Manage Your Photos
As we’ve seen, iCloud’s main modus operandi is “just put all my data everywhere,” and you’ll undoubtedly want to include your photos and videos among that data.
iCloud has two separate features you can use with your Photos library in iOS/iPadOS, macOS, and Windows:
iCloud Photos syncs media across devices. iCloud Photos keeps your entire Photos library in sync automatically across your devices via the cloud. Synced photos and videos count against your iCloud or iCloud+ data storage quota.
Shared Albums shares and pools items with others. Set up albums that contain media you share with other people. You can optionally let them comment or add their own images and videos. These items don’t count against your or their iCloud ...
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