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photos stored in finder

We’re can I view “photos stored in finder” before I let iCloud delete them?

Posted on Jun 12, 2023 6:24 PM

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Posted on Jun 14, 2023 12:17 PM

Good afternoon tobyen,


If you enabled iCloud to sync photos across all of your devices using the same Apple ID, the resource below will help you understand how this works:


Set up iCloud Photos on all your devices


You can't see the contents of your Photos library in Finder. However, you can do a search for photos that you have not imported to Photos in Finder using the "Kind" field/column.


Narrow your search results on Mac


Get to know the Finder on your Mac


View and edit files with Quick Look on Mac


Take care.

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Jun 14, 2023 12:17 PM in response to tobyen

Good afternoon tobyen,


If you enabled iCloud to sync photos across all of your devices using the same Apple ID, the resource below will help you understand how this works:


Set up iCloud Photos on all your devices


You can't see the contents of your Photos library in Finder. However, you can do a search for photos that you have not imported to Photos in Finder using the "Kind" field/column.


Narrow your search results on Mac


Get to know the Finder on your Mac


View and edit files with Quick Look on Mac


Take care.

Jun 14, 2023 10:30 AM in response to tobyen

Hello tobyen,


When syncing devices with iCloud, photos are stored in their respective locations. On an iPhone, for example, they are in the Photos app. In a Mac, it's a similar situation and is described at Browse your photos in Photos on Mac - Apple Support.


When deleting a photo either from the app or iCloud, that change will go to all devices synced with iCloud. So for example, deleting a photo from an iPhone will delete it from iCloud as well as the Mac.


Take care!

photos stored in finder

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