[iMore Question]

I want to free up storage on my phone by deleting pictures, so now they are also in "photos" on my Mac. When i go to delete a photo on my phone, it gives a warning that it will be deleted from iCloud Photo Library on all my devices. I'm not sure what that's referring to...will I still have those pictures on my laptop that I imported from my phone?

[Highrisedrifter]

If you imported them to your Mac via iCloud, then no, deleting it on your phone will delete it automatically on your Mac too.

[Ariel Babalao]

On your Mac, import the pictures from your iCloud Photo Library to your local album. In my case I use "aperture" application to handle all my pictures. Each time I fetch the photos from iCloud Photo Library, I import them into a photo album into the MacBook. Then I delete whatever photos I want from my iPhone and I still have the photos locally store into my computer's aperture library.