Syning all my photos and files

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Syning all my photos and files

I have a bunch of devices: iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro (old one), MacBookPro (just got), iMac. It seems that not all devices upload photos and other data to iCloud. Is there a non-tedious, kind of quick way for me to see if things are successfully uploaded? I'd like to remove data from at least the iPhone and iPad. I don't need all that data resident on the devices.

iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 26, 2020 9:46 AM

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tygb

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Jun 26, 2020 9:58 AM in response to Redrudy

See these articles https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl923c1147/10.15/mac/10.15

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchlde9a31f1/10.15/mac/10.15

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Eric Root

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Jun 26, 2020 1:38 PM in response to Redrudy

iCloud is a syncing system, not an external 'hard drive'. If you delete them on your device, they will delete from iCloud. To increase space available, go Settings/Your Name/iCloud/Photos and select Optimize iPhone/iPad Storage. That will reduce the space required by about 90% when fully effective.

For what you want to do, you need a different cloud based solution such as Dropbox, OneDrive, or Flicker.

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