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If I enable iCloud Photos, is there any reason to also select the photo library in my iCloud backup? And if I do:
Also, which is the best option to go with? The iCloud backup, or iCloud Photos?
Thanks!
iPhone XS, iOS 14
iCloud Photos are stored in iCloud and they count towards your storage.
If you have iCloud Photos turned on then your photos will not be included in an iCloud Backup. In other words, they will not be stored in iCloud twice -- once in iCloud Photos and once in iCloud Backup.
If you do not have iCloud Photos turned on then your photos will be included in iCloud Backup unless you specifically exclude them.
Your photos can use iCloud storage once or not at all, but not twice.
iCloud Photos are stored in iCloud and they count towards your storage.
If you have iCloud Photos turned on then your photos will not be included in an iCloud Backup. In other words, they will not be stored in iCloud twice -- once in iCloud Photos and once in iCloud Backup.
If you do not have iCloud Photos turned on then your photos will be included in iCloud Backup unless you specifically exclude them.
Your photos can use iCloud storage once or not at all, but not twice.
Thanks a lot for the answer. I appreciate your advice, but I already knew what you have highlighted. I understand that there is no reason to also back the photos up in iCloud Backup. But how about my other questions?
Thanks!
If iCloud Photos is turned on in a device then photos will not be included in an iCloud Backup of that device (no matter what settings you have on or off in iCloud Backup).
Personally I prefer iCloud Photos because the photos sync to iCloud as changes happen where iCloud Backup only runs periodically when your phone is charging. I also prefer iCloud Photos because I can use any computer internet brower and log into iCloud.com and view the photos from there. That allows me to verify that they are there and also to access them if something happens to my phone. I also use iCloud Photos to automatically sync the photos to my Mac (and it can also do that with a Windows PC).
No and No. I attempted to answer both in the first paragraph of my previous reply:
If iCloud Photos is turned on in a device then photos will not be included in an iCloud Backup of that device (no matter what settings you have on or off in iCloud Backup).
Thanks, this is the answer I was looking for :).
Oh, I thought you meant it will not include the photos in the actual phone backup, now I understand what you mean. Anyhow, doesn’t that mean that iCloud Photos will be free storage, regardless of the size, if they are not stored in the iCloud backup?
Backup photo library vs iCloud Photos
