And I have created several Photo Libraries over the years and my wife has 1-2 Photo Libraries too that she created over the years. Thanks for any help.Ĭhange the location of the Photos Library I have a large amount of photos, 150,000+ and growing like crazy, in my iCloud PHOTOS App. I have searched all over the forums and the internet for answers to these questions and they either don't exist, aren't clear, or just keep rehashing the same basic steps to "Enable iCloud on all your devices" none of which helps. What is going on? How do I get a clean, safe, stable backup of our family's photo history on iCloud, and free room on my Mac? (I have local Time Machine backups on 2 different harddrives as well).įinally, why is this so hard? Should I stop paying for iCloud storage and use the amazon, dropbox, or other options. How do I store and arrange my Photos so they will be backed up? Do the actual photo files get backed up (and removed from the local drive), or is it only the Photos App Library that gets backed up (I don't use Photos for most of my photos, which are stored locally in their native formats)? I have iCloud photo storage turned on in MacOS, iOS, & iPadOS - but photos sync flawlessly on the i-devices, but I have to manually sync or airdrop photo images to my Mac (Not syncing across devices). How can I manage my files on my local drive so that they get backed up to iCloud (all of them), and removed from my MBP so that it has some room? How does iCloud decide which files to back up, when to back them up, and when to delete the original files from my local hard drive and leave a pointer to iCloud? I've introspected the iCloud folder structure and it seems totally random what is on there vs on my Mac - some files are backed up, some are not, and in any case, most are still local copies on my MBP. However, my iCloud still has 1.66TB of free space, and my MBP is still full. I have enabled all the iCloud options, especially Desktop and Documents. I am paying for 2TB of storage in iCloud, and my 750GB mid-2012 MBP (MacOS Cataline 10.15.7) is full. This issue will only get worse over time, for everyone.Ĭan anyone explain how to use iCloud to free room on my Mac? Really, not the basics. I love how nimble iphones feel with the backups, but iCloud is backing up to nowhere if the files are being skewed. Photos should not lock me into the system drive in order to use my lib file fully functioning.ģ) Why are you forcing us to use time machine? I can take care of my own files. But why can’t it be on my HDD?Ģb) I need to be able to access iCloud and move files that are larger than 100mb, 100gb. Its just a mess I have no idea how to remedy.Ģ) I understand how important it is that the system communication needs the system location for the Photos Lib. Now I have a huge number of separated files I had to spend days purging from my RAWs in Lightroom/CaptureOne files. I already did this in 2017 attempting to archive my iCloud and I’ve never been able to date the files from my previous clearing of icloud. This is simple and proper, why are you forcing your icloud mess naming scheme upon us Apple? Why do I lose my file names and metadata? I work in media and share the space with my wife.ġ) Why do I lose metadata and dates when backing up outside of icloud? This is out of control.ġb) I need to name my files by file / date.
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