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Title: Should you use iCloud Photo Library?
Post by: HCK on May 19, 2018, 04:05:19 pm
Should you use iCloud Photo Library?

Should you use iCloud Photo Library for your images and video on your Mac, PC, iPhone, and iPad? Here are the pros and cons.

Apple's online service, iCloud Photo Library, lets you seamlessly access, manage, edit, and share pictures and video from your iPhone, iPad, and your Mac. It's free to use — though if you want to store any real amount of data, you're going to have to pony up for a paid iCloud plan. I've had a lot of people over the years ask me whether they should turn on iCloud Photo Library: Is it safe? Is it secure? Is the cost of an iCloud plan worth it?

What is iCloud Photo Library?

Essentially, iCloud Photo Library is an optional feature of Apple's iCloud service that can automatically back up and sync any images and video you take to iCloud. It works with Photos for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and also provides sync services for devices like Apple TV.

When you enable iCloud Photo Library, it uses your iCloud storage space to upload all images and video you've either...

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