I deleted nearly 1500 photos from my MacBook, subsequently did a permanent delete in the “recently deleted“ and I still have not reclaimed the storage. I did the deletions because I got a message that my iCloud was full. I feel like I should now have room but it’s still saying that I’m full. Any ideas on how to reclaim the storage?
MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)
You may want to estimate how much cloud storage you will need, given the documents and data used by the apps, you have enabled to use iCloud.
Look at your iCloud Drive, the photos, the videos, the Mail, the books, that are using iCloud.
And look at the System Settings (Preferences) > AppleID > iCloud and click "manage" to see, how much each app is already storing in iCloud. Compare this to the amount of storage these apps are using on your Mac. Some apps may just be waiting for more free cloud storage to be able to complete the upload to iCloud.
You may want to estimate how much cloud storage you will need, given the documents and data used by the apps, you have enabled to use iCloud.
Look at your iCloud Drive, the photos, the videos, the Mail, the books, that are using iCloud.
And look at the System Settings (Preferences) > AppleID > iCloud and click "manage" to see, how much each app is already storing in iCloud. Compare this to the amount of storage these apps are using on your Mac. Some apps may just be waiting for more free cloud storage to be able to complete the upload to iCloud.
I think my question might be categorized improperly. It’s not storage on my Mac that I’m not getting back it’s iCloud storage. It told me my iCloud storage was full, I deleted 1500 photos and videos and it still says it’s full even after I emptied the recently deleted. I seem to be stuck, nothing will sync between my phone and my Mac because of the iCloud storage being full, but I feel that I should’ve gotten enough room from the deletions to enable a sync and a reevaluation of storage
How long has it been? It could take day or more. How were you informed that iCloud was full? (I ask this because I get emails pretending to be from Apple saying they want more money on a special deal, because my iCloud account is full. Sheesh!)
Have you looked in iCloud.com to see if the pictures you have deleted are still in iCloud Photos? or in Recently Deleted there?
Most have been deleted for several days, and yes, I did permanently delete the recently deleted photos. and yes, I got emails indicating my storage was full, but I also see these in the settings on my iPhone, indicating that I have no more iCloud storage and that my phone will no longer sync my photos. So I think it’s legit?
OMG this is so bizarre. I got so frustrated a couple of hours ago that I finally agreed to upgrade for 2.99 a month to 200 GB. Now when I log onto iCloud.com it says I have 200 GB and all is full. What in the world?
Second reply here… I guess bottom line is I’m freeing up storage but it seems like it’s telling me I don’t have enough storage for them to process the storage reduction. Seems a little scammy. I am getting ready to just pay them their $10 for my 2 TB. This seems like highway robbery
How do you measure the space left on your drive? Did you look at the space available in the Finder window or in the Disk Info window? Did you empty your trash?
At iCloud.com, at the bottom the page, what does it say about your storage?
And, are the pictures that you deleted still in iCloud.com Photos? or in Recently Deleted at iCloud.com?
Deleted photos on MacBook, NOT getting storage back
