I still don’t understand about this iCloud usage. Does this mean that all my photos that’s been saved in iCloud will be deleted from my gallery to free up some space? Or is it going to be duplicate? Does this mean when my phone got for example 70GB does this include the 50GB photos that’s been saved to iCloud?
iPhone 13, iOS 16
Hi jogishbg,
We see you came from Manage your photo and video storage. It seems you're referring specifically to iCloud Photos. We'll be glad to explain how that works.
iCloud Photos isn't meant to save space on your device, necessarily. It's used to store a copy of your photos in iCloud in case something happens to your device, or you want to share the photos with another device using the same Apple ID.
When you turn on Optimized Storage for your Photos library, if there isn’t enough space for your entire photo library on your iPhone, a smaller version of your photos are stored on your device while the full version is stored/synced from iCloud. From Manage your photo and video storage - Apple Support, "When Optimize Storage is turned on, full-resolution photos and videos are stored in iCloud, and, when needed, space-saving copies are stored on your device.”
What's the difference between device storage and iCloud storage? - Apple Support -- When you check the storage space available on your iPhone, that is specific to the device. iCloud storage is tracked separately.
We hope that clears things up.
Cheers.
Hi jogishbg,
We see you came from Manage your photo and video storage. It seems you're referring specifically to iCloud Photos. We'll be glad to explain how that works.
iCloud Photos isn't meant to save space on your device, necessarily. It's used to store a copy of your photos in iCloud in case something happens to your device, or you want to share the photos with another device using the same Apple ID.
When you turn on Optimized Storage for your Photos library, if there isn’t enough space for your entire photo library on your iPhone, a smaller version of your photos are stored on your device while the full version is stored/synced from iCloud. From Manage your photo and video storage - Apple Support, "When Optimize Storage is turned on, full-resolution photos and videos are stored in iCloud, and, when needed, space-saving copies are stored on your device.”
What's the difference between device storage and iCloud storage? - Apple Support -- When you check the storage space available on your iPhone, that is specific to the device. iCloud storage is tracked separately.
We hope that clears things up.
Cheers.
jogishbg,
iCloud storage does not mean your iPhone will have more usable storage. However, depending on your settings your iPhone can accomodate your storage needs using some built-in iCloud features like Optimize Storage. You can learn more about that feature specifically here: Manage your photo and video storage - Apple Support
We hope this clarifies things.
Take care.
If you said it won’t free up some space, does that mean that my 128GB iphone can’t use the 200GB iCloud? Cause what’s the use of the iCloud then? I’m sorry but I still don’t get it completely😭
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