Hello all,
So I have been contemplating switching on my iCloud Photo Library for the first time to use the space in the cloud (50GB / 23 used by backups which is including my camera roll) and my phone (64GB /500MB free) more efficiently.
I have around 22GB of photos on my iPhone right now, I would like to put them into the cloud and have more space on my device's physical memory for new pictures and videos. I also have quite a large bit of space on my iMac, where I want my iPhone photos to show up there too as a backup to the HDD.
So here are some of my questions:
Cheers.
So I have been contemplating switching on my iCloud Photo Library for the first time to use the space in the cloud (50GB / 23 used by backups which is including my camera roll) and my phone (64GB /500MB free) more efficiently.
I have around 22GB of photos on my iPhone right now, I would like to put them into the cloud and have more space on my device's physical memory for new pictures and videos. I also have quite a large bit of space on my iMac, where I want my iPhone photos to show up there too as a backup to the HDD.
So here are some of my questions:
- Am I able to reduce the number of photos that are stored locally by uploading them to the cloud or do I need to have the space still taken up on the phone even though they have been uploaded?
- How do I pick which photos I want to be local and which to just store in the cloud?
- Will the photos download to my iMac as a backup in this process through the Photos.app? If so how to I set that up?
- Will it be 'safe' to turn on iCloud Photo Library for such a size of a library initially?
Cheers.