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ssman14
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Q: Regarding iPhone; how do I manage photos in iCloud so iCloud storage is not full?

How do I manage photos on iPhone that load to iCloud so that iCloud storage is not full?

iPhone 4S, iCloud

Posted on Oct 23, 2012 7:10 AM

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Q: Regarding iPhone; how do I manage photos in iCloud so iCloud storage is not full?

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  • by ckuan,

    ckuan ckuan Oct 23, 2012 7:24 AM in response to ssman14
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    Oct 23, 2012 7:24 AM in response to ssman14

    Photos do not count to your storage space. You have to backup the photos on computer then delete those in Photo Stream.

    Photos on iCloud is only for your convenient so that it can stream to your other Apple devices. It's not a backup solution. Apple will keep 1000 photos for 30 days.

  • by sharonkr,

    sharonkr sharonkr Oct 25, 2012 1:39 PM in response to ckuan
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    Oct 25, 2012 1:39 PM in response to ckuan

    How do you view the photos on icloud?

  • by Ralph9430,

    Ralph9430 Ralph9430 Oct 25, 2012 1:42 PM in response to sharonkr
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    Oct 25, 2012 1:42 PM in response to sharonkr

    Go to Photos app and tap on PhotoStream.

  • by ckuan,

    ckuan ckuan Oct 25, 2012 2:31 PM in response to sharonkr
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    Oct 25, 2012 2:31 PM in response to sharonkr

    Use any Apple devices eg. Photos app or Mac's iPhoto to view photos on iCloud Photo Stream.

  • by ImQuazar,

    ImQuazar ImQuazar Sep 18, 2015 7:02 AM in response to ckuan
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:02 AM in response to ckuan

    So if photos don't count towards your iCloud capacity, why does it seem to impact it?

    I (and several others) are experiencing issue with backing up photos from one device, because it says iCloud storage is full (which I believe was at least part of the issue with the OP's comments) - In my situation I recorded an hour and a half video which apparently filled up my iCloud very quickly.. that's when I started getting the message in photos about iCloud being full. I've backed up the video to my pc and deleted it from my iPhone. It still says it's full when I've got 4.8gb of 5gb free.  upgrading to ios9 made no difference.

     

    Please advise.

     

    Thanks.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Sep 18, 2015 7:14 AM in response to ImQuazar
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    Sep 18, 2015 7:14 AM in response to ImQuazar

    ImQuazar wrote:

    So if photos don't count towards your iCloud capacity,

    They do count.

    They didn't count 3 years ago when this thread was started.

    In my situation I recorded an hour and a half video which apparently filled up my iCloud very quickly.. that's when I started getting the message in photos about iCloud being full. I've backed up the video to my pc and deleted it from my iPhone. It still says it's full when I've got 4.8gb of 5gb free.  upgrading to ios9 made no difference.

    See this -> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204247

  • by ImQuazar,

    ImQuazar ImQuazar Sep 18, 2015 8:25 AM in response to Chris CA
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    Sep 18, 2015 8:25 AM in response to Chris CA

    Thank you for the link, I'll give it a look.