iCloud can effectively give you up to 2TB of additional storage to supplement your Mac’s drive capacity, particularly useful with 256GB and 512GB Macs. The trick is using the Optimize Mac ...

"When Optimize Storage is turned on, full-resolution photos and videos are stored in iCloud, and, when needed, space-saving copies are stored on your device," Apple noted.

With iCloud Photo Library, selecting the checkbox in Store in iCloud also selects an Optimize Mac Storage radio button in Photos > Preferences > iCloud. That has the effect of storing full-resolution ...

If you’re an iCloud Photos user, you’re probably already familiar with the “ Optimize Storage ” option that keeps only the most recently downloaded photos and videos on your device, while ...

File storage on the Mac is broken down into the following categories: Applications, Documents, GarageBand, iBooks, iCloud Drive, iOS Files, iTunes, Mail, Photos, and Trash.

Once you've upgraded your iPhone to iOS 5, you'll want to set up iCloud, but the default settings will leave you without much storage room to spare. Find out how to maximize your back-up space.

When I check my iCloud photo settings, I saw it was set at Optimize iPhone Storage. Now I wonder if the pictures i uploaded to Amazon Cloud Drive are not in full resolution. It’s all in the ...

The post was titled "how crazy good Optimize iPhone Storage works". And the user wrote: "About 44 GB of photos and videos (~15,000 items) in iCloud are now only taking up 8 MB (!!!) on my device.