Q: iCloud Photos by album?
Hi, I have a few thousand photos in my PHOTOS app, and I have setup multiple albums where I have arranged all of my favourites that have been edited. I am looking into setting up the 1TB iCloud to backup all of my photos, however I would like to know if I do this, will iCloud copy the album structure that I have on my Mac (and upload the edited version by album) , or will it simply upload all photos in their original un-editied version into one large file?
I would like to ensure that I have back up copies of the edited version, and that I can find them easily (i.e. by album)
Would be very grateful for any information...
Many thanks.
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), .
Posted on Apr 21, 2016 11:33 AM
If you enable iCloud Photo Library, it will mirror the album structure on your Mac and show the edited versions of your photos. You can see the library at www.icloud.com in the Photos app.
You will be able to restore your Photos Library from iCloud nearly the same as it is on your Mac, only the faces albums and the projects will be missing, as described here: Use Photos and iCloud Photo Library on multiple Mac computers - Apple Support
Posted on Apr 21, 2016 12:32 PM