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Q: Apple Photos: All of sudden on my iphone? How to get rid of?

I recently downloaded Photos which seemed to be the update from IPhoto. After the download was complete, my IPhone all of a sudden had thousands of photos from my IPhoto albums, in an album called Iphoto events, which subsequently took up all of my iphone storage. How do i delete this album off my iphone without deleting the photos from 'Photos' on my macbook?

iPhone 5s, iOS 10

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 1:27 PM

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Q: Apple Photos: All of sudden on my iphone? How to get rid of?

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 22, 2016 1:45 PM in response to opitcher
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    Sep 22, 2016 1:45 PM in response to opitcher

    We need details - what version of the OS and of photos?

     

    what are your iCloud settings on the Mac and on the iPhone?

     

    And your are a bit confused - you did not download Photos adn it is not a replacement for iPhoto - Photos can not be downloaded - it can only be installed when you do an OS install and it is not optional as it is part of the OS now (and for the last nearly two years)

     

    iPhoto has not been updated for about two years and will not ever be updated again - all development was stopped after the release of version 9.6.1, the latest and last version of iPhoto

     

    And in Photos like iPhoto albums are not duplicates or extra copies - albums in Photos are exactly like albums in iPhoto and use no storage, they simply point to photos in your library

     

    LN

  • by opitcher,

    opitcher opitcher Sep 22, 2016 2:09 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Sep 22, 2016 2:09 PM in response to LarryHN

    Haha yeah I think I am confused. Well basically when I did the update, and opened Photos, all of these photos that were in my iPhoto, all of a sudden synced to my iPhone too, under iPhoto Events folder.

     

    Currently on my iPhone 5s, iCloud settings are: iCloud Drive - On, Photos - On (under this iCloud Photo Library - On)

    I'm not sure what my Macbook iCloud settings are (sorry not that fluent in this stuff).

     

    Just want to get rid of this album from my iphone but would still like to be able to access these photos from my laptop!

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 22, 2016 2:38 PM in response to opitcher
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    Sep 22, 2016 2:38 PM in response to opitcher

    Careful - if you are using iCloud Photo Library and it w=sunds like you are then all cahnges made on any device (additions, deletions and edits) are made on all devices

     

    ON the Mac what are your iCloud setting in teh Photos preferences?

     

    LN