04-08-2016 08:15 AM
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  1. vegas33139's Avatar
    vegas33139
    Hey guys, I upgraded my iPad pro and my 6s to 9.3 and everything is fine, but, I enabled my iCloud free storage and uploaded my phone photo's but my iCloud app is empty even though it say's I have used up 2GB!!

    Any ideas folks?

    Thank you.
    04-02-2016 04:14 AM
  2. Ledsteplin's Avatar
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    The iCloud Drive app is not for photo storage. It's not like Dropbox. It's mostly for managing documents. Your photos should be backed up in iCloud, if that's what you did. Did you use iCloud Photo Library? If so, they're there. But they do not show in the iCloud Drive app. iCloud is not a storage option. It's a back up option. It backs up what is currently on your device. So if you delete photos from your device, they also delete from iCloud.
    04-02-2016 06:19 AM
  3. MaxSmarties's Avatar
    MaxSmarties
    Originally Posted by vegas33139
    Hey guys, I upgraded my iPad pro and my 6s to 9.3 and everything is fine, but, I enabled my iCloud free storage and uploaded my phone photo's but my iCloud app is empty even though it say's I have used up 2GB!!

    Any ideas folks?

    Thank you.
    what do you mean with "iCloud App" ? iCloud Drive ?
    04-02-2016 03:13 PM
  4. Ledsteplin's Avatar
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    Originally Posted by MaxSmarties
    what do you mean with "iCloud App" ? iCloud Drive ?
    I think that's what the OP means. Many think it's supposed to be like Dropbox.
    04-02-2016 03:37 PM
  5. vegas33139's Avatar
    vegas33139
    Originally Posted by Ledsteplin
    The iCloud Drive app is not for photo storage. It's not like Dropbox. It's mostly for managing documents. Your photos should be backed up in iCloud, if that's what you did. Did you use iCloud Photo Library? If so, they're there. But they do not show in the iCloud Drive app. iCloud is not a storage option. It's a back up option. It backs up what is currently on your device. So if you delete photos from your device, they also delete from iCloud.
    Many thanks. That explains things nicely. BTW, all of my photo's and videos do show in iCloud photo library.
    04-08-2016 08:15 AM
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