I turned off optimized storage in photos on my iPad, not realizing it would also turn off on my iPhone. I need to turn it back on and cannot find a way to do so.
Can someone provide the steps?
I have the latest update on iPhone 13 mini.
iPhone 13 mini, iOS 18
There are two options shown:
When you tap "Download and keep Originals", the "Optimize" will be disabled.
You may want to write feedback to Apple that the user Interface is confusing and it is not quite clear, that these two options are mutually exclusive and we have to tap the alternative to switch between these options to turn off one of them.
That should not have happened. The Setting "Optimize Storage" is only applied to the device where you change the setting.
On the iPhone with iOS 18 you can turn on the "Optimize Storage" in the "Settings > Your Apple Account > iCloud > Photos". Tap "optimize iPhone Storage".
LadySmith1994 wrote: Yes, but …
I think a point that léonie may have been making was that, since turning off Optimize on an iPad can't cause Optimize to turn off on a phone, then you should try to understand what happened.
But in any case, her advice:
On the iPhone with iOS 18 you can turn on the "Optimize Storage" in the "Settings > Your Apple Account > iCloud > Photos". Tap "optimize iPhone Storage".
is valid. Just turn Optimize back on for your iPhone, and leave it off on the iPad.
By the way, after you turn Optimize OFF on the iPad it may take a while for full sized pictures to load back on.
how do I reverse that? I don’t want to optimize storage in my photos.
Ok, I have just re-read my original post.
my apologies. It does not say what I intended it to.
What happened is that I turned on optimized storage on my iPhone and I want to turn it off. I can not find how to do that.
As léonie said, "When you tap "Download and keep Originals", the "Optimize" will be disabled."
So new originals will be kept, but that doesn't mean that all your full sized images will be immediately downloaded. Pictures already on your iPhone may continue without the full-sized originals until you force a download by editing each picture. You can check a picture by entering Edit mode and seeing if you have to wait for a download.
Yes, but how do I reverse that? I don’t want to optimize storage in my photos.
Just click on "Download and Keep Originals" right below "Optimize iPhone Storage" to flip the setting back.
Thank you so much.
Thank you! I got it.
How to turn off optimize storage in photos
