iCloud photos said to be deleted in 2 days but I pay my bill every month automatically- I just bought a 12 mini and can sync photos then - can I postpone iCloud's delete intent until new phone arrives next week? My old iPhone is broken so I haven't been able to sync for a few months - that must be why my photos will be deleted? I'm copying them as fast as I can but it will take days. I pay for 200Gb and only use 13Gb... why will they be deleted?
iPhone SE, iOS 13
Unfortunately there's no number to call to pause deletion. Have you considered offloading the photos to a computer or external hard drive/device in the meantime rather than scheduling them for deletion?
Thank you for replying. I have been getting notifications and it is also in a banner at the top of my iCloud page. I think I get why they are going to be deleted (because I can't sync them), but I am just scrambling now to save them all and it sucks because my new iPhone arrives in just a few days but it will be too late. Since I had 'optimized' on my device, automatic photo backups to Dropbox wasn't taking place. I have so many pics that I thought were backed up that weren't. Really there isn't just a phone number I can call and get the deletion paused for a few more days until my 12 mini arrives?
Thank you.
Yes, I am in process of copying the 57,000 photos. Since they download one at a time from iCloud.com to my 2 TB external drive, it takes very long. I had Dropbox backing up photos daily for years, and then when I optimized photos in my iPhone it took me a little while to realize that was preventing Dropbox from backing up. I am just hoping to save as many as I can at least up to the point the iPhone optimization prevented Dropbox backups. I know better now and can't wait for my new iPhone 12 to arrive tomorrow. :)
Thanks for the replies!
Where are you seeing that they will be deleted? Are you seeing this in the Recently Deleted folder?
You're most welcome, good luck, and enjoy the new device!
iCloud photos to be deleted
