Photos on Apple devices

Apple has changed the way they handle photos, videos and movies in the latest version of iOS (from 8) and OSX (from 10 El Capitan). The information provided on this page tries to describe the behavior for 3 major photo application and backup providers Apple (iCloud), Google Photo and Yahoo Flickr.

This information is based on the state at July 2016 and focuses on the usage of storage for photos:

• Apple operation systems:
  • iOS 9.3.2
  • OSX 10.11.15
• Google Photos
  • Google photos backup version 1.1.1.338 for OSX.
  • Google photos backup version 1.11.0 for iOS.
  • Google photos for browsers at https://photos.google.com
• Yahoo Flickr
  • Flickr uploadr version 1.0.1396 for OSX.
  • Flickr uploadr version 4.0.7 (6060) for iOS.
  • Flickr for browsers at https://www.flickr.com

Short Description

Apple now has the opportunity to store all photos in the Cloud (iCloud for Apple users). The standard free iCloud storage size is 5GB and that's not only for photos but all for the app-data (See Storage).

Storage

This information is based on an article on CNET and is updated to reflect current pricing for each cloud services in December 2015. The Yahoo prices are from the Yahoo Website

Apple

Apple iCloud Storage is for all data in the Cloud, Photos, Data, Contacts, Calendar.

• 5GB: free
• 50GB: $0.99 per month.
• 200GB: $3.99 per month.
• 1TB: $9.99 per month.

Google

Google Drive

• 15GB: Free
• 100GB: $1.99 per month
• 1TB: $9.99 per month
• 10TB: $99.99 per month

Yahoo

Yahoo Flickr

• Free:
  • 1 TB of photo and video storage
  • Upload videos of up to 1GB each
  • Upload photos of up to 200 MB each
  • Video playback of up to 3 minutes each
  • Limitless downloads of your original photos
• Flickr Pro
  • All free account benefits
  • Stats on your photo views
  • Ad-free browsing and sharing
  • Desktop Uploadr for automatically backing-up images
  • 20% off of the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan your 1st year
  • New members receive a 30% discount coupon on their first year’s subscription fee
  • FREE standard shipping for photo orders within the US (auto applied for orders over $25)
  • 50% discount on standard shipping to international locations (auto applied for orders over $25)