I have a large iCloud library but have not turned on iCloud syncing on my iPhones since 2020, so, when I do, will my albums be maintained and added to my iCloud photos albums, or, will it clear the ones on the iPhone.
iPhone 12 mini, iOS 15
And the Favourites will also be synced.
The only thing that will not sync with iCloud Photos to an iPhone or iPad are smart albums from a Mac, because smart albums are not yet supported on the mobile devices. iCloud Photos will store the smart albums, also keywords and titles, and sync them to other Macs, but we cannot see them on the mobile devices.
projects will not be synced at all with iCloud Photos.
The albums and folders from your iPhone should be syncing to your iCloud Photos Library, but it may take a while, until they will appear. Photos will first have to sync and upload all photos and videos, before the albums can be created in iCloud. Don't get nervous, when you are seeing at first only empty albums.
And the Favourites will also be synced.
The only thing that will not sync with iCloud Photos to an iPhone or iPad are smart albums from a Mac, because smart albums are not yet supported on the mobile devices. iCloud Photos will store the smart albums, also keywords and titles, and sync them to other Macs, but we cannot see them on the mobile devices.
projects will not be synced at all with iCloud Photos.
The albums and folders from your iPhone should be syncing to your iCloud Photos Library, but it may take a while, until they will appear. Photos will first have to sync and upload all photos and videos, before the albums can be created in iCloud. Don't get nervous, when you are seeing at first only empty albums.
Everything (albums, pictures,etc.), on every device connected to iCloud, syncs to one library. If you have 3 albums on one device, and 5 different albums on another, you’ll then have 8 albums.
The captions are syncing as well, yes, also the location and the capture dates, the named faces. I mentioned only the exceptions.
That doesn’t really answer the specific question of albums. Do the albums get uploaded as they are? Do they add to the total number of albums in icloud?
i’ve had it in the past where the albums get synced but with no photos.
also, do favorites get uploaded?
Everything will sync together.
Awesome :) thank you
One more thing just to be sure, captions sync as well right?
Will iCloud photos keep existing albums on iPhone
