If the iPad has iCloud storage, will the photos on the iPad be stored and retrievable after a restore of the iPad?

If the iPad has iCloud storage, will the photos on the iPad be stored and retrievable? If so how?


Posted on Apr 15, 2019 9:23 AM

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Posted on Apr 15, 2019 9:40 AM

If you are backing up to iCloud regularly (automatically or manually), or using the iCloud Photo Library option on the iPad, the photos can be retrieved yes. Otherwise, just having iCloud turned on, does not in any way shape or form store photos in iCloud.


If you are backing up to iCloud, then the photos are included in the backup if set to do so in Settings and can be retrieved by restoring said backup onto another iOS device.


If using iCloud Photo Library, you can log in with your Apple ID at https://icloud.com and view the photos in the Photos web App there.

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Apr 15, 2019 9:40 AM in response to dorene8260

If you are backing up to iCloud regularly (automatically or manually), or using the iCloud Photo Library option on the iPad, the photos can be retrieved yes. Otherwise, just having iCloud turned on, does not in any way shape or form store photos in iCloud.


If you are backing up to iCloud, then the photos are included in the backup if set to do so in Settings and can be retrieved by restoring said backup onto another iOS device.


If using iCloud Photo Library, you can log in with your Apple ID at https://icloud.com and view the photos in the Photos web App there.

Apr 15, 2019 10:32 AM in response to dorene8260

Photos will be restored only if you include them in the backup. Your backup contains whatever you select in the iCloud backup. I used to backup photos/videos when there were only a couple of GBs. I stop backing up photos when I hit the free 5GB iCloud storage. My iPad will not recover photos from iCloud but I have them in the backup (to my computer).

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