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Q: If I delete photos from my iPhoto library on my macbook, will I still have them on my iPhone?

I'm logged onto my macbook under my wife's profile, and I'm about to delete all the photos that are stored on my iphoto on my macbook, but I don't want to delete them from my wife's iphone. I've changed the settings on iphoto so they no longer auto import, but want to clear some disk space.

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MacBook, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 29, 2014 12:27 PM

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Q: If I delete photos from my iPhoto library on my macbook, will I still have them on my iPhone?

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  • by LarryHN,Solvedanswer

    LarryHN LarryHN Jan 29, 2014 12:33 PM in response to jimi_junior
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    Jan 29, 2014 12:33 PM in response to jimi_junior

    Depends

     

    If they are in the camera roll on the iPhone then deleting on the Mac will ahve no effect on them - if they are in your PhotoStream and you delete form PhotoStream on teh Mac they will be deleted from PS everywhere - if they are in an event on the Mac then deleting has not effect on yoru iphone

     

    LN

  • by jimi_junior,

    jimi_junior jimi_junior Jan 29, 2014 12:36 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jan 29, 2014 12:36 PM in response to LarryHN

    That's great, they're just on the camera roll so I'll delete away, thanks for the reply

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jan 29, 2014 12:41 PM in response to jimi_junior
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    Jan 29, 2014 12:41 PM in response to jimi_junior

    And you know it is always a good idea to do one and verify before "deleting away" just in case

     

    LN

  • by jimi_junior,

    jimi_junior jimi_junior Jan 29, 2014 12:50 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jan 29, 2014 12:50 PM in response to LarryHN

    OK, just in case, I've just deleted a couple of photos out of the events bit of the iphoto library, how long should I give it to see if they are deleted off the phone?

     

    Also, some of the folders, although in the events section, are called "Jan 2014 photo stream" - are these classed as being part of the PS??

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jan 29, 2014 1:55 PM in response to jimi_junior
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    Jan 29, 2014 1:55 PM in response to jimi_junior

    No - MMM YYYY PhotoStream is an event in iPhoto of photos imported form PhotoStream during that month - PS in iPhoto is in the source pane to the left under web

     

    LN