Amazon Prime comes with a boatload of storage for high rez pics just in case she has that.
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Amazon Prime comes with a boatload of storage for high rez pics just in case she has that.
Relax
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Technically unlimited as far as I understand. But who knows for how long. Google used to be the same. Used to...
Riceburner
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I'm a Windows guy...had a Mac once, but didn't like to use it. I like to tinker with the insides. Even replaced capacitors on a MB before. Funny thing is the company I'm with uses Windows PCs and iPhones.
@ Wingboy, Can you download pics from icloud to local storage, then delete them from the cloud to free up space? Backup to at lease 2 different sources.
@ Wingboy, Can you download pics from icloud to local storage, then delete them from the cloud to free up space? Backup to at lease 2 different sources.
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Advice! Thank you. We are trying to do just that.
I am assuming that she is on just the basic 5gb iCloud plan? Personally, I would (and do) pay Apple for additional storage. 50gb is $1.29/mo and 200gb is $3.99/mo.
Sucks to pay for another service but having everything in the cloud and accessible from all of your Apple devices just makes life so much easier.
Edit: Just wanted to add that with the paid iCloud+, you can share the storage bucket with up to five people.
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Chris-CJ
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Off topic and apologies to OP, even better is a one-time expense for a personal NAS, the data is always yours.
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Riceburner
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I treat cloud storage as temporary.....I like having stuff on local physical drives. Eventually I'll have to copy them to a new one, but by then I might not be around.....lol.
Off topic and apologies to OP, even better is a one-time expense for a personal NAS, the data is always yours.
The Best NAS (Network Attached Storage) Devices for 2024
Network attached storage is the most versatile way to store data, but that's just one of the many benefits of buying a NAS device. We've tested the top models: See which will work best for your home or small business.www.pcmag.com
As someone that has a NAS connected to a Linux server and has setup their own cloud storage, it just isn't worth it for 99.999999999% of people. The paid services (Apple if you're in their ecosystem, similarly with Google) just plain work so much better and more seamlessly.
Also if you lose a drive in your NAS, there goes your data unless you have something like a RAID 1 setup.
sburns
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Chris-CJ
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RAID 1 + back up, both easy to set up.
Cost $240 for the diskless 2-bay, $154 ea for a 6TB WD red drive. Back up drive $150
Total one time expense around $650.
I find NAS with RAID (does anyone with a NAS not run RAID?) to be the best solution, but it does require a certain level of knowledge. Not rocket science, but more than cloud.
Cloud services are easier for the average person.
sburns
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With Apple they do provide some easy to use services like iCloud out of the box free of charge, until you use up to the storage limit, and afterwards more storage comes with a cost. This is how they get users hooked.
Basically you have 2 options.
- Pay for more iCloud storage
- Learn how to manage the content and find a method to limit the amount of stuff sync'd to iCloud.
You don't want to use iCloud as your backup, or only source for photos, only copies for convenience. Back up your photos someplace else from the original devices. Then you could delete your oldest photos from there to bring down the amount of files are sync'd. That is if you don't need to see all of your photos across all devices.
Or just stop using iCloud photo sync all together.
Basically you have 2 options.
- Pay for more iCloud storage
- Learn how to manage the content and find a method to limit the amount of stuff sync'd to iCloud.
You don't want to use iCloud as your backup, or only source for photos, only copies for convenience. Back up your photos someplace else from the original devices. Then you could delete your oldest photos from there to bring down the amount of files are sync'd. That is if you don't need to see all of your photos across all devices.
Or just stop using iCloud photo sync all together.
Is it that easy? Just turn it off.With Apple they do provide some easy to use services like iCloud out of the box free of charge, until you use up to the storage limit, and afterwards more storage comes with a cost. This is how they get users hooked.
Basically you have 2 options.
- Pay for more iCloud storage
- Learn how to manage the content and find a method to limit the amount of stuff sync'd to iCloud.
You don't want to use iCloud as your backup, or only source for photos, only copies for convenience. Back up your photos someplace else from the original devices. Then you could delete your oldest photos from there to bring down the amount of files are sync'd. That is if you don't need to see all of your photos across all devices.
Or just stop using iCloud photo sync all together.
Relax
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Yup. I don't have a Mac, but I do have an iPhone and only use iCloud for backing it up because it make recovery and migration so much easier. I had to disable a bunch of stuff for the phone backup to fit in the free 5GB's, but that's OK since I don't really need it - I use other cloud services (Google Photos, Amazon Photos) for the only other important stuff on my phone.
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