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Is my iCloud Personal Photos Library duplicated in Photos & Videos?

To archive my photos for the imminent end of "My Photo Stream" I just deleted a TON of duplicate exact copies, some 32x, 16x, 20x especially in May 2019. I should now have a clean library to archive on a remote drive. When reviewing my iCloud photos settings "Photos & Videos" is 34.4 GB and my "Personal Library" is also 34.4 GB. Is this a duplicate? Is Photos & Videos on my iPhone and Personal Library in iCloud? Will either be impacted by the upcoming sunsetting of "My Photo Stream"? If so will my iCloud+ storage cut the photos in half? Photos are the bulk of the 43.4 GB indicated.

Mac mini, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jul 3, 2023 6:38 AM

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Posted on Jul 3, 2023 6:45 AM

The shut down of My photo Stream will have little effect as your images are already on a device. And, you've consolidated your images into one library. You're seeing the storage size of photos or which your personal library is 100 percent of the total (it is not a duplicate but the total size of your library). If you had a shared photo library you would also see its size displayed.

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Jul 3, 2023 6:45 AM in response to DebMacP

The shut down of My photo Stream will have little effect as your images are already on a device. And, you've consolidated your images into one library. You're seeing the storage size of photos or which your personal library is 100 percent of the total (it is not a duplicate but the total size of your library). If you had a shared photo library you would also see its size displayed.

Is my iCloud Personal Photos Library duplicated in Photos & Videos?

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