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I have over 30,000 photos/videos in iCloud (357GB). Synced between my MacBook Pro, iPhone, and iPad. Works extremely well for me. Set it and forget it.

binarysolo1111 9y ago
Doesn't your iPhone capacity get full up? Can you selectively choose what is synced? Last time I tried (a few years ago) it was all or nothing
- elnygren 9y ago
  iOS saves space by only keeping thumbnails locally and loading better versions on de-mand. You’re gonna be fine :)
- nkristoffersen 9y ago
  Everything lives in the cloud. Once the photo has been uploaded only the preview is stored on your phone. When you tap on the photo or use the photo/video, the phone pulls the full file down from the cloud. You can set this in the photos setting. You have the option to store all content locally while also backing up everything in th cloud. However, none of my devices have the space for 357GB of photos so I default everything to “optimize local storage”.
  - zimpenfish 9y ago
    I would like the ability to have a single "always local" folder for putting a selection of photos in. Handy for when you have no network, etc. "Favourites" seems to -almost- have this priority in that they'll more often than not be on the device regardless of age and whether you've specifically downloaded them but it's not -quite- there.
zimpenfish 9y ago
Currently on ~75k photos+videos in iCloud Photos and yeah, syncing is now[1] really good between Macbook, iPhone and iPad. There's times I've saved a photo on the phone and it's been on the iPad before I've swapped devices. [1] It has been flakey as a weasel's taint in the past.
bigbugbag 9y ago
Anything marketed "cloud" is a privacy liability. Using this defeats the whole privacy issue raised here. Besides syncing 357GB requires some serious internet which is a privilege of a limited few.

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I have over 30,000 photos/videos in iCloud (357GB). Synced between my MacBook Pro, iPhone, and iPad. Works extremely well for me. Set it and forget it.

by nkristoffersen 9y ago

binarysolo1111 9y ago
Doesn't your iPhone capacity get full up? Can you selectively choose what is synced? Last time I tried (a few years ago) it was all or nothing
- elnygren 9y ago
  iOS saves space by only keeping thumbnails locally and loading better versions on de-mand. You’re gonna be fine :)
- nkristoffersen 9y ago
  Everything lives in the cloud. Once the photo has been uploaded only the preview is stored on your phone. When you tap on the photo or use the photo/video, the phone pulls the full file down from the cloud. You can set this in the photos setting. You have the option to store all content locally while also backing up everything in th cloud. However, none of my devices have the space for 357GB of photos so I default everything to “optimize local storage”.
  - zimpenfish 9y ago
    I would like the ability to have a single "always local" folder for putting a selection of photos in. Handy for when you have no network, etc. "Favourites" seems to -almost- have this priority in that they'll more often than not be on the device regardless of age and whether you've specifically downloaded them but it's not -quite- there.
zimpenfish 9y ago
Currently on ~75k photos+videos in iCloud Photos and yeah, syncing is now[1] really good between Macbook, iPhone and iPad. There's times I've saved a photo on the phone and it's been on the iPad before I've swapped devices. [1] It has been flakey as a weasel's taint in the past.
bigbugbag 9y ago
Anything marketed "cloud" is a privacy liability. Using this defeats the whole privacy issue raised here. Besides syncing 357GB requires some serious internet which is a privilege of a limited few.