Distant Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I've run out of iCloud storage on my iPhone. I'm sure many of you have encountered the same thing. Are you paying for the 20gb? If not, how are you keeping photos safe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted May 26, 2015 Veteran Share Posted May 26, 2015 I've run out of iCloud storage on my iPhone. I'm sure many of you have encountered the same thing. Are you paying for the 20gb? If not, how are you keeping photos safe? I don't have an iPhone so I can only assume with something like this but perhaps look to an alternative cloud storage provider? OneDrive, Google Drive and Mega all provide larger free storage I believe. Certainly on Android you can use those to auto upload your phone photographs. Sorry I can't be much more help in terms of true experience but it's something to look into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaGinger Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Local Hard Drive. Much more secure. timster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikh Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Back up to local computer, use third party cloud provider or just pay the .99 cents for 20gbs. I hope during WWDC apple announces an upgrade to the 5gb limit for all iCloud accounts right now. COKid 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COKid Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Local Hard Drive. Much more secure. Until you're hit with theft or a natural disaster. I always store at least one copy off-site (cloud, safety deposit box, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 I do have CrashPlan so it wouldn't be horrible to just go local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Michael Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 The only thing I use iCloud for is the device backups. I don't backup photos with it. For that I use onedrive. And since I have an O365 subscription, I get 1TB of storage...more than enough for my pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timster Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 get a Mega.co.nz account and backup to there if you need more space. It's 50GB on a free account I only ever used iCloud for device and app backups, everything else was either local or stored on OneDrive/Mega but yea, 5GB really isn't much for backups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 You can download Google+ on your iPhone and let it backup all your photos for you.. But, for $12/year to get 20GB, is the easiest thing to do.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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