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bomagma Author

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iCloud Photos

When I try and initiate iCloud for photos on my iPhone, I get a message that photos syncd with Finder will be removed. How do I know what photos will be removed and is there a way to avoid this action?

iPhone 11

Posted on Sep 13, 2020 5:13 PM

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etresoft

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Posted on Sep 13, 2020 5:23 PM

The idea is that you must have a Mac somewhere with those photos on it. At some point, you synced them with your phone. If you turn on iCloud Photos on your Mac, those photos will be synced to iCloud. Then, when you turn on iCloud Photos on your phone, they will come back via iCloud.

My recommendation would be to connect your phone with your Mac one last time and make sure you have all of your photos on your Mac. Then you can back them up and/or archive them.

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