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Transferring photos

Is there any way to delete photos from my iPhone XS without deleting them from my MacBook Air? I don’t use photo stream or shared albums only iCloud photos...

iPhone XS, iOS 13

Posted on Oct 25, 2019 9:46 AM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2019 10:16 AM

iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264


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Oct 25, 2019 10:16 AM in response to toyah49

iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264


Transferring photos

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