SSS #60: Ultimate iPhone Storage Hack

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We're going to cover a lot of ground in this week's email.

Let's dive right in. Important stuff first.

Livin’ La Vida Luna

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We went for a nice long walk on Saturday. It was a perfect fall day.

Ultimate iPhone Storage Hack

Read the following in your best Billy Mays late-night infomercial voice.

Are you running out of storage on your iPhone?

Do you delete a photo just so you can take a photo?

Are you sick and tired of paying for iCloud services?

Boy, do I have a solution for you!

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My Photos were taking up 75GB of the 128GB I had available on my phone.

Then I downloaded Google Photos.

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Google Photos allowed me to backup my 8,000+ photos and videos for free.

There is also a paid option for original photo quality, but the free version is the same to my eye.

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Once I backed up all my photos and videos, the Google Photos app helped me clear up space on my phone.

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Voila, 75gb of storage freed up!

And all of those photos are still on my phone. They just live in a different app. Instead of “Photos”, they’re in “Google Photos”.

Download Google Photos today!

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE...

Just kidding. That’s all.

TL;DR - I transitioned all of my photos & videos from my phone’s storage to the Google Photos cloud service and saved a ton of storage space on my device.

I’m sure I’m late to this party, but it was a game changer for me so I had to share it with you.

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Update on the book

I spent most of my writing time this week crafting “My Story” as the opening chapter of the book.

If I’m being honest, I got a little carried away.

I’m probably including more details than I need to and will likely use the delete key liberally on this section during the editing process.

I'm at 5,200 words and feel like I have yet to cross the starting line. This is a marathon, not a sprint.