iCloud Photos on my iPad uses too much space

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iCloud Photos on my iPad uses too much space

I updated to iOS 8.3 and enabled iCloud Photo on all my devices and have it enabled on my iMac with the latest OSX Yosemite. Since then, the Photos app on my iPad is taking far too much space even though I have enabled the optimize storage feature on the iPad. Is there away to reduce the number of Photos available on my iPad without turning off the iCloud Photo feature? Is it possible to view only a subset of all my photos or is it all or none with iCloud?

iPad, iOS 8.1.2, 3rd gen iPad, Verizon WiFi/4G, 16GB

Posted on Apr 9, 2015 11:57 AM

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FoxFifth

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Apr 9, 2015 1:03 PM in response to NJAnalyst

I had the same thought that it would be nice if I could specify a subset of the photos on my Mac to be included in iCloud Photo Library. There isn't an option and the only work around I have found would be to have to Photos libraries on my Mac -- one with iCloud on and the other with it off. Not an easy solution. More details on how to do that: Adjust the size of your Photos library to work with iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support

You might want to make a suggestion to Apple at https://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html

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