iCloud Photo Library uploading a huge permanently-deleted video

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iCloud Photo Library uploading a huge permanently-deleted video

Hello - here's a pickle: I've been using my iPhone to record some lengthy videos for transfer to my mac via Image Capture. Understanding that they'd otherwise be uploaded to iCloud, I deleted all videos then found them in "Recently Deleted" and deleted them permanently, after transferring the ones I wanted to keep.

Shortly afterwards, I noticed that Photos on the device was reporting "Uploading 1 Video" - an alarming proposition, given that the video sizes were considerable. I double-checked, and nothing remains either in the "Photos" area or the "Recently Deleted" area. I tried rebooting the device, and toggling Airplane Mode.

How am I going to stop Photos uploading a gig of no-longer-existing video?

Cheers,

Michael

Posted on Jul 4, 2015 12:42 AM

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Jul 4, 2015 4:09 AM in response to MichaelTyson

I am afraid that you may simply have to wait until they have finished.

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Jul 4, 2015 4:30 AM in response to Winston Churchill

You could be right...pretty annoying bug!

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Jul 4, 2015 4:39 AM in response to MichaelTyson

I'm not really sure that it's a bug, I can only assume that you have deleted it after it has started loading. If I delete my items before they started to upload, they do not upload at all.

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Jul 4, 2015 6:10 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Ah, that's really helpful info - I hadn't figured out what the reason was that some videos uploaded and some didn't. Next time I'll just turn on Airplane mode. Cheers!

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Jul 5, 2015 6:39 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Ah, actually, no: even putting the device in Airplane Mode, then recording the video and deleting it permanently (from the "Recently Deleted" area) still causes the video to be uploaded when the device is next connected to the network. That's nasty.

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