To ask how does iCloud work

[louise5754]

Sorry but I've asked for advice in the geek section already.

I've turned on photos to automatically saved to iCloud but how do I view them and put them back into photos to print?

Sorry I'm daft I haven't a clue.

What else can I save on iCloud to free up space?

Thank you x

I’m gonna post on this and bump it up in the hope of getting a response too. I’m being a bit dim about the whole iCloud thing:
All my photos automatically get saved to iCloud- if I delete them from the device, do they still stay on icloud forever and ever? Often I delete silly photos that people send, pics of other people’s kids/random stuff etc. But are all these pics still stored on the iCloud? I currently have 8000 photos on my phone and don’t want to delete them until I’m sure. Sorry I know I sound really dumb here... TIA

I'll bump too, sorry to be no help.

I paid for icloud but I have zero idea how to access anything.

Where are you wanting to view them? If it’s on a PC you can sign in to iCloud.com and view/download them there.

cockneylass if you have iCloud Photo Library turned on (and I’d check settings to double check!) then any photos you delete from device should also delete from iCloud.

Ok thanks. So I Guess that’s what I wanted to know- if I start deleting photos from my phone, they will be gone forever. For some reason I thought photos on the cloud stayed on the cloud. Or am I getting confused eogh Google photos

I think iCloud is mostly a syncing service rather than photo storage. So for example all my photos I take on my phone, also show up on my iPad. If I delete from phone, it deletes from iPad (and would also delete from iCloud).

For backing up photos, I use Dropbox.

Oh sugar, I messed up then. I thought iCloud stored stuff.

Thanks all. My question was answered.

This just reminded me of my Dad. He was given free iCloud storage when he bought a kitchen appliance. The conversation went like this.

Dad: I don’t want it, take it off
Assistant: but it is free
Dad: I don’t care I don’t want it
Assistant: but it is free we can’t take it off
Dad: well I will take it then, can you put it in a bag
Assistant: it’s not an actual object
Dad: ok so what is it then?
Assistant: Ermmmm it’s a storage device
Dad: I use SD cards can I have one of those instead
Assistant: it’s not the same
Dad: ok so, it’s a free gift but you can’t actually give it to me, it’s for storage but not like an SD card - so what actually is it and why would I want it?
Assistant: I will take it off for you sir.