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Photos & Storage

Updated 2026-10-07 · Applies to iOS 17 and later

This section covers iCloud Photos and storage: what turning Optimize on really frees, what turning it off risks, and why the library takes the space it does. One article so far.

iCloud Photos and Storage: What "Optimize" Frees, and the Risk in Turning It Off

iCloud Photos keeps the full library in iCloud; "Optimize" only swaps local originals for previews, and only when space is tight. Turning it off asks a question whose wrong answer deletes photos.

Updated 2026-10-08

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