upload photos to icloud from i phone
1 Connect iPhone to a computer via the cable, set iPhone to Airplane mode. 2  Use Photos.app and select your iPhone in the sidebar (enable the sidebar first). 3  Select the photos you want to import. 4  Select Import. 5  Now all your photos are downloaded from the iPhone and then uploaded to iCloud Photo library. Now all your photos are downloaded from the iPhone and then uploaded to iCloud Photo library. 2  Delete the Photos on your iPhone manually, also from the trash. 3  Disable airplane mode on the iPhone. 4  Disable iCloud photo library in the settings of iCloud. 5  Log out of your iCloud account on the iPhone.