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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1917613" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Backup and sync are two different things. In fact, synced photos are NOT backed up to the cloud when you do a backup of the iPhone to the cloud. So, if you turn off the sync on the phone, then do a backup, the new images SHOULD be backed up. But that does not mean they show up in the Photos app in the Cloud. They will be stored in the backup. Only synced images show up in Photos in the Cloud. </p><p></p><p>No. What I meant was that if you have already deleted images on the phone that you want to keep in the cloud, that if you turn off sync for Photos, you should be able then to go to Photos <strong><em>in the cloud</em></strong>, look at "Recently Deleted" and restore them to the<em><strong> cloud version of Photos</strong></em> at that time. With sync off, they won't sync back to the phone. Then, after you have sync OFF and the photos recovered in the cloud, you can safely delete them from "Recently Deleted"<em><strong> on the phone</strong></em> and recover that space immediately. The order of events is important. if you do the recovery in the cloud with sync ON, it will replicate to the phone, recovering them there as well. If you can't recover them in the cloud, but they are still on the phone, recover them there, turn sync on, let it sync to put them in the cloud, then turn sync OFF and delete them from the phone. You want to be careful as you do this because if they get deleted both in the phone and cloud, they are gone. Remember, synced images are NOT backed up, so a backup won't get them back, either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1917613, member: 396914"] Backup and sync are two different things. In fact, synced photos are NOT backed up to the cloud when you do a backup of the iPhone to the cloud. So, if you turn off the sync on the phone, then do a backup, the new images SHOULD be backed up. But that does not mean they show up in the Photos app in the Cloud. They will be stored in the backup. Only synced images show up in Photos in the Cloud. No. What I meant was that if you have already deleted images on the phone that you want to keep in the cloud, that if you turn off sync for Photos, you should be able then to go to Photos [B][I]in the cloud[/I][/B], look at "Recently Deleted" and restore them to the[I][B] cloud version of Photos[/B][/I] at that time. With sync off, they won't sync back to the phone. Then, after you have sync OFF and the photos recovered in the cloud, you can safely delete them from "Recently Deleted"[I][B] on the phone[/B][/I] and recover that space immediately. The order of events is important. if you do the recovery in the cloud with sync ON, it will replicate to the phone, recovering them there as well. If you can't recover them in the cloud, but they are still on the phone, recover them there, turn sync on, let it sync to put them in the cloud, then turn sync OFF and delete them from the phone. You want to be careful as you do this because if they get deleted both in the phone and cloud, they are gone. Remember, synced images are NOT backed up, so a backup won't get them back, either. [/QUOTE]
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