This works pretty well especially on higher capacity devices, but there’s one problem… When you’re iPhone, iPad, or Mac needs more local storage, Photos can remove full-res images and downloaded videos to make more space using an optimize storage option.
Thumbnail previews are available at all times, and full resolution versions download on the fly as needed.
This also enables me to access my 155 GB photos library in the Photos apps on iPhones and iPads that otherwise couldn’t fit that much content. I even have a system to help ensure to if something in the cloud gets hosed that everything will be fine at home (and if the house burns down hopefully the cloud is still there). I pay $2.99/month to sync my 13,206 photos and 1,087 videos (plus iOS device backups) with iCloud, and this allows me to take or save photos and videos from any device and have them appear across the others including the web, edits, albums, and all. I’ve been all in on iCloud Photo Library since Apple replaced iPhoto with the new Photos app on the Mac last year and I haven’t looked back since. And I think there is much work to do, and I hope that they add some much-needed Family Sharing additions in 2020 with future versions of iOS, macOS, and iCloud. Apple really built a strong foundation for families to manage their data, have privacy, but also stay connected. We then could each have our own Apple Music, iCloud data, but still access each other’s purchases. I created a Family Sharing account, invited my wife as a parent, and then set up kid accounts for all my children.
We had previously all shared an account, but with an Apple Music family subscription option at $14.99 per month, it was time to prepare for the future. When I signed up for Apple Music in 2015, I took the time to set up Family Sharing with my wife and children. Apple has always done a great job allowing you to keep a store account running alongside a data account on their devices. I had one account for purchases (my Gmail account), and then I had my. I eventually consolidated everything into two accounts back around the time I got my first iPod touch. I’ve had multiple Apple IDs over the years of being an Apple customer since I started buying music on iTunes in 2004. With Apple’s photo sharing and organization solutions, all of your photos and videos are backed up incase you loose or break your device. While Google Photos is a great alternative, but for people who are 100% in the Apple ecosystem, it remains the easiest way to sync photos (and edits to photos) across all of your devices. Users can also create shared albums to gather photos from vacations, parties, etc.
Since its original debut, Apple has added features like Memories, Collections, and Years.
Prior to its introduction, companies like Everpix and Loom filled in the gap.
As the camera in the iPhone continued to improve, users struggle with how to make sure their photos and videos were backed up and available on all of their devices. It originally debuted on iOS 8.1 on 2014 and solved a key problem for users of Apple products.
Apple offers 5 GB for free, but you can upgrade to 50 GB, 200 GB, or 2 TB for a monthly fee. ICloud Photos automatically keeps all of your photos and videos in sync across all of your Apple devices so you can access them from your Mac, iOS, Apple TV, or on the Web.