will shutting off Icloud photos remove all photos on I phone including those in my iphone albums as the warning suggests when I try to close icloud photos?
iPhone 6, iOS 9.3
Sorry if you already know some of this, but I'll start with some basics.
1. iCloud is a collection of services to allow syncing and access of files between multiple devices (contacts, calendars, docs, etc) and backups of your devices.
2. iCloud Photo Library is just one of the services of iCloud. You can turn it ON or OFF on any particular device and use manual management, via iTunes, or My Photo Sharing.
3. By definition, iCloud Photo Library contains ALL your images and videos at full resolution (in effect, it's your "master" library).
4. It is NOT a good idea to keep your originals only in the cloud. You should also have, in effect, a backup on your computer and in whatever photo app you're using. If you're low on space on your computer, invest in an external hard drive - they're very cheap now.
5. To conserve storage space on any device, you can select in Settings/Preferences to keep an "Optimized" library on any of those devices and still retain the feature of having access to all files. With this option, PC and/or the individual device will automatically and dynamically use only as much storage space as is available, and will free additional space if you need it for other files. It does this by storing locally small thumbnails of older, or less accessed images, instead of at full resolution.
6. When iCloud Photo Library is enabled, you no longer need to manually move your images from devices to the library - it all happens automatically. If you're using Photos app, edits to your images are also synced.
7. iCloud Photo Library will use up a lot of data for the first sync. Set your devices to only use Wi-Fi, not Cellular, data.
My suggestion for what would work best for you:
A. Set your computer to use iCloud Photo Library at full resolution;
B. Set your iDevices to use iCloud Photo Library, but at Optimized resolution.
C. Continue to sync the second device manually via iTunes.
You might find this article about iCloud Photo Library helpful. Otherwise, search this forum for specific issues or questions.
http://www.imore.com/how-use-icloud-photo-library-ultimate-guide
PS: I'm on Mac, so I might be making some incorrect assumptions about what can and can't be done on the PC side, but my iOS instructions are solid. There are seperate forums here for Windows users that you might want to visit.
PPS: To answer your specific question about the "deleting" of images when you turn iCloud Photo Library... Only the local Photos library on the iPhone will be deleted; the library on iCloud will not be affected. And you stil have/should have everything on your computer, anyway, right? See item #4 above.
Thanks Rysz,to further clarify-I'm confused by I cloud-there are (2) iphone 6's in my household & 1 windows pc.I added 50gb of icloud storage because I wanted to keep photos on the phones from using up all the phone memory.I have an icloud account setup on my pc,my iphone (#1) is not using icloud at all.I transfer photos from my phone manually to a windows program with folders.The 2nd phone is the problem.All the photos & videos from that phone were duplicating on my pc Icloud until I shut the app off on the pc & all photos deleted on pc-Good because I don"t want them using pc memory either.Which leaves me the pictures in 2 places on the 2nd phone? I cloud & library?The other person with the 2nd phone is not computer savvy,so I manually take the pictures from that phone via usb & transfer to a flash drive for them to view,thereby eliminating excess storage on the phone.So now the message: whether I try to shut off photo library in Icloud or shut off photos & camera in settings I get the message "do you want to download a copy of your Icloud photo library to this phone? with choices:
1-Remove from Iphone or 2-Download Photos & Videos or3- Cancel." I hit cancel because I don't understand!! The bottom line is, all I want to do is keep the photos & videos on the 2nd phone to a minimum without deleting them thats why I thought originally Icloud was the answer for the 2nd phone.Now I don't know what to do.Sorry my explanation is so lengthy.I hope you understand & can help me or maybe I should talk to an apple help tech? Thanks
iPhone albums that were created on the phone do not actually have pix in them. The albums really contain pointers to the location of the pix on the phone (Camera Roll), so, yes, those will be deleted. iPhone albums set up on your PC and synced to your phone will remain on the phone.
Quitting Photos app does not, by itself, delete images from iCloud.
Please provide the exact text of the warning you're seeing. We'll try to decipher it.
well, then how do I get all the photos off the iCloud to store a high resolution copy of them offline?
shutting off icloud photo gives warning all photos will be deleted from phone-does that include all photos in my photo albums on phone?
