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infinityandbeyond75 t1_ja5l6lz wrote

They best way to look at iCloud is that it’s a synchronizing service, not a backup. What you do on iCloud does the same on the iPhone. What you do on the iPhone happens on iCloud. One thing you can do is choose the option to optimize photos on the phone so not as much storage is needed. If you really want to offload pics then you’ll want to save them to like Google photos or use something like Dropbox.

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alivardz OP t1_ja5lfha wrote

I have unlimited storage on google so I might do that

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Josh_Butterballs t1_ja624nk wrote

You can save the photos you want to delete on iCloud Drive and they’ll stay there even once you delete them from the photos app. iCloud Drive is like the storage locker version of iCloud basically

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alivardz OP t1_ja63o02 wrote

when i search icloud drive in the app store it says "this app requires specific features not avalabileon this device"

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Josh_Butterballs t1_ja63z5u wrote

It’s in the files app

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alivardz OP t1_ja646ui wrote

So if I save my photos from the photos app to files and then delete them they are effectively off my device and on the cloud?

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Josh_Butterballs t1_ja6pryk wrote

Sorry for the late reply. Yes. You could save it to iCloud Drive then delete it off the photos app. They would remain in your iCloud Drive. You could make a folder in your drive and name it something like “photo library” and dump all the photos there or if you want to organize a bit you can date them like “Photos 2018” and then just move photos from that year there.

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Josh_Butterballs t1_ja621kp wrote

If they save the videos and content they want to delete on iCloud Drive then it should stay there after deleting them from the photos app. iCloud works as a synchronizing system rather than a storage locker. iCloud Drive however, does function as the latter.

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infinityandbeyond75 t1_ja63n8t wrote

Yes, this can work but it’s still a synchronization since if you delete it from the Files app on the phone it will delete it on the Files app everywhere. There’s a big difference in a true backup service over something like Google Drive or iCloud Drive.

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