iCloud Photos

Robert · 8 Apr 2021 at 16:27

So I have (or had!) photos on my iPhone with iCloud backup/photos. Recently google photos advised that as all of the photos were in google photos it could clear a vast chunk of space from my phone...which is great - however when I check iCloud photos via web - they seem to be gone there too? I can’t see them in google photos either...slightly confused as I thought they’d remain in iCloud. Need to recheck google
Photos too.

Have I totally misunderstood how iCloud photos works?

Robert · 8 Apr 2021 at 17:00

What’s annoying is I had created some albums on my phone, which google photos hasn’t replicated :-/

Robert · 20 May 2021 at 13:51

Just a query on this, if my phone tells me that I'm maxing my storage and I decide to delete some photos from my phone, will they then just delete from my phone and remain in icloud given I pay X amount for cloud storage per month?

Robert · 24 May 2021 at 06:58

john_smith said:
No, the iPhone <> iCloud storage is a sync not an off site backup.

Optimise iPhone storage option I mention above is the answer.

Also, backup the phone, wipe it, restore the backup. This is always a good trick to free up storage. I used to do it frequently when I had a 16gb iPhone.

AlreDy have that enabled. But annoying as it means I can’t use apple photos to create albums etc