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How do I upload photos and videos to my iCloud?

Hello I’ve been using my iPad mini for a very long time now and I want to upload all my photos and videos to my iCloud just in case my iPad suddenly stops working, but I don’t seem to know how to, I Googled it and found no helpful results so I decided to come here and ask for help. I even bought 50 GagaBites of iCloud storage so that all my photos and videos could be uploaded. Can someone please help me, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you 😊

Posted on Aug 20, 2020 12:47 PM

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Posted on Aug 20, 2020 1:01 PM

See instructions in Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


Note that iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage.


Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.


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Aug 20, 2020 1:01 PM in response to LAIKAfan

See instructions in Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


Note that iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage.


Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.


How do I upload photos and videos to my iCloud?

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