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lil_sebastian13 t1_jeg6bdl wrote

Having internal storage and having cloud storage is not the same thing.

Using iCloud Photos still requires for you to have some internal storage available.

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Mission_Reaction9557 OP t1_jeg9abm wrote

Even if I have Optimize photos on? It was my understanding that would fix the issue…what is the point of optimize photos if it doesn’t keep what fits on my phone and what doesn’t in iCloud?

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lil_sebastian13 t1_jeg9q98 wrote

Yes, it still needs to save a small resolution version of the photo on the phone's storage.

And your point is exactly why I do not use iCloud Photos. Would love to see Apple finally give the option to fully save an image on iCloud without taking any space on the device.

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jw154j t1_jegf9vs wrote

It does. But there are limitations to how compressed the files can be and still give you access to them. For example I have 14GB in iCloud Photos taking up 800MB on my iPhone and 400MB on my iPad, due to it only having 32GB of storage. You still have a finite amount of phone storage, and once filled up the only thing you can do is backup your photos from iCloud to a computer. You should be able to see the compressed amount of storage vs iCloud storage used by comparing the storage in iCloud settings and iPhone storage setting.

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