Managing local and cloud storage on devices

[Loa]

Hello,

I got a Mac Pro and Macbook Pro running Yosemite, and a iPod Touch running iOS 9. I'm seriously thinking about using iCloud Photo Library and iTunes Match.

The one remaining question I have is this: is it easy to manage the pictures and tunes that are saved locally? In other words, can I decide what gets streamed and what gets saved to the drives?

For example, while my Mac Pro has my entire photo library, I only keep a hand-picked selection of pictures on my Macbook. I'd like those pictures to stay on the Macbook's drive even if I activate iCloud photo Library for those situations when I'm not connected to the net. On the other hand, I don't want other pictures to take up space on the macbook's drive while I'm browsing them from the cloud.

Hopefully that's clearer than mud!

Thanks.

 

[tomekosiowy]

Use other clouds rather, for example: box.com

 

[bushido]

not really, it will keep everything locally unless you are close to running out of space and only then will it replace those with thumbnails

 

[Loa]

Thanks for the info. I think I'm going to look at other options. Getting more and more tired of Apple's one-mentality and one-button approach.