Apple Photos and Music
Managing large photo and music libraries
Of all the data you have on your Mac, iPhone or iPad, music and photos take up the most space. If this is not managed well, you could soon find yourself running out of local diskspace on your devices. You have spent years building up a precious collection of photos and videos. Do not lose it!
You are never going to have too much diskspace. Learn to manage what you have. – Apple Enthusiast
Apple makes it easy to manage your available diskspace. and there is no need to ever lose a song, photo, or video.
Read on...
- If you have small photo and music libraries and also have enough diskspace, you can choose to sync both across all your devices. Since your iPhone or iPad is unlikely to have the same storage capacity as a Mac, the operating systems (iOS and iPadOS) are clever enough to save scaled down versions of the photos on your mobile devices, while storing the full-sized version on your Mac and iCloud. You can download the full versions at any time.
- If you have a Mac that is running out of diskspace, you can use the Optimise Storage option to allow the operating system to decide which files you work with often and will keep them on your Mac. Ones that you have not recently used, will be removed from your Mac but kept on iCloud. The filename will still be visible on your device and when you need it, it will be downloaded from iCloud.
- Your music library works in the same way, especially for your mobile devices, where you can select how much space to allocate for the storage of music and videos.
Andries Oberholzer
End User Specialist
With a career in Information technology spanning many years, it was only once he had been exposed to Apple products, other than using an iPhone, that a completely new world opened. Now an experienced Mac user, he can help you to make your Apple products run like a breeze. IT Support often sees things only from a technical perspective. Why not rather get the help a specialist who is also an end user? His own home network runs exclusively on Apple hardware, where possible, so he should know how to make it work for you as well.
