Hey I have an iPhone 5 (32GB) and I have plenty of space left but I was wondering if its a good idea to delete your iPhone photos after they have been stored on iPhoto.
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Is it a good idea to delete iPhone photos after a while
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Leaving them on your phone does nothing other than take up space. I had over 2000 photos on my old 3G and it ran the way it should (slow).
A couple of times a year, I connect my phone to a computer and save all the pics in a dated folder...just gives me an opportunity to then go through my phone and delete photos I don't normally show off to others or need for work.
Really do this just so I have a back-up of photos and to clean up my phone/save space.
Really do this just so I have a back-up of photos and to clean up my phone/save space.
If you have plenty of space then why worry? Keep the photos on the phone so that you can refer to them for memories. I do recommend that you backup your pics every once in a while so that if something happens to your phone, your pics will be intact.
Way back to the older iPhones and earlier iOS, I used to notice having loads of photos would slow the camera down, IE actually opening the app.... haven't noticed this in quite some time though.
I take a couple of thousand photos a month too. I usually delete the previous 2 month back. So in the next few days I'll delete Octobers photos, if that makes sense!
I take a couple of thousand photos a month too. I usually delete the previous 2 month back. So in the next few days I'll delete Octobers photos, if that makes sense!