In Photos on iOS 10.3.3, when I select one picture and open the share sheet, there’s an option to “Add to iCloud Drive”. But when I select multiple pictures, the share sheet doesn’t offer that option. Adding multiple pictures to iCloud Drive one by one gets rather tedious. Is there some way I can add multiple pictures at once? Perhaps by using another app?
iCloud – How to Add Multiple Pictures from Photos to iCloud Drive
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Related Solutions
Prior to a recent change, Apple's solution for this would be to ensure that iPhoto was running and you have configured iCloud to automatically import all photos into your library.
Now that there is no limit to the number of photos, you just need to remain under the current upload limits to avoid having photos that are only on your device and not backed up to Photo Stream:
- 25,000 photos per month
- 10,000 photos per day
- 1,000 photos per hour
Other than temporary pauses, you should be able to store as many photos in the cloud as your have bandwidth and time to upload.
Have you tried using Image Capture?
Plug in your phone. Select it from Devices. Select the photos, hit the little "no" icon (the circle with the line through it) near the bottom of the window, and delete the photo. Also good to delete photos you don't even want in photos.
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Best Answer
At present there is no easy way to do this, namely because Apple sees iCloud Photo Library and, depending on what you're trying to achieve, iCloud Photo Sharing as its iCloud solution regarding photos.
However, it is highly likely that with iOS 11 and the change to the new Files app, that you'll be able to do what you want, as Files will work more like traditional (if that's the right word) cloud storage. More details will be revealed at Apple press event on 12 September 2017, so you haven't got long to wait.
Workaround
There is a bit of a messy workaround if you can't wait for iOS 11 or if your device isn't going to be compatible with iOS 11. This involves installing Apple's Workflow app and using it to Zip (i.e. 'make archive') of multiple photos and then move the zipped file into iCloud Drive.