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ktg4 Author

Level 1

58 points

iCloud "Low Disk Space", not syncing photos

I have a 16GB iPhone 5 that is completely jammed full of just the barebones essential apps and photos I need. I've deleted everything I possibly can. Unfortunately I'm not eligible for an upgrade to a larger phone until August. I'm hoping the iCloud Photo Library with the Optimize iPhone Storage setting can help free up some space. Here's my problem:

I enabled the iCloud Photo Library, and the Optimize iPhone Storage setting. I have the 20GB iCloud storage plan, and roughly 7GB of photos on my phone, so plenty of space. In the iCloud photo settings tab, underneath the iCloud Photo Library option, it tells me "Low Disk Space - 2536 Items to Upload". Nothing ever syncs, nothing is uploaded, my iCloud storage space still says 20.0 GB available, and my local photo storage hasn't shrunk at all. Why isn't it syncing? What am I missing?

Posted on Apr 8, 2015 4:25 PM

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ahorner58

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Aug 11, 2016 3:57 PM

I have 900mb free on my iPhone, 180GB free in the cloud. I deleted some apps, music and pictures to get 900mb free on my phone. The part of the message that said low disk space is gone but it has been uploading 41 items for 2 days now. Can anyone help. I see lots of people with the problem but no real resolution to the problem.

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hawdee

Level 1

9 points

Apr 14, 2015 1:21 AM in response to KieronMcK

> Apple will not upload any of your photos or pictures unless there is more than 300mb free disk space on your device.

Thanks, This helped me

hawdee

Level 1

9 points

Apr 12, 2015 8:22 AM in response to ktg4

Got the same problem.

And also:

Settings >> iCloud | Storage = 18.6 Gb Available

Settings >> iCloud >> Storage | Total Storage = 0 bytes, Available = 2.6 Gb

Why ?

ktg4 Author

Level 1

58 points

Apr 13, 2015 2:37 PM in response to hawdee

I have a similar discrepancy:

Settings >> iCloud | Storage = 15.0 GB Available

Settings >> iCloud >> Storage | Total Storage = 0 bytes, Available = 3.0 GB

yogadiva

Level 1

8 points

Jul 22, 2015 11:19 AM in response to hawdee

I HAVE 1 GB on my phone and it STILL won't upload the photos.

Aug 4, 2015 8:38 PM in response to KieronMcK

Thank you for posting. Where did you learn about the 300mb minimum for uploading photos?

draj123

Level 1

0 points

Sep 13, 2015 7:18 PM in response to KieronMcK

perfect! thanks

Jul 21, 2016 2:25 PM in response to willswords

I completely agree with you!

Aug 12, 2016 4:09 PM in response to Eric Root

Will do. Thanks Eric!

Jan 17, 2017 3:10 PM in response to ktg4

Ktg4

Mar 24, 2017 7:57 AM in response to KieronMcK

Brilliant thanks for the help this worked for me it was doing my nut in

Sep 17, 2017 10:13 AM in response to ktg4

Just to confirm, I deleted enough stuff to get just above 300 MB free and uploading started right up. Might be nice of Apple to notify of this when it becomes an obstacle!

iCloud "Low Disk Space", not syncing photos