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What happens to my photos if I turn on iCloud photos?
If you have an iPhone and iPad with iCloud sharing enabled on both, all photos and videos will be shared across both devices. However, if you turn iCloud photos off on your phone, your iPhone’s Camera Roll will lose any images that weren’t created on that device (if you haven’t downloaded them already, that is).
Does iCloud save your photos?
Apple automatically provides every user with 5GB of free iCloud storage. You can use this storage to back up apps, images, videos, or documents.
Will I lose photos if I downgrade iCloud storage?
If you downgrade your storage plan and your content exceeds the storage you have available, new photos and videos won’t upload to iCloud Photo Library and your devices will stop backing up to iCloud.
How are photos and videos stored in iCloud?
With Optimize Storage, smaller, space-saving photos and videos are kept on your device while all of your original, full-resolution versions are stored in iCloud. And as long as you have enough space in iCloud, you can store as many photos and videos as you want.
How do I save photos to iCloud to save space?
Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. Turn on iCloud Photos. Select Optimize iPhone Storage to save space on your device. With Optimize Storage, smaller, space-saving photos and videos are kept on your device while all of your original, full-resolution versions are stored in iCloud.
Can you download photos from iCloud to any device?
With iCloud Photos, you can download a copy of your photos and videos on any device. If you want to save copies of your photos and videos from iCloud.com to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or your Mac or PC, follow these steps. On iCloud.com, tap Photos.
How to add more storage to iCloud Photo Library?
Get started with iCloud Photo Library: Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. Turn on iCloud Photo Library. Select Optimize iPhone Storage to make more space on your device.