My photos take up too much space on my MacBook and I do not need them on here. However, I do not want to delete them from my cloud. When I go to unclick the checkmark in the Icloud section of system preferences, nothing happens and it just goes back to being a checked box.
iMac Pro
Go into PHOTOS preferences - icloud tab, and uncheck icloud photos there.
After that the safest way to delete all the photos is just to delete the library (you can easily create a new empty one if you need to)
Now the only thing you need to worry about - how are you going to backup your photos? It might be better to move the library to an external disk (Properly formatted/prepared), and then back it up from there periodically.
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Go into PHOTOS preferences - icloud tab, and uncheck icloud photos there.
After that the safest way to delete all the photos is just to delete the library (you can easily create a new empty one if you need to)
Now the only thing you need to worry about - how are you going to backup your photos? It might be better to move the library to an external disk (Properly formatted/prepared), and then back it up from there periodically.
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Macbook and Icloud Photos
