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I noticed that the backup size for my iPhone is significantly smaller than the size of just the photo library itself, and am wondering why? I have iCloud Photo Library turned OFF, so this is not explained by the fact that with that feature turned on the photos are excluded from the "iCloud backup". I suspect there may be some compression going on, but not this much. Any thoughts?
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 11.4
How much iCloud storage do you have available?
You can also scroll to the bottom, and Delete the current backup, then go to Settings>your name>iCloud>Manage Storage>Backups>select your device to make sure your backup options are all correctly on. Then go to Settings>your name>iCloud>iCloud Backup>and click on Backup Now to see if the new backup will correctly reflect your items.
Best,
GB
How much iCloud storage do you have available?
You can also scroll to the bottom, and Delete the current backup, then go to Settings>your name>iCloud>Manage Storage>Backups>select your device to make sure your backup options are all correctly on. Then go to Settings>your name>iCloud>iCloud Backup>and click on Backup Now to see if the new backup will correctly reflect your items.
Best,
GB
You are most welcome.
I really don't know why it wasn't accurately reflecting your backup size, but right now, older devices on older iOSs (like my iPad 1) are showing a backup of 0kb, so my guess is that there have been some inaccuracies as of late in that arena.
There is no place to report a bug, but you can send feedback if you wish: Feedback - iCloud - Apple. Personally, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. But, of course, it's your call 🙂
Best,
GB
when you are using iCloud Photo Library your photos are not included in your IOS backup - so the relative sizes are totally meaningless - there is no overlap between the two different sizes
LN
Thanks Gail. Before receiving your response I went ahead and deleted the backup entirely and then turned it back on. This time it accurately reflected the backup size to include my photos (~9 GB). I'm really not sure why it only said 1.62 GB. If this is/was a bug, how do I report it? Everything seems to be working now, though, thanks for your help.
Thanks Larry, but I am not using iCloud Photo Library.
iCloud backup size is significantly smaller than photo library itself
