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iCloud / iPhone 6+
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I have recently upgraded my iCloud account so that I can store all my photos on there and free up space on my phone. I have downloaded the iCloud Drive app to my iPhone and 'backed up' my phone to iCloud. I still cannot see my photos in the iCloud Drive app? Also if I select a photo, it doesn't come up with the option to send it to the iCloud. It does when I am on my iPad. Any help would be fantastic thank you. |
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I have recently upgraded my iCloud account so that I can store all my photos on there and free up space on my phone. I have downloaded the iCloud Drive app to my iPhone and 'backed up' my phone to iCloud.
. Just turn on (in Settings->Photos&Camera) "ICloud Photo Library" and "Optimize iPhone Storage" This will upload all new photos to iCloud and then, when the iPhone is short of space, reduce the version on the handset to thumbnail size for the indices in the Photos App. When you access one of the low resolution images it automatically recovers the full-resolution version again. Works brilliantly for me! On my iPad (which has 64Gb) I have the "Optimze iPad storage" option off - so it keeps full-resolution photos on that device) |
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What you seem to be trying to do is already part of IOS, is totally automatic and does not use iCloud Drive at all!
Just turn on (in Settings->Photos&Camera) "ICloud Photo Library" and "Optimize iPhone Storage" This will upload all new photos to iCloud and then, when the iPhone is short of space, reduce the version on the handset to thumbnail size for the indices in the Photos App. When you access one of the low resolution images it automatically recovers the full-resolution version again. Works brilliantly for me! On my iPad (which has 64Gb) I have the "Optimze iPad storage" option off - so it keeps full-resolution photos on that device) Thank you. I am clueless about it all. So I can't move photos onto my iCloud Drive from my iPhone? I have switched on those iCloud settings now. Where do I see where the photos have gone? |
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Thank you. I am clueless about it all.
So I can't move photos onto my iCloud Drive from my iPhone? I have switched on those iCloud settings now. Where do I see where the photos have gone? You probably CAN use iCloud Drive if you want - but you seemed to be manually copying a build-in part of Apple's iCloud system! |
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Thank you. I am clueless about it all.
So I can't move photos onto my iCloud Drive from my iPhone? I have switched on those iCloud settings now. Where do I see where the photos have gone? If you have turned on the relevant settings then your photos will be in the iCloud too. You just keep accessing photos as normal through the photos app. Personally I use the Google photos app because it's free and unlimited. |
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Personally I use the Google photos app because it's free and unlimited.
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It only costs me £0.79/month for 50Gb of iCloud storage. This is far more than I need but I don't then have to manually do anything! Photos get downsized and recovered as needed.
Free is still cheaper than £0.79 a month which equates to £9.50 a year. That first tier is great but what happens when you breach 50GB (which is especially easy to do once you start taking HD video? Google Photos remains free whilst the next icloud tier is £2.49 a month which is £30 a year. |
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Google Photos remains free whilst the next icloud tier is £2.49 a month which is £30 a year.
I cannot ever see me running out of 50Gb as my present solution can be mixed with others - like archiving years old photos! . |
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