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ukdude13 Author

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iCloud Photos Mac and iPhone Storage question

I have just started using iCloud Photos and have a few questions about storage. I understand that my photos from my iPhone are stored in iCloud as well as on my phone so that they can be views on my MacBook as well, however does that mean that they end up being stored on my MacBook as well, up until I run out of space when iCloud will then optimise storage? I have lots of photos on my phone and not much space on my MacBook so its not much help if using iCloud is going to mean I end up with local copies on my laptop as well.

Thanks

MacBook, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 7, 2019 3:32 AM

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FoxFifth

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Posted on Jun 7, 2019 8:14 AM

If you turn on iCloud Photos on the MacBook then it will have local copies. There is an "Optimize Mac Storage" option in Photos Preferences on the Mac that can reduce the space required but there is no option to not have a local copy on any device where iCloud Photos is turned on.

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