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storage & icloud usage

  1. ibookemo

    Other I need a 2TB iPhone 16 Pro Max

    Well it’s coming to that time of year again when I promise myself that I’m definitely not upgrading my phone but I end up doing so every single year 🫠 The thing is though, my 1TB 15 Pro Max is actually running out of space. It’s family photos and videos - I take a lot of the kids. I pay for...
    • ibookemo
    • Thread
    • camera iphone 16 iphone 16 pro photograhpy storage & icloud usage
    • Replies: 72
    • Forum: iPhone
  2. B

    Periphery Advice and Maybe Commiseration...

    Hi forum! So my 27" iMac 5K died and after a very long and frustrating slog through my local reseller's AppleCare+ repair process, Apple is replacing it with a new M3 iMac. Although I had 1 TB storage in the 27" and asked if I could order the new iMac with the additional and was told outright...
  3. D

    Device keeps filling storage with iCloud messages unecessarily

    This is happening to a friend of mine for the second time, can't find a solution. She went from a 256 iPhone where she was using 60GB total storage to a 128GB iPhone. she has somewhere over 100GB of messages/attachments stored in iCloud. Some months ago when she initially did this, the phone...
    • Dylan33x
    • Thread
    • icloud messages messages messages in icloud storage & icloud usage
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iOS 17
  4. zabijemsnv

    Imessage mess

    Hello, I had problem with my iphone regarding battery which i have fixed with reinstalling the device but not using the icloud restore option. Everything works fine except imessage. I have about 2GB of imessage files stored in my phone and 30GB in icloud. How can i make sure they will get...
  5. 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...
  6. RazorBackXX

    Photo Library Has Two Different File Sizes?

    hey my friends, so im having an issue. my photo library on my MacBook matches the one in the cloud I have photos download on. its taking up so much space on my Mac. but the weird thing is inside the photo library its a lot smaller. I pressed Cmd A & its a lot smaller then the photo library its...
    • RazorBackXX
    • Thread
    • help macbook macos photo photo albums photo app photo bug photo syncing sonoma storage & icloud usage
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  7. B

    iPhone 12 mini 128gb, 256gb, or 512gb. Does it really make a difference?

    I have a Photos Library that is about 400gb in size. I’ve used an iPhone SE 128gb for the last six years. So, at some point I went beyond the amount of storage on the device, and chose “optimise iPhone storage“, so that lots of photos and videos are now stored (and backed up) in iCloud. (I’m on...
  8. kdum8

    Remove Photos App and photos from my MacBook Air but not iCloud?

    I am looking for help/advice on how to deal with a low storage issue. I have a MacBook Air with only a 128 GB SDD and need to update to a newer version of MacOS. I have deleted everything I possibly can but still don't have enough space on the HDD. However, the Photos App is using 14.17 GB of...
  9. TechAdjacent

    How is 'Apps' storage is 300gb & 'Users' is 621gb on 500gb Mac? Help!

    Hi guys, My storage keeps fluctuating on its own, sometimes I have 40gb free, next minute 5gb. My Mac says I have used over 300gb storage in Apps. Since I can't find out why this has happened I was hoping you could suggest what is going on. When I look at the 'Manage' section in Storage it...
  10. F

    iCloud I disabled Messages in iCloud this morning. Why does it still take up 16 GB of iCloud space?

    After having had Messages in iCloud enabled since it was first made possible, I finally decided to switch it off today to save some space. However it still says Messages take up 16 GB of my iCloud storage. How come?
  11. ExploRichie

    iPhone 13 Pro Max 13 Pro Max WhatsApp storage settings bug

    Hey guys, I don’t understand the storage counting from iOS over WhatsApp. If I look for the storage in the WhatsApp App it shows about ~600MB. If I look in the storage settings in iOS it shows only 0,1MB. This must be a bug????? Please see the attached photos :/
    • ExploRichie
    • Thread
    • storage & icloud usage whatsapp bug
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iPhone
  12. torbjornhb

    Need advice regarding photo storage

    Hi. I have been debating this for a long time, but I'm not sure what to do. Today i have about 8000 photos in my I photo library. These are pictures taken with the phones I've owned the last years. In my Google Photos library, I have about 80 000 pictures. I've been tempted to import all the...
  13. Roadster Lewis

    iCloud Sharing 50GB iCloud storage?

    When was the ability to share iCloud storage for the 50GB tier introduced? Is it part of the iOS 15/iCloud+ improvements? I only use about 30GB and my son needs about 6GB, so I was reluctant to either him 50GB, but it seems that it can now be shared. I did not see this documented anywhere.
  14. SzPeter77

    Keep only the filtered photo in Camera app

    I have set the camera app taking photos with "vivid" filter and in the settings under "Preserve setrings" the "Creative controls" so I take all pictures with "vivid" filter. It's okay for me. But I realized its size takes double of storage because the camera app saves two versions: the original...
  15. bonjourx

    iPhone 12 Pro Storage usage for iphone12 pro max help!

    Hello everyone! I have read that Apple now has Apple raw and Dolby for taking videos, I am just wondering if 256GB would be enough if I use those often? Little information about my usage with my 11PM, so far out of 256GB I have only used 55.1GB. I also currently have the 200GB iCloud but I have...
    • bonjourx
    • Thread
    • 256gb of storage appleraw help iphone iphone12promax photos question storage storage & icloud usage videos
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iPhone
  16. timeislove

    iPhone Phone space

    Hello, I am a bit news to iOS. I find that the phone storage is a bit confusing to me. checked the app storage in the setting -> phone storage page, I am surprised why a few text file plus a few photos (Like those under Notes app 263Mb for less than 20 no of short notes)could occupy so much...
    • timeislove
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    • storage & icloud usage
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: iOS 13
  17. A

    iPhone 8/Plus Please tell me what really contains in iPhone Files app

    Hi, My iPhone Files app showing 2.77 Gb of data in 'iPhone storage' section, but I have only some word documents & pdf(just 80 Mb for sure) saved to 'On My iPhone' section of Files app. So anyone please tell me what could be this remaining almost 2Gb of data which I'm not aware of also which I...
    • ah678
    • Thread
    • back up files files app icloud ios iphone iphone 8 storage storage & icloud usage
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iPhone
  18. smith17.jeff

    "Other" storage taking up 40 GBs on iPhone X...

    Hi, I'm running into storage issues on my iPhone X, 64 GB. It keeps telling me that my storage is full, then I'll clear out 2 GB of space and the "Other" section keeps eating up more and more space. Unclear exactly why that's happening and what makes up the "Other" section of storage. Currently...
  19. G

    iCloud storage won't shrink or sync after deleting photos?

    So I just have the basic 5GB of iCloud storage space for photos and my backup. Usually when it starts to fill I just download a bunch of pictures to my laptop and then delete them off iCloud, then in turn they'll automatically delete off my phone. My storage filled up to 4.8GB out of my 5GB...
  20. mikzn

    iCloud Drive and Storage Use - Which plan (if any) are you on?

    I am curious to know what the break down of what plans are best for different users and what if any use iCloud Drive is used for ? Curious to hear any comments on iCloud Drive use and what storage plan you use it and support your use of multiple apple devices?
    • mikzn
    • Thread
    • backup icloud icloud drive storage & icloud usage
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: macOS
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