WEBVTT 00:00:01.483 --> 00:00:03.983 (phone rings) 00:00:05.294 --> 00:00:08.956 (bouncy piano music) (Sarah sighs) 00:00:08.956 --> 00:00:13.622 (computer rings) (Sarah sighs again) 00:00:13.622 --> 00:00:17.280 (bouncy piano music) - Oh, hey Sarah. This came in for you. - Oh, thanks. 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:20.521 - No prob. (paper crumples) 00:00:20.521 --> 00:00:23.811 (bouncy piano music) (frustrated sighs) 00:00:23.811 --> 00:00:27.243 (bouncy piano music) 00:00:27.243 --> 00:00:30.410 (Sarah sighs again) 00:00:30.410 --> 00:00:34.040 - Yeah, this happens. Can I see your iCloud storage in settings? - Sure 00:00:34.040 --> 00:00:37.420 - So, do you want to pay for more storage, so that you can save your iCloud photos? 00:00:37.420 --> 00:00:40.670 - Not if I don't have to. I already have enough subscriptions, so. 00:00:40.670 --> 00:00:44.210 - All right. Well, it looks like I have my work cut out for me. - Good luck. 00:00:44.210 --> 00:00:48.216 - Thanks. (upbeat music) 00:00:51.370 --> 00:00:56.520 This is a DVD. It's late 90s technology, that holds about two hours 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:01.140 of glorious standard definition video, or about 4.7 gigabytes. 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:05.380 Now, as of today, Apple's free tier of iCloud gives you more. 00:01:05.380 --> 00:01:08.730 But, not by much, because it's only 5 gigabytes. 00:01:08.730 --> 00:01:12.040 So, if you were to put this movie into your iCloud, 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:17.140 you'd get the notification. When iCloud came out, a week after Steve Jobs passing, 00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:23.160 the space was mostly intended for iOS device Backups, or email, if you signed up for an iCloud email account. 00:01:23.160 --> 00:01:28.410 So, 5 gigabytes was plenty. But now we've got iCloud Photos, iCloud Drive, 00:01:28.410 --> 00:01:32.920 Messages in iCloud, and a host of other apps, all vying for your storage space, 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:36.550 which apple does a great job of managing, seamlessly, and transparently. 00:01:36.550 --> 00:01:42.190 At least, until you run out of space at the free tier, which won't take long on a modern device. 00:01:42.190 --> 00:01:45.730 And, when you do, they're all too happy to tell you about it. 00:01:45.730 --> 00:01:48.910 And charge you anywhere between a dollar a month for 50 gigabytes, 00:01:48.910 --> 00:01:51.990 to $10 dollars a month for 2 terabytes. 00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:55.880 If you don't pay, you might end up like Fatemeh, from our previous video. 00:01:55.880 --> 00:02:00.620 Which you should watch if you've missed. Who didn't have a backup when her iPhone, 00:02:00.620 --> 00:02:04.750 fell into a lake. (iPhone drowning) 00:02:04.750 --> 00:02:09.230 One obvious way to stop this notification madness, is to stop using iCloud. 00:02:09.230 --> 00:02:12.970 You can't disable it outright, but if you go into settings, and then click on your 00:02:12.970 --> 00:02:16.040 iCloud account name, you can easily identify 00:02:16.040 --> 00:02:19.350 what's taking up all the space, and then select what you do, 00:02:19.350 --> 00:02:22.760 or don't want to sync. Now, certain features don't count towards 00:02:22.760 --> 00:02:25.890 your 5 Gigabyte piton, so there's no real reason to turn them off. 00:02:25.890 --> 00:02:29.610 As for the rest, well, you need to make some tough decisions. 00:02:29.610 --> 00:02:33.040 Personally, I love iMessage, and I don't ever delete messages. 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:38.070 So, my 5 Gigabyte allotment will be used to synchronize messages between all my devices. 00:02:38.070 --> 00:02:42.627 But you might like your iCloud email, and decide that's what you want using that space. 00:02:42.627 --> 00:02:44.783 I don't know what Sarah wants to use the space with. 00:02:45.859 --> 00:02:48.442 (upbeat music) 00:02:49.980 --> 00:02:54.270 Okay so, what do you actually want to save on your iCloud? - What about my photos? 00:02:54.270 --> 00:02:58.090 - Can't do that. - Mm hmm. - You could save your messages though. 00:02:58.090 --> 00:03:01.190 - No, don't need to do that. - Backups. 00:03:01.190 --> 00:03:06.180 - Oh, sure. - All right. Sounds good. (soft piano music) 00:03:06.180 --> 00:03:09.630 All right. - Now, I think we probably should deal with 00:03:09.630 --> 00:03:14.270 what's taking up, all this iCloud. For Sarah, it's photos. 00:03:14.270 --> 00:03:18.280 It's always photos. Back in 2013, it was the Camera Roll ballooning 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:21.510 iCloud Backups. Now it's iCloud Photos. 00:03:21.510 --> 00:03:24.900 And if you've turned on Messages in iCloud, well, it's not the text. 00:03:24.900 --> 00:03:29.340 There's probably a bunch of photos and gifs in there, taking up space, too. 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:33.880 So, if you don't want to pay Apple, you're going to have to save your photos elsewhere. 00:03:33.880 --> 00:03:38.330 And that's not that straightforward. When you set up a new iPhone or Apple ID, 00:03:38.330 --> 00:03:41.920 iCloud Photos is turned on by default, whether you like it or not. 00:03:41.920 --> 00:03:45.460 If you want to pay for iCloud Storage, it's not a terrible service. 00:03:45.460 --> 00:03:51.050 Allowing all the photos you take to be easily synced, and available, on all your devices. 00:03:51.050 --> 00:03:56.190 But most people don't know it's turned on, and they could easily fill it up with one birthday party. 00:03:56.190 --> 00:04:00.300 So, if you don't want to fill your free iCloud Storage, you'll have to turn it off. 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:04.690 And then, make sure you turn it off when you set up your new phone forever more. 00:04:04.690 --> 00:04:08.220 Now, I'm sure you still want to save your important photos from your phone. 00:04:08.220 --> 00:04:11.890 And before June of this year, the easy answer was Google Photos. 00:04:11.890 --> 00:04:16.950 It gave unlimited storage of your iPhone Photos, and video, for free. 00:04:16.950 --> 00:04:21.373 But, that's over now. So you have to consider a few other options. 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:31.080 The first, is lightening DVD Drive. Now, yes, it's less than 5 gigabytes, 00:04:31.080 --> 00:04:35.090 but you can always grab more, by simply adding.. 00:04:35.090 --> 00:04:38.700 Obviously, I'm just kidding. Though, there is an app in into App Store 00:04:38.700 --> 00:04:44.700 called Nero AirBurn. A good option might in fact be, Amazon Prime Photos, 00:04:44.700 --> 00:04:48.220 which offers unlimited storage for photo uploads, but not for video. 00:04:48.220 --> 00:04:53.550 You only get 5 gigabytes for those. Another option and shhh, don't tell anyone, 00:04:53.550 --> 00:04:57.080 is that you might already have cloud storage with work, or school. 00:04:57.080 --> 00:05:00.530 So if they use Google, you can use Google Photos the way you used to. 00:05:00.530 --> 00:05:03.970 Or, if your organization uses Office 365, 00:05:03.970 --> 00:05:07.960 One Drive supports automatic photo uploading, deep in the app too. 00:05:07.960 --> 00:05:13.250 Just understand that it's not a forever guarantee because, God forbid you lose your job, or finish school, 00:05:13.250 --> 00:05:19.460 or something. And it might be against policy or something, but shhhh, can be our little secret. 00:05:19.460 --> 00:05:22.990 Another convenient alternative is iCloud Photo Stream. 00:05:22.990 --> 00:05:28.130 It, is a service that predates iCloud Photos. Basically, it stores photos from the last month, 00:05:28.130 --> 00:05:32.080 in the cloud, and downloads the last thousand of them to your other devices, 00:05:32.080 --> 00:05:37.240 and permanently saving them, into your computer. The catch is that, you might not be able to use it 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:43.670 since it's no longer available with newer accounts. Sarah and I do have it available, but my sister doesn't. 00:05:43.670 --> 00:05:46.820 So your mileage, may vary. And if you don't have it, 00:05:46.820 --> 00:05:49.900 then you're going to have to manually plug in your phone into your computer, 00:05:49.900 --> 00:05:55.890 and use the Image Capture App, or the Photos App, on both your Mac, and Windows, if you have a PC. 00:05:55.890 --> 00:05:59.840 Now, if you don't have a at all, I do have one last solution. 00:05:59.840 --> 00:06:02.920 It's one of these little flash drives, 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:07.850 with the lightning plug. This one is the SanDisk IXpand Flash Drive Go, 00:06:07.850 --> 00:06:11.900 and it cost me $40 dollars for 128 gigabytes of storage. 00:06:11.900 --> 00:06:18.203 That's the same as 13 months of 200 gigabytes of iCloud Storage, but this, I can keep forever. 00:06:19.660 --> 00:06:23.170 It uses an included app that pops up prompting you, 00:06:23.170 --> 00:06:28.820 to backup your photos when you plug it in. But I would describe the interface as mediocre, at best. 00:06:28.820 --> 00:06:33.203 And it has one of the most dangerous pop-ups I've ever seen once it's done. 00:06:33.203 --> 00:06:37.960 (somber music) Uhhh, what do I, do not delete. 00:06:37.960 --> 00:06:41.650 So be very careful which button you press. 00:06:41.650 --> 00:06:46.800 Ultimately though it does the job as a convenient way to backup photos, from your iPhone, 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:50.670 without relying on the cloud. And, if you need to, flip it over, 00:06:50.670 --> 00:06:55.610 and it'll plug into any old USB port to transfer the files to another device. 00:06:55.610 --> 00:06:59.380 All right, time for a quick word from this video sponsor, Mine. 00:06:59.380 --> 00:07:04.420 Now, what mine does is act as a data assistant that helps you discover what websites have your data, 00:07:04.420 --> 00:07:09.090 and then help you exercise your data rights, and reclaim your right to be forgotten. 00:07:09.090 --> 00:07:13.590 Begin by signing up, and with a scan, through your email, Mine will let you know how many companies, 00:07:13.590 --> 00:07:17.190 are holding your data. Woof. 00:07:17.190 --> 00:07:21.620 I'm counting 155 here, which could put me at a higher risk, 00:07:21.620 --> 00:07:25.670 of having my data breached. Now, through the web, or my email, 00:07:25.670 --> 00:07:31.180 I can send out an official Data Subject Request, and have it all removed after an identity confirmation. 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:37.204 It's available for free, but for limited time. So, make sure to check it out at the link below. 00:07:37.204 --> 00:07:40.612 (upbeat music) - Okay so then, how do you wanna back up your photos 00:07:40.612 --> 00:07:43.880 if you can't back them up on iCloud Photo? - Well, I already download them onto my laptop. 00:07:43.880 --> 00:07:47.930 - Really? - Yeah. - Great. Now, before we delete the photos off iCloud, 00:07:47.930 --> 00:07:51.010 we need to back them up to the iPhone. 00:07:51.010 --> 00:07:56.090 Sarah has a lot of space on her phone, so she can fit the photos already uploaded to iCloud. 00:07:56.090 --> 00:08:01.370 Since it won't be over 5 gigabytes, you probably will be fine too. But if not, you can download the photos onto your computer, 00:08:01.370 --> 00:08:07.180 in the Photos App. You'll have to turn off iCloud Photos on all of your devices, anyway. 00:08:07.180 --> 00:08:12.430 So, in Settings, go into iCloud, go to iCloud Photos, and then select download, 00:08:12.430 --> 00:08:17.630 and keep originals. Once those have been downloaded, and you've copied them to your photo storage of choice, 00:08:17.630 --> 00:08:22.730 you can click on the extremely scary, Disable and Delete setting. 00:08:22.730 --> 00:08:26.304 Now don't worry, it only deletes the copies stored in iCloud. 00:08:26.304 --> 00:08:29.860 (high-pitched sound) Some of your photos stored in iCloud 00:08:29.860 --> 00:08:33.230 are not downloaded on this iPhone. These photos will be permanently deleted from iCloud 00:08:33.230 --> 00:08:36.830 in 30 days. To avoid losing them, download and keep originals before continuing. 00:08:36.830 --> 00:08:37.853 But I did that. 00:08:40.540 --> 00:08:44.937 Why, is it saying this? (hands hitting the table) 00:08:44.937 --> 00:08:49.190 (high-pitch voice speaking in background) We have to see what's on your iCloud. 00:08:49.190 --> 00:08:53.710 So do you want to just.. - How are we gonna do that? - Just go to icloud.com and login, with your apple ID. 00:08:53.710 --> 00:08:57.110 Okay, so you can click on photos. - Wow, I didn't even know this existed 00:08:57.110 --> 00:09:01.150 to be completely honest with you. And I've been using apple products for my entire life. 00:09:01.150 --> 00:09:03.583 - Congratulations. - Okay, Photos. 00:09:05.221 --> 00:09:08.810 (Jonathan laughs) - It's blank. - There's nothing there. 00:09:08.810 --> 00:09:12.570 - Some of the photos.. - Who cares? - Click on hidden. Yeah, I guess who it is who cares. 00:09:12.570 --> 00:09:16.060 - Cause they are in like in my photos, on my laptop, anyways. 00:09:16.060 --> 00:09:19.412 - I don't understand. - [Instructor] So you're comfortable 00:09:19.412 --> 00:09:23.133 clicking Continue Anyway? - [Sarah] Yep. - [Jonathan] To delete everything off your iCloud. - [Sarah] Is that it? 00:09:23.133 --> 00:09:26.820 - [Jonathan] Yeah. Now you have 30 days to undo it, if, you can't find a photo. 00:09:26.820 --> 00:09:30.374 - Nice. (bouncy piano music) 00:09:30.374 --> 00:09:34.850 - Now we'll want to turn on, Backups. Which, on Sarah's phone they are actually already on, 00:09:34.850 --> 00:09:38.000 she just hasn't been backing up cause there's no space. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:44.420 Okay, so I realized that a backup without photos might not seem useful, but it saves other things too. 00:09:44.420 --> 00:09:50.590 Like Settings, Messages, Wi-Fi passwords, home screen icon layouts, and anything saved within apps. 00:09:50.590 --> 00:09:53.880 It's that last one though that can end up causing some problems. 00:09:53.880 --> 00:09:58.140 Thankfully, there is an easy way to trim your Backup down to size. 00:09:58.140 --> 00:10:05.160 When you go into Settings, and you go to your iCloud, you can click on Manage Storage, and then click on Backups. 00:10:05.160 --> 00:10:10.100 There, you can delete crusty old Backups, from long gone phones, or manage more precisely 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:13.463 what's getting backed up, even down to individual apps. 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:19.110 Let me show you on my phone, for example. Take the Burger King App. 00:10:19.110 --> 00:10:24.110 It requires a king size 117 megabytes of backup space. 00:10:24.770 --> 00:10:29.020 For what? flip the switch off, click Turn Off and Delete, 00:10:29.020 --> 00:10:32.620 and I've saved myself a Whopper. Now, you can scroll through here, 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:37.010 and if there are any apps where you don't care if what you did in that app gets saved, 00:10:37.010 --> 00:10:42.720 you can switch it off, and move on. McDonald's requires 89 megabytes? 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:46.513 And then Teams on my phone wanted over 500 megabytes. 00:10:48.270 --> 00:10:53.780 If leaving out any of this critical data gives you anxiety, there is one other alternative. 00:10:53.780 --> 00:10:57.030 Remember iTunes Backup? Well, it still exists. 00:10:57.030 --> 00:11:00.030 But now it's found in the Finder Window, on your Mac. 00:11:00.030 --> 00:11:04.030 In the Device Sync Management Page, merely select backup to your computer, 00:11:04.030 --> 00:11:07.490 and it'll do the rest, as long as you have enough storage on your computer. 00:11:07.490 --> 00:11:11.780 I recommend you encrypt the backup, since that allows you to include all personal information 00:11:11.780 --> 00:11:15.480 like health data, just make sure you save the password somewhere. 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:20.410 This method can also be used on a PC, but it still requires the iTunes Windows App. 00:11:20.410 --> 00:11:24.970 If your computer stays mostly on, you can click the sync with Wi-Fi button. 00:11:24.970 --> 00:11:29.750 Which means your phone will back up when it's charging, and on the same network as your computer. 00:11:29.750 --> 00:11:32.850 And you can always manually trigger a backup if you need to, 00:11:32.850 --> 00:11:37.170 by clicking the Back Up Now button. It's important to remember that, if you are backing your 00:11:37.170 --> 00:11:40.560 phone up to your computer, you should also be backing up said computer too. 00:11:40.560 --> 00:11:43.730 Obviously Time Machine is an excellent way to handle this on a Mac. 00:11:43.730 --> 00:11:48.890 And there are a plethora of supported drives ranging in price from very affordable USB external jobs, 00:11:48.890 --> 00:11:53.050 to exotic and complicated network-attached storage. 00:11:53.050 --> 00:11:56.050 All right, since this is done let's, bring it back to Sarah. 00:11:57.834 --> 00:12:01.163 - Sarah - You're back. - I have good news. 00:12:01.163 --> 00:12:04.887 I have whittled it down to 3.3 gigabytes. - Wow! 00:12:04.887 --> 00:12:09.679 - You are now within your 5 Gigabyte allotment. - Oh my goodness! Thank you so much! 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:12.633 - How does it feel? - It feels amazing! - Great, yes. 00:12:14.383 --> 00:12:19.760 - Ahhh. - Apple's 5 gigabytes of iCloud Storage, is a morsel. 00:12:19.760 --> 00:12:23.280 It's really a free trial of Apple's iCloud Service and, 00:12:23.280 --> 00:12:27.880 nothing more. You can get it to work, but it requires sacrificing a simple, 00:12:27.880 --> 00:12:32.110 and integrated way to backup photos. And I think it's frankly shocking that there's no 00:12:32.110 --> 00:12:36.900 automatic way of offloading your photos, onto your computer through, Wi-Fi. 00:12:36.900 --> 00:12:41.620 Especially considering that iCloud Photo Stream appears to be, fading to black. 00:12:41.620 --> 00:12:47.170 But, as long as you understand how iCloud works, it is possible to keep those notifications at bay, 00:12:47.170 --> 00:12:53.097 without spending a penny, and still have safe storage, of your precious memories. 00:12:53.097 --> 00:12:57.150 (upbeat music) Thanks for uploading to this Mac Address. Make sure to subscribe. 00:12:57.150 --> 00:13:01.840 And, if you're someone who still isn't paying for iCloud Storage, give us a like. 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:05.920 I'm curious, if anyone else has been able to manage 00:13:05.920 --> 00:13:08.153 their iCloud Storage, like I have.