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Why is my photos taking up a lot of storage even though I don’t have photos my photos are taking up 20GB and I only have like 50 photos and I have the 200GB for 2.99 but like it’s taken up mostly all my storage please help
iPad Pro, iPadOS 13
It’s happening again my iPad is the one that has the 20GB and my phone has 13GB and no photos my iPad has only 5 photos 3 videos and 2 photos and my phone has no photos and I did everything you told me what now?
It’s happening again my iPad is the one that has the 20GB and my phone has 13GB and no photos my iPad has only 5 photos 3 videos and 2 photos and my phone has no photos and I did everything you told me what now?
What is the file format of the photos on your iPhone? Have the photos been taken with the iPhone in the JPEG or HEIC format? Or have they been synced to the iPhone from a computer and are in a different format, like TIFF or RAW? A JPEG taken with the iPhone may have a file size up to 15MB (for example a large panoramic shot), but a high resolution TIFF or RAW may have a file size up to 100 MB. 50 high resolution TIFF might take up 5 GB of storage. If you are using photo editing extensions, the extensions may be storing additional high resolution edited versions saved by the external editor. Have you been using external editors? Are there photos stored by other applicationsß
Even if you are syncing the iPhone with iCloud Photos, the photos will take up local storage on your iPhone. The photos and videos are stored in iCloud, but are synced with the iPhone and mirrored on the iPhone. The local library on the iPhone will always be identical to the iCloud Photos Library. If you enable "Optimise iPhone Storage", Photos will remove some of the high resolution originals and replace them by smaller, optimised versions, but only, if you are running low on storage and need storage for other applications. "Optimise" will not remove downloaded photos needlessly but keep the most recently downloaded photos readyfor use, to avoid network traffic.
Keep it "High Efficiency", or the new photos and videos will need twice the storage.
Have you checked the albums? Is the Recently Deleted album empty? Are any items in the Hidden album?
Are any other devices syncing with iCloud Photos? A computer (if yes, which system version)? Are you using My Photo Stream or Shared Albums?
My format is on high efficiency do I put it on Most Compatible or no?
Never mind I fixed the problem now I know what is was it was because I had really long videos. Anyways thank you for helping me
Keep them off, if you are not using them. They would just store additional images on your iPhone.
if phantom photos keep happening, go to settings > Apple ID > iCloud > photos > turn iCloud photos and shared albums off, it helped erase 7GB of storage! Also long videos take a lot of space too!
Am not using my photo stream nor shared albums do I turn those on or do I keep them off?
Why is my photos taking up a lot of storage even though I don’t have photos
