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 three 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.

  • iCloud Shared Photo Library lets you share a library with a small group. Use this for your family or another group of up to six people (including yourself). The person sharing a Photo Library has its contents count against their iCloud ...

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