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You really can access your photos from anywhere - and manage them, too But they remained on my MacBook and repopulated on my iPhone and other Macs as soon as I re-enabled iCloud sync. I had only one sync error, which came from accidentally turning iCloud off on my MacBook before it had finished syncing up that library as a result, those half-uploaded photos disappeared from my other devices. Even during the earliest beta-testing days, I had no issues with iCloud losing or dropping images from my library. Perhaps the biggest bullet point in iCloud Photo Library's "pro" column for me is that Apple's iCloud team has a rock-solid "it just works" sync product.

Thankfully, there are far more ups than downs - at least in my experience. The prosĪfter several years with iCloud Photo Library and the Photos apps on Mac and iPhone/iPad, I'm pretty familiar with the service's ups and downs. Once you do, you'll have access to all its backup benefits along with its automatic sync across devices and sharing service. If you do choose to use iCloud Photo Library, you'll likely need to pay for iCloud storage space to properly save all your images without clogging up your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. But if you pass on using iCloud, we highly recommend finding a different way to back up your photos, lest you lose them accidentally. You don't need to use iCloud Photo Library to use Apple's Photos app on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad the app works without any cloud service involvement. Apple-only specialty formats like slo-mo, time-lapse, and Live Photos.HEVC (Apple's high-efficiency video codec that saves disk space).TIFF (often high-end graphics projects or photographs).PNG (images with transparent backgrounds screenshots).RAW (image files that haven't been processed, usually from a high-end camera or third-party iPhone app).

HEIF (Apple's high-efficiency image codec that saves disk space).When you enable iCloud Photo Library, it uses your iCloud storage space to upload all images and video you've either taken, screenshot, saved, or imported on any of your iOS devices or Macs.Īpple supports a number of file types in iCloud Photo Library, including: