I have an iPhone 14 with 256GB. I had 156GB used until a couple of weeks ago. I tried to copy GoPro pics (14GB) into Photos which somehow duplicated. They went to iCloud and then I'm not sure what....but suddenly I'm getting "Storage Full". I deleted the GoPro app and turned off iCloud. But something still a problem. I can't get back to the 156GB and don't know what I did or now to fix?
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iPhone 14 Pro
Then go to Settings ➜ General ➜ iPhone Storage and see what is using it up.
click here ➜ How to check and manage the storage on your iPhone and iPad - Apple Support
Then go to Settings ➜ General ➜ iPhone Storage and see what is using it up.
click here ➜ How to check and manage the storage on your iPhone and iPad - Apple Support
Hank_Vistage wrote:
Is there a way to have the pictures stored in iCloud but not on my
iPhone?
No. As mentioned iCloud is a sync service, not an off device storage solution. Everything on iCloud gets synced to the iPhone.
Thank you. I was able to change the setting to optimize and I have freed up the space. That solved the issue. However, I was told by Apple that I could plug an external drive directly into the iPhone and copy the photos to the external drive, but this does not seem to work. Any idea about that?
How are you plugging it in exactly?
You would need an adapter to connect the external drive, and once it appears in the files app, you can then export photos from the Photos App to it by selecting them in the Photos and app and then tapping on the "Move to Files" option in the Share menu.
From there, navigate to the external drive to copy the files to it.
click here ➜ Connect external storage devices to iPhone - Apple Support
Which storage is it saying is full?
iCloud storage, and your iPhone's local storage capacity are 2 different and separate things.
On your iPhone you can go to Settings ➜ General ➜ iPhone Storage to verify your iPhone's storage capacity.
Something that was already on iCloud got synced down the iPhone and used up space on it. That's how iCloud works. It syncs content up to iCloud and down from it.
Is there a way to have the pictures stored in iCloud but not on my iPhone? And if so, what's the setting. And third, if I set that, can I still view the photos on my phone as if they were local to the phone?
Thank you. I was able to change the setting to optimize and I have freed up the space. That solved the issue. However, I was told by Apple that I could plug an external drive directly into the iPhone and copy the photos to the external drive, but this does not seem to work. Any idea about that?
My iPhone storage is showing full.
My phone is 256GB. I was at 217GB used then I turned on iCloud and it suddenly changed to 245GB used.
How do I fix a storage issue on my iPhone 14 Pro?
