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User profile for user: Marilyn Schwenk
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My computer is running out of space. It says Photos is taking up 14.65 GB. How can that be, if I save my photos on iCloud Storage?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 1, 2020 7:08 AM

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User profile for user: Old Toad
Old Toad
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Posted on Jun 1, 2020 8:11 AM

The iCloud Library is only a syncing feature and is not off computer storage. All items in the iCloud Library are mirrored in your local library. Delete a photo in one and it gets deleted in the other as well.


You can enable "Optimize Mac Storage" and when the free space gets down to a minimum amount reduced size versions of the originals will be used locally while the full sized originals are in the iCloud Library.


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Old Toad
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Jun 1, 2020 8:11 AM in response to Marilyn Schwenk

The iCloud Library is only a syncing feature and is not off computer storage. All items in the iCloud Library are mirrored in your local library. Delete a photo in one and it gets deleted in the other as well.


You can enable "Optimize Mac Storage" and when the free space gets down to a minimum amount reduced size versions of the originals will be used locally while the full sized originals are in the iCloud Library.


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