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• My photo library iCloud takes 2.5 GB of space, even if it is empty

  My photo library iCloud takes 2.5 GB of space, although it contains no photos or videos. I had this problem for about 6 months.

  Enter the photo library to iCloud and select 'Disable and remove' turns off iCloud photo library. Delete everything in your Photos app - don't forget to check the shared photos and all the albums. Then, re-enable iCloud photo library.

• Is there a way to download photos from my iPhone to my photo library iCloud without having my iCloud all that downloaded on my iPhone photo library?

  I just got a new iPhone 7. I was able to import all of my photos and videos of my previous iPhone 6 on my photo library to iCloud. I would like to import the photos that I take on my current iPhone to my previous library without going through my library iCloud just downloaded on my current iPhone. I would just like to see all on my Mac. Is it possible that it is possible? Thank you.

  I'm not entirely sure or understand what you're asking.  If you import pictures from your device, it is stored in iCloud photo library.

  If you're wondering if it is possible to store photos only in iCloud, and not the on your device, the answer would be no, because iCloud is not traditional storage cloud based, i.e. it is a sync/mirroring system, allowing you to synchronize all your photos on all of your devices and make them available instantly , or almost immediately in some cases.

• How to remove several photos library icloud?

  I use icloud photos with multiple devices, including an iPhone 4, iPad, Macbook pro and two PC.

  My icloud library is too large, with many duplicates (same photo taken several times) and many photos, I don't want to keep.

  Deleting photos in the library using the icloud library is a slow and tedious process.  I can remove only one at a time, each time takes 20 seconds or more, even with Internet broadband.

  How can I select and delete several photos at once?

  Hello rhwolfson,

  Thank you for using communities Support from Apple!

  Looks like you want to be able to remove several photos icloud photo library at the same time.  I will do my best to help find a solution for you.

  To delete multiple photos, the easiest method is to sign in iCloud.com on one of the computers you listed.  Once logged in, click on the photos icon.  When you are in the view 'Moments', you should see "Select of Photos" at the top right of the browser window. Click on 'Select Photos'.  You should now be able to select multiple photos and then click on the "Remove" button that appears.  This should allow you to delete several photos at the same time.

  Have a great day!

• Photo library - iCloud how to remove duplicates

  All, someone knows something about OSX/IOS 'Photos' app will detect and remove duplicates photo9?  My library 'Photos' 63 299 photos & videos of 2135 from may 2016 and at least 10,000 + of these photos are duplicates (based on an analysis of Photosweeper). I have checked the results of the analysis of Photosweeper by doing a manual visual comparison and check images original in iphoto library (using the function location of show) and confirmed that these 10 000 + photos are images duplicate identical with names of different files in different parts of the photo library database.

  So what is happening and how to stop 10-15% of my picture library being duplicate files! I will raise this directly with the apple support payment for the 1 TB icloud service to cover my very large library 'Photos', which should probably be just a large Photo library!

  A few other comments for those who have a double problem:

  -L' old iPhoto application used to "detect duplicates" when import but the new application 'Photos' does not. Anyone know about this?

  -J' saw the documentation from apple saying the icloud search duplicates in 'Photos' when in the icloud, but clearly not work or it does not work if duplicates exist also in the version of the imac to the library 'Photos '.

  -Beware of apps that claim to find 'photos' duplicate and are recommended on various Internet sites, a number of them don't work with the old iphotos app the new application 'Photos' (I discovered after you pay and download). If you need a remover of duplicates of photos that work with 'Photos' review and stay away from any application that do not specify clearly and explicitly he works with "photos" and has been seen since the release of the Photos app.

  + I paid $10 for "Gemini" dual Finder and has been a complete waste of time that didn't work only not with the "Photos" application (it wasn't not clear documentation or support, and when I trigger it supported by Macpaw that they said gemini does not support photos and told me to buy another app macpaw - I told them to go jump in a Lake).

  + I found very good Photosweeper that you can set to match exact or variable (for example photos of accidental burst which are 99.99% identical but 0,1s collapse) and then you can right click to view original file / image in the library to manually check duplicate (if you are paranoid like me) - there are many other paid apps that also make this store then around

  Photos detects duplicates when you import pictures and when you synchronize with ICPL

  Photos does not analyse the duplicates, but checks for them during import and download of IPCL

  There are a few duplicate programs that are tested as safe with Photos, including PowerPhotos, PhotoSweeper for the pictures and Duplicate Annihilator for Photos - do not use a tested and documented as safe\

  And I'm not clear what your post is about since you are asking how to find duplicates and then provide a good answer - photoSweeper - it is one of the safe and effective ways to remove duplicates for Photos

  LN

• Photos in the photo library iCloud - HELP Please!

  I have an iMac, iPad + iPhone with the same Apple ID and the same photo of iCloud library.

  Now, by mistake, IV ' e disable preferences APP Photos of the iMac of the iCloud (see photo) photo library and turn on again after a few seconds.

  It seems that my photos r new download!

  1. How can I stop useless download?

  2. How can I make all my devices will have the same amount and same pictures using iCloud photo library?

  Even if I have to remove all the photos from a device...

  Thank you

  

  He can't really download like to check what to be downloaded.

  The number of pictures, it's what she has on your Mac. Once it finds that they all do not need to be downloaded again, this indictment will probably fall.

• My images full resolution stay in my photo library iCloud after downloading the originals on my Mac?

  Good afternoon

  I am currently downloading my entire photo library on my Mac from my iCloud Photo Library - I want to save the originals on a hard drive external.

  I've always had the value "optimize storage space", will be the full resolution original images stay in the cloud after the originals have downloaded on my Mac?

  Most of them is shot in RAW format and I still want their cloud to use Lightroom without having to import them all into LR first.

  Thank you, Aimee

  Yes, iCloud library still retains full resolution photos, unless you delete them

• Download Photo library iCloud to new drive

  Hello.

  Problems at several levels with my Mac and will need probably need to download icloud library my pictures and my videos on a properly installed new hard drive.

  Once connected and downloading is done, how much time should I keep the Library open and intact while the Mac writes what it takes? I have a little less 40 GB in size with a little less than 13,000 positions.

  Thanks for your help.

  H

  You can use it while it is downloading and it downloads in the background so it doesn't have to be open - it must be powered, awake and have internet available to download so keep awake - 13 000 will take some time, but no one can predict exactly how long--two many uncontrollable varriables

  If you quit Photos while the process is not ready, you'll get a message

  LN

• Solution of fast backup, photos of google or iCloud photo library?

  Hey there Apple community, im in a bit of a situation difficult and need a few thoughts. My iPhone more than 6 s is fully charged to 64 GB of photos and applications. My iMac is fully loaded with photos in iphoto, Yosemite. I have 10% left in my iMac HD. It won't let me save my iphone. I know I go through my iphoto library and organize and delete some photos and consolidate the events before migrating to the new application photos and then move it to icloud photo library, but I'm very limited on time in the next few months and won't be able to do. I wrestle on a quick temporary solution for backup, but don't want to spoil or lose my precious photos and other data.

  But this is what im thinking, tell me if this would mess things up.

  I would like to either temporarily back up all my photos on Google photos for now from my iphone, and then when I'm ready, I'm going to migrate my iphoto library all on my imac to the photo library to icloud and then transfer my photo library from google to the photo library icloud (but not sure. If it works Someone at - it experience with google pictures and Mac?).

  Or I simply activate the iCloud library of photos on my phone while it backs up my current pictures on my phone last year and then optimize my storage on my phone. Then a few months starting now to migrate my iphoto library 268 GB of Photos app on my iMac running Yosemite and then migrate the library of Photos in this same icloud photos library that I opened a few months back from my phone (I understand I will pay $10 per month for the size of the library). I feel like the latest one is the best option, but I'm not sure if I do it my icloud library won't sync and consolidate properly because I started with my current pictures on my phone and then brought in my library of photos together for the last 5 years at a later date. How do you think any community?

  Why not get an external drive and move the photo library of the computer to the outside. If successful, you can then remove the library on the computer, or just keep it as a backup.

  The article is for iPhoto, but the basics are the same.

  iPhoto: move your iPhoto library to a new location

• ICloud deleting deletes photo library photos from iCloud, photo sharing

  I have iCloud photo library on my Mac and on my iPhone.  I created an album of photos and videos to spend several weeks going apartment hunting in my neighborhood.  I have friends who are also looking for apartments in my neighborhood and these photos and videos would be useful for them.  So I want to share all these content with them using iCloud, photo sharing.  However, I have this great set of photos/videos over on my Mac or my iPhone, because I have an apartment and my use for these photos.

  So I want to:

  1. create a shared album (let's call it 'Videos apartment').

  2. Add all my photos and videos of my apartment hunting that is currently in my library to iCloud.

  3 share only iCloud library with my friends (they can add, comment, do what they want)

  4 delete the original files from my library to iCloud I don't don't need or want these photos over on my personal devices.

  My question is: if I delete the photo in step 4, which will also remove the same pictures of the iCloud Shared Library?

  It would be useful to know if the iCloud share photos are copies separated from my photos of the library, or are the same.

  Sharing albums and Photo library iCloud iCloud different services and are stored independently from each other.

  When you create a shared album and share with your friends, you will see the shared album and photos in your photo library, but you can remove the originals from your photo library, as long as you do not remove the shared album photos. In the shared album photos can be slightly smaller than your original photos, because there is a limit of size of pixels for shared photos.

• How to handle Monster pictures 30 K in iCloud photo library? Segment or archive, suggestions?

  Hi there-

  I managed to hang a new iPhone 7 now and want to put up, but I'm struggling under the weight of a photo 32 000 iCloud photo library. Yes, I know it's my fault - we had iPhones for years, I'm an accountant family and the taker of the photo, I take too many pictures, I save too many photos, I have teenage girls who take a LOT of pictures.

  SO I think they are in the library of iCloud.  When I'm on my phone with iOS 10, I see "All Photos" and the total is slightly less than 32K - BUT I don't really need TO see all 32,000?  In fact, I don't really want to?  I would like to know that they are saved in their original resolution, but never need access to all those who, on minutes notice: they took 10 years to build up!

  Can I 'archive' in iCloud library?  They segment somehow?

  I have 7 more than 256 GB iPhone memory - isn't a storage thing, it's just something exaggerated.  I'm considering a facility clean b/c I'm also about 1000 apps more than 10 years old.

  But once I sign in iCloud, I think that 30K pictures will come streaming back, right?

  Other info:

  -My use of Photos on my 6 current iPhone is about 40 GB

  -J' have 800 GB available on a 1 TB iCloud account

  -In my iCloud account, it says that my photo library ICloud is 97 GB

  -I don't have an unlimited Smugmug Pro with photo storage account (although I'm not really all 32K of these-there are many who are not guards).

  -J' I download Google Photos to try to save it, but there still 30 000 pictures to back up.

  -J' have a MacBook Air but (gulp) do not have upgraded the operating system to have Photos for Mac yet.

  I would really appreciate it here a road map to get out of this situation - or not "stack" putting them all on my 256 GB iPhone 7 more and just accumulating more!

  Thanks in advance for the help!

  AKC

  Why not only the photos in the photo library of iCloud?

• How to remove photos from my iPhone without deleting icloud photo library?

  My iPhone is full and I wanted to remove some photo to release some spaceso I supported the up to iCloud and I started to remove photos. ***? They are endangered to iCloud! Now, they're just gone. It's crazy! Image capture you can import to everywhere, but the function "delete after importing" seems to have disappeared. I'm sure this question has been beat to death, but how you remove photos from their phone without removing them from their photo library iCloud?

  So frustrating.

  Does anyone know of a solution to this?

  iCloud is a synchronization system, not just external storage.  Once you turn on photo library all you do with a photo is on ALL of your devices (including remove them).  See the last section in this article on how to recover pictures that you inadvertently deleted:

  iCloud: use iCloud photo library on your iOS device

  It is also here:

  Get help with your photo library - Apple Support iCloud

  How to remove pictures and videos from a camera using iCloud photo library?

  If you want to delete the pictures and videos of all your iOS, Mac and iCloud.comdevices, you can delete them in the Photos app.

  When you delete a photo or video of your Photos app, also will not delete your photo library and iCloud iCloud storage. You can retrieve your photos and videos from the album recently deleted for 30 days.

• How to create the new library of Photos to iCloud without it merging with the former?

  I started my iCPL in January 2015. It is now 104 Gb/8000 photos. In a year I need to upgrade my plan of storage iCloud.

  So I think I would make the existing one a regular photo library, and start a new photo library iCloud.

  If I start a new library now and make the iCPL, merge it with the existing iCPL. I want to replace the existing in iCloud.

  I could do (I think): -.

  1. make the existing a non-iCPL and rename it.

  2. create a new lib Photos and make the library system iCloud.

  3. the new library (empty) will download and merge with the former in iCloud, so it contains now 8000 photos of the original lib.

  4. delete all the 8000 photos in the new.

  5. start put new photos in the photo library now empty iCloud.

  Is there a better way? I do it too difficult?

  I can see what I've described above taking a long time to settle on all devices, even if I can avoid 30 day waiting by removing the deleted record recently.

  Thank you

  You use "Optimize Mac Storage" on your Mac? Then, you will need to make sure that all the photos to download to your Mac before you copy your current library corresponding to your backup disk and start deleting iCloud.  Is there enough free storage on your Mac to do this?

  I would also like to than my thin iCloud library. My iCloud library has only my favorite photos of many years, I want on all my devices as well as the most recent photos that I'm still trying. Because the iCloud library must be the library system, only in iCloud library photos are available in the media for other applications browser, so I keep all the photos here that I can use in other applications.

  What I do to save bandwidth and download time is to have two libraries:

  1. A large library where I keep all the photos I want to keep - it's my photo archives. This library is on an external drive that is supported by Time Machine and is currently still an Aperture library.
  2. A smaller library iCloud in my pictures folder.

  I import new photos first to the iCloud library, remove all the bad moves that do not need archiving, then I export the originals at the library of the archives.

  And then I start editing the photos in the library to iCloud and learn by removing and keeping only the best photos.

• Deleting my photos in iCloud

  I have a library of Photos 22 GB on my iMac and also 50 GB of storage in iCloud.  For the last three months, I had my library of Photos stored in iCloud photo library.  I was on the phone with Apple for two months trying to solve a problem (my photo library iCloud always indicates I have 476 photos more than my library of Photos on my iMac and storage indicates clearly that I have 49 GB of my 50 GB available).  Apple is a loss to explain this!  They just keep telling me to wait and see if it fixes itself.  I figure another way to get my library of Photos from my laptop, and so have turned off my iCloud photo library and the days are countdown.  What happens then?  My question is how do I remove Photos that are still in the cloud?  What happens to them?  They disappear or are they retained by Apple?

  If you have disabled and removed from the picture library to iCloud in the cloud, all photos will be deleted after 30 days (iso). Once this has happened, you can try him again. Just to be sure, what path did you take to disable and remove your iCloud library.

• crash photo after photo library restoration

  IMac 24 inch, mid-2007

  OS X 10.11.4

  Picture 1.5 2.8

  GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

  4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

  Time machine 1.3

  When I restore photo library of time machine photo open and I can see my picture but a few seconds after the crash of the photo. What can I do

  Press the command and option keys when launching Photos and to repair the database - if you use iCloud photo library this will cause a new download at all check that the photo library iCloud is intact

  LN