Keep photos on icloud Photo Library but delete from Mac Hard Drive?

How do I Keep photos on icloud Photo Library but delete from Mac Hard Drive?

MacBook Air, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Jul 21, 2016 7:10 AM

Reply
1 reply

Jul 21, 2016 8:05 AM in response to jshelton22

iCloud Photo Library is designed primarily as a syncing method and is not designed to be cloud-only storage. If you have iCloud Photo Library turned on in your Mac and you delete a photo from the Mac it will be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to that iCloud Photo Library. You can reduce the amount of storage space required on your Mac by opening Photos and going to Photos Preferences, click iCloud in the bar at the top of the Preferences window and then click Optimize Mac Storage.


The following has information about how to turn off iCloud Photo Library on a device: Get help with your iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Keep photos on icloud Photo Library but delete from Mac Hard Drive?

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.