

If that column is missing, right-click the column headers and tick iCloud Status. Perhaps I’m just more of a technophobe than I thought (which would be worrying considering I write for a camera magazine) but I’m sure I can’t be the only person who’s had that heart-sinking moment where you’ve realized you’ve deleted photos you shouldn’t have. In iTunes 12.6, under Music, select Songs and sort by iCloud Status. What's the point in paying for extra iCloud storage if you can't keep files on your iCloud and not on your phone?! At this point, Files will create a new copy of the file in the location you selected. Choose a new location for the file in the On My iPhone or On My iPad section of the Files app. For a company that makes such intuitive products, iCloud is not intuitive at all and the worst part is Apple doesn't make it very clear. Tap the Folder icon in the bottom menu bar. I don't think what I want is too demanding - just the ability to be able to safely and secure photos and videos so I know I've got a backup of them on something I can hold - not just in a cloud. It's not that it's impossible to transfer files it's just that I can't see my iPhone photos folder appear in finder in the same way I do when I connect my hard drive or SD card. With an iPhone it seems like you have to go into Photos, select the files you want to export, choose where you want them exported to and then let it do its thing - which can take hours and whenever I try to do it, I get error messages. At least with phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S22 (opens in new tab) and the Honor 50 (opens in new tab) you can just plug it into your computer (I'm using a mac) and then drag and drop files. Files you delete from iCloud Drive are recoverable for 30 days, but you can remove deleted files before the 30-day time period is up. Within a short time, you will see the list of all duplicates in the Photos library. In the application’s window, click Choose Folder select Photos Library and click the Scan button. One of the things I hate the most about apple products is how hard they’ve made it to simply transfer photos and videos from your iPhone to an external hard drive. In iCloud Drive on, select the files you want to delete, then click the Delete button in the iCloud Drive toolbar. Now you can use Duplicate File Finder to remove duplicate photos. Even with the best recovery software, once they’ve been permanently deleted there is little chance you’ll ever see them again. However, if you don’t realize within the 40 days they disappear for good and (like I’ve done before) getting those precious memories is nearly impossible. Enable iCloud Drive, then open the Options for it. If you do accidentally delete a bunch of photos and then realize iCloud sharing was still on, they do stay in a deleted folder for 40 days afterward and they can be restored. Go to Apple ID, then select iCloud from the sidebar.
