I want to free up memory on my iPad by moving photos from the camera roll to iCloud. How do I go about doing this and will I be able to retrieve these photos readily when I want to again see them on my iPad? Thank you for any assistance.
iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 7.0.4
No, as far as I know, there's no way to do that using iCloud, they're always kept in sync. You can either:
No, as far as I know, there's no way to do that using iCloud, they're always kept in sync. You can either:
import them to your computerr http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083
If you want to move them off with the ability to retrieve them later you can definitely do that with iCloud by creating a "Shared" photo stream. Shared Photo Streams are permanent iCloud albums for storing photos and videos that can sync across all your iCloud-enabled devices. This is different from your "My Photo stream" that's basically a running tally only holding photos for about a month.
In your photos app, at the bottom you'll see a "shared" icon. Choose it and then create a new shared stream, kicker is you don't have to actually share it with anyone when it prompts you for a contact just click "Create". Then choose the photos you want in there. You can then go and delete them from your camera roll and they will remain in the shared stream.
DMRink wrote:
If you want to move them off with the ability to retrieve them later you can definitely do that with iCloud by creating a "Shared" photo stream.
Photo Stream is NOT designed for long term storage. Once a stream reaches 1000, older photos will be deleted. Anything you want to keep should be transferred to a computer our uploaded to something like DropBox.
Shared photo streams are not deleted once they reach 1,000... See here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5902.
Apple states:
How many photos and videos can be stored in a shared stream?
A shared stream can hold a maximum of 5000 photos and videos combined. When you reach your limit, you must delete some photos or videos before adding new ones.
How long are iCloud Photo Sharing photos and videos stored in iCloud?
The photos and videos you share (and the comments or Likes associated with those photos) remain in iCloud until you or the contributor delete them manually, or until you delete the shared stream completely.
you write: In your photos app, at the bottom you'll see a "shared" icon.
NOt sure what you mean by my " photo apps". Which app? Where is it? Dumb i now:-)))))
you write: In your photos app, at the bottom you'll see a "shared" icon.
NOt sure what you mean by my " photo apps". Which app? Where is it? Dumb i now:-)))))
Which iOS version do you have?
The "Shared" tab is in the Photos.app on iOS 8.
Aloha Léonie. This is basically a zombie thread brough back to life by the person before my first reply. The only reason I even answered is I didn't want erroneous information to be left unchallenged. Stay well. Bob.
Aloha Léonie. This is basically a zombie thread brough back to life by the person before my first reply. The only reason I even answered is I didn't want erroneous information to be left unchallenged. Stay well. Bob.
That is the same reason why I answered 😁 to put the answer into the context of the correct iOS version.
Plus, because the last entry had not been removed, in spite of being reported as data recovery SPAM.
Gotcha, thanks. I should have known you would have spotted it. 🙂
How do you move photos from camera roll to cloud to free up memory
