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Hello,
I have been using Dropbox automatic Camera Upload to backup photos that I take on my iPhone. I would also like to use Apple iCloud Photos to backup and syncronize my photos across multiple Apple devices. Once you take a photo with the iPhone the iCloud Photos functionality uploads the original photo and associated resolution to Apple iCloud. Once that upload of the original is complete, Apple stores a lower resolution version of the photo on the local iPhone in order to save space. I want to have the original (full resolution) version stored in Dropbox and not the lower resolution version.
Can anyone help me understand whether Dropbox will store the original or the lower resolution photo file.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Regards
Grant
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Hi Lusll
Thank you very much for your reply to my question. I am familiar with how iCloud photos works and my question was more one of timing. The sequence of events as I understand it is as follows:
1. You take a picture with the iPhone
2. Apple IOS uploads the picture (in full resolution) to Apple iCloud and keeps a lower resolution version on the iPhone.
3. DropBox 'Camera Upload' uploads the picture (in ? resolution) to DropBox cloud.
What I am trying to determine is the sequence of steps 2 and 3. If 3 happens first then the high resolution version photo will be stored on both DropBox and subsequently on iCloud clouds. If step 2 happens first then the version that DropBox uploads would be the lower resolution version.
I was not aware that you could point Dropbox to backup files in iCloud. How would you do this? Also, I dont think this would work as the file format that iCloud uses to store the photo is a new highly compressed file format called HEIC which could be stored on DropBox but cannot be viewed on Dropbox.
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Grant
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Hi Lusll
OK thanks very much for the additonal information on this.
Based on what you have told me it probably does not make sense to use the DropBox camera uploads feature then as it is dupicative of the iCloud Photos functionality. The DropBox camera uploads feature will be backing up the lower resolution version of the photos which is not ideal.
Is there a way to point DropBox to my iCloud account and have Dropbox back up those files?
Thanks again for all your help.
Regards
Grant
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Is there a way to point DropBox to my iCloud account and have Dropbox back up those files?
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