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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:56 pm |
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I have lots of space on my phone (around 200GB) but little more than 1GB left on iCloud. I want to make a reasonably long video on my phone - around 20-30 minutes - which will easily fit on it but not in iCloud.
So I did what looked very easy, and in Settings/iCloud I switched off Photos. "That'll do the trick" I thought. But oh no. Apple being oh so very clever assumed quite wrongly that I was trying to save space on my device, not iCloud. I was offered two choices. 1. Remove from iPhone, or 2. Download photos and videos. WHAT?? NO!! I don't want either option. I want everything left exactly 'as is' but no future Photos to be synced with iCloud. Is that so difficult? Can I not do this?
_________________ "If it ain't broke, we can fix it" (© Tim Cook, Jonny Ive)
Core i7 2011 21.5" iMac 12,1 2.8 GHz 16GB RAM OS X 10.9.5 1TB SSD & 128GB SSD
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Paw
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:43 pm |
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Joined: Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:07 pm Posts: 1572 Location: With the turkeys.
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Try settings>photos switch off iCloud and my photo stream from there. See how that goes.
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MacPro (2010) quad core macOS 10.15.7 13" (2011) Macbookpro OSX 10.10.3 15" (2017) Macbookpro OS 13.3 iPhone 11 iOS16 Original iPad wifi
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:53 pm |
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Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:25 pm Posts: 2992
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_________________ "If it ain't broke, we can fix it" (© Tim Cook, Jonny Ive)
Core i7 2011 21.5" iMac 12,1 2.8 GHz 16GB RAM OS X 10.9.5 1TB SSD & 128GB SSD
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Paw
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:52 pm |
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MacPro (2010) quad core macOS 10.15.7 13" (2011) Macbookpro OSX 10.10.3 15" (2017) Macbookpro OS 13.3 iPhone 11 iOS16 Original iPad wifi
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 10:12 pm |
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Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:25 pm Posts: 2992
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_________________ "If it ain't broke, we can fix it" (© Tim Cook, Jonny Ive)
Core i7 2011 21.5" iMac 12,1 2.8 GHz 16GB RAM OS X 10.9.5 1TB SSD & 128GB SSD
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Jonah
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:31 am |
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Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:51 pm Posts: 7822
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Do you really need to switch off? If there isn't space on iCloud for any further photos or videos, it will not upload them.
_________________ I'm never wrong, I'm just less right on occasions.
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Leewave
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:26 am |
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Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:27 pm Posts: 6173
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They want you to give them more money. Apple has become a money monster. Falling out of love.
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:20 pm |
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Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:25 pm Posts: 2992
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_________________ "If it ain't broke, we can fix it" (© Tim Cook, Jonny Ive)
Core i7 2011 21.5" iMac 12,1 2.8 GHz 16GB RAM OS X 10.9.5 1TB SSD & 128GB SSD
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lorimer
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:59 pm |
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Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:17 pm Posts: 1310
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[quoteI can always delete it from iCloud but it will still be on my phone.[/quote]
MacBiter,
As you've probably discovered by now, the design of the iCloud Backup is to ensure that all one's Apple gadgets hold identical info. If you delete anything from iCloud, it will be deleted from everything else. It will warn you of that of course. It can be maddening but that is how it works.
Lorimer
_________________ Mid '09 MacBook Pro 2.66ghz, 500gb SSD; OS 10.10.4; 11" MacBook Air 128gb;1 TB Time Capsule; iPhone 5s, 64gb; 13" 2012 MBA
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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:04 pm |
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Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:25 pm Posts: 2992
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_________________ "If it ain't broke, we can fix it" (© Tim Cook, Jonny Ive)
Core i7 2011 21.5" iMac 12,1 2.8 GHz 16GB RAM OS X 10.9.5 1TB SSD & 128GB SSD
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