What else is stored in iPhone>iCloud>Storage>Backup>Photo Library

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What else is stored in iPhone>iCloud>Storage>Backup>Photo Library

I've asked this before in different ways and it seems nobody seems to be really sure.

I've looked at the documentation and have not been able to find what exactly is stored in this specific category of data being backed up:

iPhone>

Settings>

iCloud>

Storage>

Manage Storage>

This iPhone>

Photo Library!

My iCloud Photo Library is turned off, so Im not backing up anything extra to the cloud.

Technically the only thing being backed up to my iCloud account from my iPhone's Photos should be the Camera Roll, right?

But I sync my phone with iTunes and delete all imported pictures almost daily now. My Camera Roll is empty, yet I get 636MB of Photo Library being backed up:

One other thing, why is WhaysApp backed up when if I go to WhatsApp and Settings, Backups are turned off?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.2, iOS8

Posted on Jul 27, 2015 9:37 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 27, 2015 11:24 AM in response to santiagofrommiami

The back up is actually the last 3 back ups, so I believe. As such I imagine your photos aren't removed from the back up entirely because you have deleted them from the camera roll. This may account for what you see.

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Answer 2

Jul 27, 2015 1:36 PM in response to Winston Churchill

OK I'm not quite sure if I follow.

You're saying that backups actually contain the last 3 backups? And I have data in my camera roll each time. So if in my backup - 3 I had:

100mb

And in backup - 2 I had:

200 mb

And in backup - 1 I had:

300 mb

Then it has 600mb stored.

So I would need to make 3 backups with nothing in the camera roll so that it drops to 0mb?

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Answer 3

Jul 27, 2015 2:07 PM in response to santiagofrommiami

I'm not actually saying anything, I'm suggesting reasons your back file size may be what it is, but no I doubt they would stack up like that since in practice most of what would be deemed to be back up 1 would also be contained in back ups 2 and 3.

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