • comatory
    • Thread
    • icloud photo library icloud photos photos
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  19. N

    Copying folders of photographs from Mac to iPads, iPhones, ATV

    I want to share my experience, potentially to help others and hopefully to get advice myself. On my iMac I have a collection of about 25,000 photos and perhaps 100 short videos amounting to 175gb. They are organised into about 250 folders, a few of which have sub-folders. The folders are sorted...
    • Notechy
    • Thread
    • icloud photos photos app
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  20. cosmo811

    Best way to transfer from Google Photos to Apple Photos?

    I was wondering what the best way would be to go about that transfer. I used a Samsung Galaxy S8 for about 2.5 years so all the photos from that time are stored on Google Photos. Of course, I can access them via the Google Photos app and website, but it would be great if I could just keep them...
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