sharonfromwerribee

Q: Confusion with deleting photos

I want to delete photos from my iPad but once I do they are deleted from my iMac. How do I just delete from one device please.

iPad Air Wi-Fi, Cellular, iOS 9.3.2, null

Posted on Jun 12, 2016 8:12 PM

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  • by LarryHN,Helpful

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 12, 2016 8:31 PM in response to sharonfromwerribee
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    Jun 12, 2016 8:31 PM in response to sharonfromwerribee

    Since you provide no details we can only make guesses

     

    Based on you limited post I'm guessing you are using iCloud Photo Library  --  if that guess is correct then it is working exactly as documented - the entire and only purpose of ICPL is to sync libraries so every change (additions, deletion or edit) you make on any device is made on all devices  --  on devices with limited storage you use optimized photos on that device

     

    If you do not want that then you need to stop using ICPL as that is what it does

     

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Jun 13, 2016 12:36 PM in response to sharonfromwerribee
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    Jun 13, 2016 12:36 PM in response to sharonfromwerribee

    If you are using iCloud Photo Library as LarryHN suspects, the way to free storage on iPad is to enable "Optimize Storage" on the iPad,. Then the iPad will only store smaller versions of the photos and download the full versions from iCloud. You can reduce the amount of used storage to 10% this way.  But iCloud Photo Library will try to use as much storage as it can get on the device, the storage is managed auto matically.

    If you disable iCloud Photo Library you can sync selected albums to your iPad using iTunes, see this link:  Sync photos to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in iTunes - Apple Support