I pay for 2TB of iCloud storage, yet my iPhone is always full, and it’s driving me insane. I’m the family keeper of all the photos—we’ve talking over 100,000 since 1940. I’ve tried to clean them up, but deleting is a nightmare sometimes, and uploading takes forever.
My current system:
• Photos are stored on my iPhone and synced to iCloud Photos (optimize iPhone storage checked)
• I also manually back up some photos in iCloud Drive to folders but since there aren’t thumbnails it takes forever to find the photo I’m looking for among other logistical nightmares.
I’ve tried saving them to a hard drive, but it kept crashing, so I gave up on that. I’m open to switching to another platform, but I need something that:
- Doesn’t take up space on my iPhone or computer (but lets me access the photos easily).
- Handles massive libraries without constant uploading/freezing issues.
- Is reliable and won’t randomly lose photos.
I’m at my wit’s end trying to keep this organized. What solutions do you recommend? Anyone else with a similar massive photo library figured this out?
Please help me before I lose my mind.