Looks like the end of a longstanding free service, with the promoted alternative solution being to use iCloud, which quickly becomes a
paid subscription requirement.
Instructions from Apple on any other alternatives is severely lacking.
Seems we’ll be going back to plug-in in our iOS devices to transfer pics.
FWIW, I think there is a way to get an iCloud account which exceeds 2TB, think it has something to do with linking in a family account? In any event,
just 2TB is $20/month, so if there is a solution it would cost even more.
-hh
Looks like the end of a longstanding free service, with the promoted alternative solution being to use iCloud, which quickly becomes a
paid subscription requirement.
Instructions from Apple on any other alternatives is severely lacking.
Seems we’ll be going back to plug-in in our iOS devices to transfer pics.
FWIW, I think there is a way to get an iCloud account which exceeds 2TB, think it has something to do with linking in a family account? In any event, just 2TB is $20/month, so if there is a solution it would cost even more.
-hh
Looks like the end of a longstanding free service, with the promoted alternative solution being to use iCloud, which quickly becomes a
paid subscription requirement.
Instructions from Apple on any other alternatives is severely lacking.
Seems we’ll be going back to plug-in in our iOS devices to transfer pics.
-hh wrote:
Looks like the end of a longstanding free service, with the promoted alternative solution being to use iCloud, which quickly becomes a
paid subscription requirement.
Only if you have a lot of photos that you want to keep online.
$1 a month for 50GB is cheap anyway.
Instructions from Apple on any other alternatives is severely lacking.
Just continue to use iCloud. It does not get any easier.
Seems we’ll be going back to plug-in in our iOS devices to transfer pics.
Why? Feeling nostalgic for 1998?
-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
Looks like the end of a longstanding free service, with the promoted
alternative solution being to use iCloud, which quickly becomes a
paid subscription requirement.
Only if you have a lot of photos that you want to keep online. $1 a month for 50GB is cheap anyway.
Instructions from Apple on any other alternatives is severely lacking.
Just continue to use iCloud. It does not get any easier.
Seems we’ll be going back to plug-in in our iOS devices to transfer pics.
Why? Feeling nostalgic for 1998?
On 2023-06-25 15:41, Bob Campbell wrote:
-hh wrote:
Looks like the end of a longstanding free service, with the promoted
alternative solution being to use iCloud, which quickly becomes a
paid subscription requirement.
Only if you have a lot of photos that you want to keep online. $1 a month for 50GB is cheap anyway.
Instructions from Apple on any other alternatives is severely lacking.
Just continue to use iCloud. It does not get any easier.
Because for him, 2TB of storage isn't enough.
And there's really no reason that Apple couldn't offer more.
Yup, and Apple doesn’t clearly offer any ‘hybrid’ solution to let me have
part of Photos local and part ‘clouded’.
-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
Yup, and Apple doesn’t clearly offer any ‘hybrid’ solution to let me have
part of Photos local and part ‘clouded’.
Huh? I have ALL of my photos local and part in iCloud. Been doing this
for many years.
There is no need to have 2TB of cloud storage when you have unlimited
storage at home.
On 2023-06-30 20:37, Bob Campbell wrote:
-hh wrote:
Yup, and Apple doesn’t clearly offer any ‘hybrid’ solution to let me have
part of Photos local and part ‘clouded’.
Huh? I have ALL of my photos local and part in iCloud. Been doing this
for many years.
There is no need to have 2TB of cloud storage when you have unlimited storage at home.
There is if you want to share photos across multiple devices.
Kindly explain precisely how.
Include with that how the user is able to confirm that their “master” (original)
stored back on the home desktop is 100% confirmed as protected from never being deleted by a local copy delete on an iOS device.
-hh wrote:
Kindly explain precisely how.
Itunes/iCloud on a Windows PC. Every picture/video I take on iOS is automatically downloaded to Windows PCs. From there its a simple matter to back them up.
Also, when you delete photos from iPhones/iPads/iCloud, they do NOT get deleted from the Windows PCs.
Include with that how the user is able to confirm that their “master” (original)
stored back on the home desktop is 100% confirmed as protected from never being deleted by a local copy delete on an iOS device.
All photos everywhere are “masters”. Being digital copies, they are all identical.
So 50GB of iCloud space is more than enough for me.
If there are old pics that I need to share again, it is a simple matter to copy them to the iCloud upload folder on any PC. In seconds they are available again on all iOS devices.
I assume all of this can be done on a Mac.
I don’t think of iCloud photos as “permanent storage”.
Its more like an X
drive (transfer drive). Its just an easy way to move files around, wirelessly.
So get a Mac or a Windows PC involved, and you never have to
worry about pictures again.
-hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
Now what, Batman?
I don’t know, Robin. You asked me to explain how I am doing what I am doing. I did. That you don’t like it is not my problem.
Now what, Batman?
On 2023-07-02 21:04, Bob Campbell wrote:
-hh wrote:
Now what, Batman?
I don’t know, Robin. You asked me to explain how I am doing what I am doing. I did.
That you don’t like it is not my problem.
But what you implied is that your way is adequate for everyone...
...which it isn't.
On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 5:12:01 AM UTC+1, Alan wrote:
On 2023-07-02 21:04, Bob Campbell wrote:
-hh wrote:
Now what, Batman?
No, that is false. I specifically asked about a “large collection” question and youI don’t know, Robin. You asked me to explain how I am doing what I am doing. I did.
volunteered that you didn’t have a large collection, which is irrelevant.
That you don’t like it is not my problem.
But what you implied is that your way is adequate for everyone...
...which it isn't.That too.
-hh
On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 7:13:39 AM UTC+1, -hh wrote:
On Monday, July 3, 2023 at 5:12:01 AM UTC+1, Alan wrote:
On 2023-07-02 21:04, Bob Campbell wrote:No, that is false. I specifically asked about a “large collection” question and you
-hh wrote:
Now what, Batman?
I don’t know, Robin. You asked me to explain how I am doing what I am >>>> doing. I did.
volunteered that you didn’t have a large collection, which is irrelevant. >>>> That you don’t like it is not my problem.
That too.But what you implied is that your way is adequate for everyone...
...which it isn't.
-hh
FWIW, saw this comment on Elon Musk’s change on tweetdeck:
“Forcing people to pay for features that were previously free. People don’t
want to pay for Blue unless you create value. Paywalling previously free features isn’t adding value, it will just drive people off the platform”
Seems that that same principle applies here to Apple.
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