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move photos to icloud

I need help moving photos on my MacBook Air to iCloud. I currently have almost 2 TB of space in iCloud.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 27, 2020 3:28 PM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2020 3:40 PM

See the following for instructions on how to sync photos to iCloud: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


Be aware that 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.


Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.


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Sep 27, 2020 3:40 PM in response to Lisa Tremper

See the following for instructions on how to sync photos to iCloud: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


Be aware that 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.


Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.


move photos to icloud

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