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Q: iCloud Photo Library...

I am trying to store some photos on my iCloud drive so that I can delete them from my iPhone.  Here is what I'm doing, but it's not working:

 

Settings, iCloud, Photos, then I'm turning on the iCloud Photo Library. 

 

I am under the assumption that once I do that, the photos in my camera roll should upload to iCloud? 

 

Nothing is happening and when I go to the Shared section, there are no photos. 

 

What am I missing or not doing correctly?  Thanks.

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Mar 5, 2016 7:24 AM

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A:

Using the iCloud Photo Library does not allow you to delete the photos from the phone. You can optimize the photos in the settings in order to downsize them to make best use of the space, but you can not delete them from the phone. All that iCloud photo library does, is allow you to view all of your photos on all enabled devices and keep whatever you do on one device in sync with all other device. If you delete them from the phone, they are deleted everywhere - including from iCloud.

iCloud Photo Library FAQ - Apple Support

 

IF you want to make room on the device, import them to your computer and then delete them from the phone.

Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer - Apple Support

Posted on Mar 5, 2016 7:31 AM

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  • by LACAllen,

    LACAllen LACAllen Mar 7, 2016 5:26 PM in response to andyr.
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    Mar 7, 2016 5:26 PM in response to andyr.

    You haven't shared anything yet. The photos are still where they started from on your phone. If they are seen on iCloud.com, iCloud has done it's job already.

     

    To see them on your Mac, you have to use the Photos application making sure you have signed in to iCloud using the same Apple ID as the phone. They won't be visible in Finder.

     

    The shared albums are created by you either on the phone, on iCloud.com or on your Mac. You create an album, add photos to that album and then they will be visible.

     

    iCloud: Create a shared album

  • by andyr.,

    andyr. andyr. Mar 7, 2016 6:20 PM in response to LACAllen
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    Mar 7, 2016 6:20 PM in response to LACAllen

    What is the shared section on my phone, in photos on my iPhone?

     

    I opened the photos app on my mac, but it's weird, not all of the 78 photos are there?

     

    I was looking in Finder under iCloud, assuming they'd be there. 

     

    I guess I'm looking at this differently than the way it actually acts?  To me, if I have photos on my phone and transfer them to the cloud, then I should be able to delete them off of my phone and see them in the shared section.  But it sounds like that doesn't happen? 

  • by LACAllen,

    LACAllen LACAllen Mar 7, 2016 11:42 PM in response to andyr.
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    Mar 7, 2016 11:42 PM in response to andyr.

    I'm not sure what you mean by "shared section on my phone"

     

    *When* you create shared albums, they will appear in Photos under the Shared tab. Is that what you mean? There are none there by magic or be default.

     

    Do you have the iCloud library enabled on the Mac? System Preferences > iCloud > Photos

     

    In Finder you are looking at the iCloud drive, which is unrelated to Photos.

     

    You aren't transferring photos to the cloud, you are SYNCING them. They remain on BOTH devices. The cloud AND your phone.

     

    You really should read up on how the iCloud works.

     

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  • by andyr.,

    andyr. andyr. Mar 22, 2016 5:00 PM in response to LACAllen
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    Mar 22, 2016 5:00 PM in response to LACAllen

    I know this is old, but I just looked at my iCloud settings and the iCloud photo library is not on when I check the settings. 

     

    I'm going to read more about iCloud as my thick head can't fully understand because I think it should work a certain way.

     

    On a side note, I'm having syncing issues with my messages on my phone to my mac.  I went into iCloud on my mac and want to sign out, then sign back in.  But when I go to sign out, it's telling me I'm going to lose my iCloud documents, etc.  I cancelled, is it ok to log out, will my saved items be there upon logging back into iCloud? 

  • by LACAllen,

    LACAllen LACAllen Mar 23, 2016 4:00 AM in response to andyr.
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    Mar 23, 2016 4:00 AM in response to andyr.

    Are they on iCloud.com now?

     

    You're only going to "lose" the synced documents on the phone. If they are synced correctly, they will be still be available on the cloud. Once you sign back in, the sync starts again.

     

    Bottom line, signing out of iCloud on a phone DOES NOT delete anything on iCloud, only the phone.

  • by andyr.,

    andyr. andyr. Mar 23, 2016 2:40 PM in response to LACAllen
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    Mar 23, 2016 2:40 PM in response to LACAllen

    Sorry, it was on the iMac that I wanted to sign off of iCloud.  I guess same thing, whatever is on the cloud will stay there? 

  • by LACAllen,

    LACAllen LACAllen Mar 24, 2016 8:44 PM in response to andyr.
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    Mar 24, 2016 8:44 PM in response to andyr.

    Correct. Signing out from any device does not by itself, delete anything from iCloud.

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