Photos on phone and iCloud storage problem

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Photos on phone and iCloud storage problem

Hi,

I pay €10 a month for iCloud storage and am happy to do as I have in excess is 105,000 photos spanning a number of years. The problem is my iPhone memory is always full. I have deleted all apps and now it's basically just a phone with photos. I don't need to see all the photos everyday and am happy with the knowledge that they are on the iCloud. However, if I delete from my phone, it automatically deletes from my iCloud which I don't want to happen. What can I do?

I want to keep the photos but need memory on my phone. Any tips or tricks greatly appreciated.

thanks

Posted on May 6, 2024 6:36 AM

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Answer 1

May 6, 2024 8:17 AM in response to Lolsbee

You didn't list your devices. If you have a Mac, then you can have multiple Libraries. One Library can be a smaller one with only favorites and recent pictures, shared with your phone, while you keep a larger Library only on your Mac with pictures you look at more rarely. If this is an option for you, let us know if you need advice.

Ahh-- I see this may fit with muguy's suggestion to "offload photos outside of iCloud."

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markwmsn

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May 6, 2024 9:24 PM in response to Lolsbee

Picking up on muguy's parenthetical note "(assuming that you have already optimized photo storage)", are you already using the "Optimize iPhone Storage" option? If not, enabling it may help your storage issue quite a lot.

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Answer 3

muguy

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May 6, 2024 7:49 AM in response to Lolsbee

You’ll need to either purchase a larger device or offload photos outside of iCloud (assuming that you have already optimized photo storage).

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