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Detox your Mac & iOS devicesappears in iCloud Photos and
everywhere that iCloud Photos syncs to.
Equally, when you delete a photo from
your iPhone, it disappears from iCloud
Photos and everywhere that iCloud
Photos syncs to. You can’t get it back.
So don’t do that, unless you actually
want to destroy that pic completely.
Instead, go to Settings > Photos and
check Optimize iPhone (or iPad) Storage.
Much like the option in macOS, this
means full-resolution photos and videos
will stay on your device until space gets
low; then they’ll automatically be
replaced by low-res previews while the
originals stay in your iCloud and
download as you open them.
If you have lots of storage on your
iPhone or iPad, you can choose
Download and Keep originals to save
the full original copies of all content
in iCloud Photos on this device. But
remember, deleting a photo
If you have lots of storage
on your iPhone or iPad,
you can choose Download
and Keep originals to save
the full original copies of
all content in iCloud
Photos on this device. But
remember, deleting
a photo anywhere still
deletes it from here.anywhere still deletes it from here. To
keep a permanent backup, you’ll need to
copy your photos
and videos out to
some other location
that isn’t synced.4
Delete old
iMessages
Did you notice
Recommendations
at the top of Settings
> General > iPhone
(or iPad) Storage?
These will highlight
any apps whose data
seems to be taking
up an inordinate
amount of space. A
surprising culprit is
Messages: over time, your
conversations, including any picture
messages you sent or received, can addFAR LEFT: Use
Optimize iPhone (or
iPad) Storage to
stop pics filling up
your device.
LEFT: You can easily
remove unwanted
attachments
in Settings > iPhone
Storage > Messages.`[^TRYTʭNLY_Wd
You probably have Messages activated
in Settings > Apple
ID > iCloud to sync
your messages
between devices
(including Macs),
which means
messages are taking
up space both on
your devices and in
your iCloud storage.
Recommendations
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Delete Old
Conversations,
pointing out how
much space you
could save straight
away by removing
all those more than a year old. Clicking
Enable does this and continues to delete
old messages as they reach this age.