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- Marlow, UK
I wonder if anyone can help me with this one. I've just started using the camera on my iPhone 13 mini and noticed that the files arriving on the iCloud are about half their resolution on the phone itself. The native resolution of the iPhone is 4032 x 3024 which equates to a jpg file size of about 3-4 MB. I can see those numbers in the Photos app on the phone when I select an image and press "i". But when the same images arrive on the iCloud they're down to 2048 x 1536 and more like 800 KB to 1.6 MB in size.
I can access the files in the iCloud two ways; either I let them turn up on my laptop (Pictures>iCloud Photos >Downloads) automatically (which is my preferred workflow) or I can log into the iCloud with a web browser, select the files and download them manually. Either way the resolution of the files I receive is reduced to 2048 x 1536, as seen with File Explorer.
If I transfer the images directly from the phone to my laptop with a cable, they comes across at full resolution. It's the act of uploading from the phone to the iCloud which seems to change the file size.
My previous iPhone SE didn't do this, which suggests that it's a setting somewhere on the new phone. I've Googled this and discovered that images are sometimes compressed when you download them from iCloud to iPhone (when you're short of space on the phone) but I can't find any mention of the reverse situation.
Some further info:
iPhone 13 mini
IOS 15.2.1
Settings > camera > formats > "Most Compatible"
Settings iCloud > Photos > "Download and Keep Originals" (there doesn't seem to be any control over uploads, apart from turning them off completely) (in theory, everything should just go up unmolested)
Any ideas? Does your iPhone do this?
-R
I can access the files in the iCloud two ways; either I let them turn up on my laptop (Pictures>iCloud Photos >Downloads) automatically (which is my preferred workflow) or I can log into the iCloud with a web browser, select the files and download them manually. Either way the resolution of the files I receive is reduced to 2048 x 1536, as seen with File Explorer.
If I transfer the images directly from the phone to my laptop with a cable, they comes across at full resolution. It's the act of uploading from the phone to the iCloud which seems to change the file size.
My previous iPhone SE didn't do this, which suggests that it's a setting somewhere on the new phone. I've Googled this and discovered that images are sometimes compressed when you download them from iCloud to iPhone (when you're short of space on the phone) but I can't find any mention of the reverse situation.
Some further info:
iPhone 13 mini
IOS 15.2.1
Settings > camera > formats > "Most Compatible"
Settings iCloud > Photos > "Download and Keep Originals" (there doesn't seem to be any control over uploads, apart from turning them off completely) (in theory, everything should just go up unmolested)
Any ideas? Does your iPhone do this?
-R