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iCloud: can't see my photos..
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1833852" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Don't know where my post went, so I'll enter it again.</p><p></p><p>Yes, your photos were not in the cloud until you turned on sync. If you were backing up your iPhone to the cloud and your pictures are in Photos on the iPhone, they are not backed up. See this article from Apple: <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136" target="_blank">About backups for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support</a></p><p></p><p>Sync means exactly that. What is done on one device is synced to all the other devices signed in to the account. So if you delete a picture on your iPhone, it will be deleted from the iCloud Photos and your Mac Photos, etc. That's how it works.</p><p></p><p>The fuzzy pictures are only partially available because they aren't fully synced yet. There is enough for an icon, but not the full picture. </p><p></p><p>While I was typing this in for the second time, I got an email from you with additional comments. Your understanding is exactly how it works. All pictures are stored on all devices (as long as there is storage available). So maybe iCloud is not for you. Others may have a better solution for you, but iCloud is a sync system, which can be a backup, but isn't designed as one. Read the document I posted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1833852, member: 396914"] Don't know where my post went, so I'll enter it again. Yes, your photos were not in the cloud until you turned on sync. If you were backing up your iPhone to the cloud and your pictures are in Photos on the iPhone, they are not backed up. See this article from Apple: [url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136]About backups for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support[/url] Sync means exactly that. What is done on one device is synced to all the other devices signed in to the account. So if you delete a picture on your iPhone, it will be deleted from the iCloud Photos and your Mac Photos, etc. That's how it works. The fuzzy pictures are only partially available because they aren't fully synced yet. There is enough for an icon, but not the full picture. While I was typing this in for the second time, I got an email from you with additional comments. Your understanding is exactly how it works. All pictures are stored on all devices (as long as there is storage available). So maybe iCloud is not for you. Others may have a better solution for you, but iCloud is a sync system, which can be a backup, but isn't designed as one. Read the document I posted. [/QUOTE]
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