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just a point from the other side. I use iCloud and it is quick, cheap, and seamless. $9.99/mo for 2TB is a great deal. And the file/photo/video syncing is painl

• giobox 9y ago
  iCloud photo library syncing is a mess, to put it politely. The number of things you can do that accidentally trigger a full re-upload of your entire photo library is a minefield. Don't get me started on photoanalysisd either... Having re-uploads/photoanalysisd run repeatedly on large libraries is not fun. http://tidbits.com/article/17757 http://tidbits.com/article/17757 Increasingly the Google Photos iOS/desktop uploader apps offers a significantly more robust sync experience for me on my Apple devices. The pricing is fine until you hit the 2TB cap (very easily done if you use Family Sharing especially), at which point you are hosed. Even offering the ability to pay $x per GB over this cap would be a lifeline. Again Google have much better options for this. That the default free amount of storage hasn't changed in years from 5GB for all your devices is arguably pretty mean in 2018.
• digikata 9y ago
  Is there a way to tap into the iCloud photo library/stream with third party tools. I'd like to do that for an independent backup. The Amazon Prime photo app managed to do it, but I'd like something I can replicate photos to my own home server and not necessarily involve yet another cloud service.
• jonathankoren 9y ago
  It works when you have a local hard drive that can hold your entire photo album. Otherwise, it doesn't. Honestly, I don't understand iCloud for photos. I understand iCloud drive, it's a server. iPhoto's interaction with iCloud feels suspiciously like sync, so I actually have no confidence in it.