Icloud photos

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It’s easy to keep your pics stored and synced across multiple devices

With iCloud Photos, you can sync your pics and view them online too.

Previews or full sized images

You can save storage space by keeping previews on your local devices. On a Mac, open the Photos app and in the Photos menu, choose Settings/Preferences. In the iCloud tab, choose Optimize Mac Storage. On mobile devices, do this through Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos and choose Optimize [Device] Storage.

Topics

Photography

Topics

Photography

WITH ICLOUD PHOTOS, you can sync your photographs and videos across all your Apple devices, store them in the cloud and access them from any device with a browser at iCloud.com. This means, for example, if you take a picture on your iPhone, it automatically appears on your iPad and Mac. Any edits you make to individual pictures or videos are reflected on your other devices too. You can also enjoy your media in the comfort of your living room on Apple TV.

When you delete a photo or video from iCloud Photos, it’s deleted on all your devices —but if you delete something accidentally or change your mind, you can recover it from the Recently Deleted folder. After deleting a photo or video, it’s stored in this folder for 30 days, after which it’s gone forever.

SYNC YOUR PICS

All devices must be logged into the same Apple ID to sync. On a Mac, from the Apple menu, open System Settings/Preferences. Go to [your name] > iCloud > Photos, and click the switch next to “Sync this Mac”; you’ll find your Mac’s Photos app is now synced in iCloud.

On an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or Vision Pro, open the Settings app and go to [your name] > iCloud > Photos and tap the switch next to “Sync this [device]”.

If you wish to view your photos on an Apple TV, go to Settings > Users and Accounts > [your name] > iCloud and turn Photos on. Although your photos and videos are now stored in iCloud, they aren’t included in iCloud Backups, so if you want to back up your photo library, you’ll need to do so separately.

Sending photos and videos in Mail

There are several ways you can share photos and videos in Mail. On a Mac, you can simply drag it into the body of the email you’re about to send. Alternatively, in the Photos app, hold Cmd and click on the thumbnail of each photo you want to send. Then Ctrl–click on one of the selected items, choose Share and then Mail from the menu. Or send a photo that’s open in the Photos app by clicking the Share button.

On a mobile device, open the Photos app and tap the All Photos option. Tap Select in the top–right corner, then tap all thumbnails you want to send. Tap the Share button, then the Mail option. To send a single photo you’ve opened in the app, tap the Share button and then the Mail option. Either way, a new email opens; fill in the details, write your message and send.