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LisaJai Author

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Synching Photos on iCloud

In the past I've managed to lose a lot of data synching devices with iCloud and now I have a lot of precious photos to save I want to make sure I fully understand how it works....

I already have a lot of photos saved on iCloud from an old device. If I now enable iCloud from a new device will it overwrite anything already on there?
I want to make sure I have a back up of everything BEFORE I save to iCloud. Can I synch with it when I choose, then turn it off for a while, back up any new pics to a hd, then re enable so that only backed up pics are going to iCloud when I choose?

thanks..

Posted on Aug 28, 2023 6:44 AM

Synching Photos on iCloud

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