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How do I delete Photos from my Mac but not iCloud?


The easiest way to delete photos from an iPhone, but not iCloud, is to turn off iCloud photo sharing on your iPhone. The problem with this solution is that if you reconnect your iPhone to iCloud, your storage will update and delete everything you’ve deleted on your iPhone.

How do I delete photo library without deleting from iCloud?

The easiest way to delete photos from an iPhone, but not iCloud, is to turn off iCloud photo sharing on your iPhone. The problem with this solution is that if you reconnect your iPhone to iCloud, your storage will update and delete everything you’ve deleted on your iPhone.

Are photos stored on Mac or iCloud?

With iCloud Photos, all the photos and videos in your photo library are stored in iCloud, so you can access them from your Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV, and on iCloud.com. Any new photos and videos you add to Photos, or take with an iPhone or iPad, appear on all your devices that have iCloud Photos turned on.

Can I delete photos from Mac and keep on iCloud?

Apple’s iCloud does a great job at protecting your photos, but you have to be careful not to delete photos from iCloud and your Mac. To delete photos from a Mac computer, but not iCloud, open System Preferences. Click on Apple ID, then iCloud, and then uncheck Photos to turn off iCloud sync.

Will deleting photos from Mac delete from iCloud?

When you delete a photo or video from the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, it also deletes from your iCloud Photos and any other devices where you’re signed in to iCloud Photos. It also no longer counts towards your iCloud storage.

Do photos stay on iCloud if deleted from iPhone?

You can choose either Remove from iPhone or Download Photos & Videos, but no matter what you choose, the iCloud originals will remain intact.

Why is my iCloud storage full after deleting photos?

You’ll notice that your available iCloud storage space doesn’t change right away as you delete photos. That’s because, when you trash them, instead of being permanently deleted, photos and videos are sent to the Recently Deleted album.

What happens if you delete photo library Mac?

Added: After you delete the Photos Library from your Mac you can only access the photos in iCloud using the web interface and the Photos. app on the www.icloud.com page. You cannot access iCloud Photo Library using Photos on your Mac, unless you make a photos library on an external drive your System Photos Library.

Why do I have 2 photo libraries on my Mac?

Most likely this library is a library created when you first opened photos and it will have migrated the most recently opened iPhoto Library or Aperture Library. If you have plenty of iCloud Storage you could enable iCloud Photo Library.

Does iCloud take up space on my Mac?

The answer to your question of why is iCloud Drive taking up space on Mac is staring right into your face now. Take a good look at your Mac and see how many files you usually access from Apple’s iCloud server. If you’re accessing a lot, then your iCloud Drive could end up taking up space on Mac.

Why can’t I Delete photos from my Mac on my iPhone?

The chances are that the iPhone won’t delete photos because you have previously synced your photos with iTunes or added photos to the device with a third-party app. Most likely the photos you can’t delete are located in the From My Mac section of the Photos app.

How do I remove pictures from my desktop and screensaver on Mac?

Double-click it and you will see its contents in the Finder window. You can check what any picture is by clicking it once to highlight it and hitting the space bar. If you don’t like it you can drag it to the Trash in the usual way.

What happens when you turn off iCloud Photos Mac?

After you turn off iCloud Photo Library, the Photos app on your Mac can’t access your iCloud library, and any edits you make to photos on your Mac won’t appear on your other devices. Your library remains in iCloud and available to other devices that use iCloud Photo Library.

What happens if I turn off iCloud photos on one device?

What happens when you turn off iCloud Photo Library on your iPhone? If you turn off the iCloud Photo Library, it will remove photos from your iPhone that weren’t taken on that device.

Is it a good idea to store photos in iCloud?

iCloud Photos keeps all your photos and videos in their original, high-resolution version. To save storage space on your device, you can turn on Optimize Storage. If you turn on Optimize Storage, iCloud Photos automatically manages the size of your library on your device.

Can you choose which photos go to iCloud?

In iOS and iPadOS, you don’t have a choice. If you have iCloud Photos enabled, every picture in Photos on your iPhone or iPad will upload to iCloud and every image there downloads (at least a thumbnail) to your device. You can change a Photos pref to only reference, not import images.

Do photos stay on iCloud forever?

Photos in My Photo Stream remain in iCloud for 30 days. That should be sufficient time to back up your photos manually. After that, they are removed from iCloud. No matter how many photos My Photo Stream uploads to the cloud, the local Photo Stream album on any iOS or iPadOS device only keeps up to 1,000 images.

Can I delete photos from just one Apple device?

When you delete photos and videos, they go to your Recently Deleted album for 30 days. After 30 days, they’ll be permanently deleted. If you use iCloud Photos, and delete photos and videos from one device, the photos and videos will be deleted on your other devices.

Are deleted photos still in the cloud?

In case you unfortunately deleted a photo permanently, it means that you will not be able to see the photo on any of your other device and you can’t go to iCloud.com or iCloud for Windows to download the photo since it won’t be there.

How do I reduce the size of my photo library on my Mac?

To reduce the size of your Photos backup, save your photos and videos to your computer, then manually back up your iOS device. If you want to keep your photos and videos on your iOS device, you can turn off Photos in Backup or buy more storage. If there are any photos that you don’t want to keep, you can delete them.

What things take up iCloud storage?

Most often, your iCloud storage goes towards backing up your photos, files, voice memos, apps, and text messages.

Where are photos stored on Mac?

By default, the System Photo Library is located in the Pictures folder on your Mac. You can also create additional photo libraries on your Mac and on other storage devices. You should always use the Photos app to access the photos in a Photos library.

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