iCloud is on and being used for photos (still have a lot of storage left), but still my storage on iPhone is full (and taken by photos). Why are the photos still on iPhone Device storage while i still have so much iCloud storage left?
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iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 16
Your photos remain on your device. You can elect to optimize photos (settings > photos) to reduce the size of photos on device.
iCloud is primarily a synchronization service, not offline storage. Your original photos are kept in iCloud and optimized versions remain on your device (or originals if you do not optimize photos). If you have only 1 Apple device and 128GB of storage, 2TB of iCloud space is likely too much. If you have multiple devices, family sharing accounts, etc. Then you might find 2TB too small.
That is already Turned on.
But it can’t be the case that Apple saves the pictures on BOTH iPhone & iCloud right? If that would be the case, nobody would buy that much storage on iCloud.
Why my iPhone keeps storing Photos despite sufficient iCloud storage
