a service provided with iCloud that allows users to store the most recent 1,000 pictures in the cloud for free
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How do I view my iCloud Photo Stream online?
I set up iCloud when I installed iOS 5 on my iPhone and was excited about Photo Stream. I logged into icloud.com and found there are no photos. What gives? I was hoping that this would end the need to ...
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How do you erase pictures from the Photo Stream album on an iPhone running iOS 5?
I have recently upgraded to iOS 5 on my iPhone 4 and am loving it. One issue I've run into is that my iPhone adds my recently taken photos to an album named "Photo Stream" whenever I'm on WiFi.
The ...
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How to remotely view photos uploaded to iCloud?
Is it possible to view the photos we upload to iCloud from icloud.com or somewhere else?
Are the photos available anywhere?
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Is there a way to access iCloud's Photo Stream from the Finder, similar to Windows?
On Windows, Photo Stream works in a way that all the files are automatically copied to your 'My Pictures' folder or the like.
I currently have Photo Stream working in Aperture, but every once in a ...
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How can I force a Photo Stream sync on the iPhone?
The Settings page says that Photos will automatically by sent to Photo Stream when I am connected to Wi-Fi, however I've waited several minutes and don't see them in iPhoto. I believe they haven't ...
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Photo Stream access on pre-Lion Macs
I have a machine not running Lion because of software Lion does not support. This machine is currently my primary household media hub, and it would be very helpful if it could take advantage of Photo ...
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What iOS apps will take pictures and not send them to Photo Stream by default?
I'm looking for a way to take pictures without them going into the Photo Stream. Rather than have to remember to toggle it on and off as I adore it for my personal pictures, I'm looking for an app ...
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Photo Streams from two or more iCloud accounts into same iPhoto library?
I'd like to connect iPhoto on my MBP to my photo stream and my wife's photo stream. We each have our own Apple ID and iCloud account. Can iPhoto connect to multiple iCloud photo streams?
Thanks.
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Does PhotoStream send pictures encrypted over the Internet?
When I'm on a public Wi-Fi network and my photos are being synced to Photo Stream, is there any way for someone on the same network to be able to see them? What about anyone else on the way to Apple's ...
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Does PhotoStream copy videos too or just still photos?
If I use PhotoStream to sync photos from an iOS device and my Mac, will it transfer videos too? Are the higher resolution videos from the new iPad treated any differently than other devices?
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What is the correct way to use an iPhone and iPhoto and PhotoStream?
I'm rather confused about the 'proper' way to use Photo Stream and an iPhone and iPhoto.
Here's how I use iPhoto and my iPhone: (This workflow was as far as I can tell the correct way to operate ...
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iOS Camera Roll and Photo Stream workflow
When I take a photo on my iPhone it is added to both the Camera Roll and Photo Stream. I can then upload the photo into "permanent" storage in Mac iPhoto either from Photo Stream or Camera Roll ...
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Two Photo Streams, one iPhoto library
My wife and I share the same iPhoto library, which exists on a mounted disk image with each of our user accounts pointing to this same shared library.
We each have iPhones and I wondered whether our ...
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How can I access my Photostream on Windows?
I'm trying to swipe a couple photostream pictures onto a borrowed windows laptop, but I can't find any way to do that via the web.
Can I access my photostream in any way other than iTunes? I'd rather ...
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How do I force iPhoto to download new photos in my Photo Stream?
I'm listing some items for sale online, and have taken a bunch of pictures with my iPhone. About half-way through the process, iPhoto '11 stopped downloading new photos into its local Photo Stream. ...
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Does saving photos on iPad from Photo Stream save the full resolution?
When saving photos from the Photo Stream to the Camera Roll, is the full resolution picture stored?
I ask this because the the Apple FAQ states that iDevices only get an "optimized" resolution ...
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2answers
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How can you tell if an iPhone camera photo has been fully uploaded to the Photo Stream without using a computer?
I'd like to know if the photos were uploaded yet, but an indicator isn't apparent. I'd like to know without resorting to checking a desktop/laptop. Is there one I'm missing?
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How do I retrieve a specific photo from iCloud backup of my camera roll
I just received an iPad for Xmas. I took a video through the iPad camera, which was stored in my ipad camera roll. I turned on the iCloud backup of photos previously. Last backup was before I deleted ...
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1answer
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Does Power Nap work for multiple users?
My wife and I share a laptop at the house. Because iCloud works best when each individual has their own account (in particular reminders and photos), we each have our own iCloud accounts and therefor ...
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2answers
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Is there a web viewer for photos stored on iCloud? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I view my iCloud Photo Stream online?
I am new to iCloud. When I open iCloud.com and login with my Apple ID, I couldn't find my photos there. Is it possible to ...
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1answer
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How can I delete an individual photo from my photostream? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you erase pictures from the Photo Stream album on an iPhone running iOS 5?
Either on my Mac, or on iPhone or iPad, how can I delete an individual image from my ...
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1answer
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How to send existing photos to photo stream?
I just enabled iCloud on my iPad. I've also downloaded iPhoto on my Mac to sync my photos on the iPad. The problem is that I can only get pictures that I downloaded after I enabled iCloud on my iPad.
...
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How to troubleshoot “iPhoto unable to connect to Photo Stream”?
When I click "Turn On Photo Stream" on in iPhoto it reports "iPhoto unable to connect to Photo Stream." It shows the correct user name on the Photo Stream screen in iPhoto. I have the correct ...
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How frequently is Photo Stream synced to Aperture?
I've been experiencing considerable delays between the time I take a photo and the time it shows up in Aperture's synced Photo Stream. Specifically, the photos show up on other devices that consume ...
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1answer
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Photo Stream & iCloud turned on - but Photos taken on iPhone don't appear on iPad
I have iOS 5 on my iPhone and have iCloud set up. I also have turned Photo Stream on. I have an original iPad that also has iOS 5 and also has iCloud & Photo Stream enabled. When I take pictures ...
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Does PhotoStream sync to my Mac when iPhoto is not open?
The only application I have on my Mac that works with PhotoStream is iPhoto. I'm wondering if my Mac grabs the images from PhotoStream constantly or if it only downloads them when I launch an ...
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2answers
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Pictures from photo stream back to camera roll?
I recently had my iPhone wiped from keyboard issues so my pictures were backed up with the iCloud in photo stream. How do I place those photo stream pictures back to my camera roll? I've tried to ...
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2answers
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Why is Photo Stream content different on each of my devices?
I work on a 13" MacBook Pro and also have an iPad and iPhone 4s. I edited my Photo Stream photos down to a tight collection of 220 pictures and fully expected that to reflect on my iPhone and iPad, ...
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2answers
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What do the Photo Stream settings in Aperture do?
I understand that the iOS 5 Photo Stream is a collection of all of the recent photos taken on all iOS 5 devices in a given account, synced with those devices through the cloud. It is not clear to me, ...
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3answers
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How can I reliably move photos from an iPhone and iPad to a Mac without losses or duplicates?
I have a MacBook, an iPhone, and an iPad all using the same iCloud account to sync photos, among other things. There are photos on the iPhone in its Camera Roll, Photo Stream, the iPhoto app, and ...
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1answer
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Empty PhotoStream-folder on Window
I have installed iCloud Control Panel on my Windows PC. During setup, I was asked to create folders for both the PhotoStream and my uploads. I've done all that, but the issue is that I can't see my ...
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Using Photo Stream and ICloud
I am taking py ipad on holiday and plan to take pictures with my Digital camera and at the end of the day transfer the pictures from the memory card to the ipad via a card reader.
Will these photos ...
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2answers
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Syncing Aperture between Macs
I recently started dividing my Aperture work between my home iMac, and my MacBook Pro. The problem here is that, whenever I want to do a makeshift sync, I export the edited photos from one Mac as an ...
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2answers
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Is there a better photo application than iPhoto for managing iPhone videos and photos?
I've been using iPhoto for my photos and videos. However, it's become so slow, I'm lucky if it can download my 2 or 3 photos/videos when I leave my computer on overnight. And then I have to often ...
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2answers
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Is there a way to share photos from one iTunes account with another?
I would like to share my photos that I have in my iTunes/iCloud account with another account. Ideally, I would like to be able to have anything that is in my photostream to be automatically sent to ...
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1answer
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Using iCloud with iPhoto without upgrading to iPhoto 9
Is there any way to use iCloud on OS X Lion to share pictures with my iPhone without upgrading to the newest iPhoto? I know the newest iPhoto isn't that expensive but I don't use it for anything at ...
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Is there any way to re-download Photo Stream photos on a PC/Mac?
If I accidentally delete a photo from my Photo Stream (or get a corrupted disk or lose a laptop) and later want to recover that picture from the online Photo Stream that has my pictures stored for 30 ...
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0answers
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Why am I receiving the error “Photos for the iCloud account [username] cannot be accessed”?
I'm receiving this error message periodically:
Photos for the iCloud account "name@email.com" cannot be accessed. Review your account information in System Preferences.
Photo Stream is enabled ...
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Why is Usage reporting Camera and Photos using so much space?
On my iPad 3, if I check Usage the system reports that Camera and Photos, and specifically the Photostream, is consuming nearly 5GB of space. I have turned off the Photostream to verify but it only ...
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How delete remaining photos AFTER reset from Photo Stream on icloud and on iPhone?
After having reset Photo Stream on icloud.com and turned off Photo Stream in the pref. on my iPhone, deleting all photos, I still got a total of 423MB worth of images on my iPhone.
According to the ...
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How can I download photos from Photo Stream onto a new iPad?
I bought a new iPad and I want to download all my photos from Photo Stream there. How do I do that?
Currently, it only syncs newly taken photos, but not all those taken in the past which are ...
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1answer
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Why does Aperture keep forgetting my preference to enable Photo Stream?
I enabled Photo Stream as soon as the feature was available in Aperture 3.2.2, yet sometimes I have to remind the app that I want Photo Stream enabled. I confirm that I want to enable Photo Stream ...
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Why is the iCloud Photostream option not available in iOS preferences?
My iPhone 4 runs iOS 5.1.1.
When I go to settings > iCloud, the Photostream option is not available.
I've tried to restore my phone, but the option is still not available.
How can I activate this ...
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Best way to clear up space and dump to computer when getting iCloud storage backup prompt?
When i sync my iphone, I am getting an error message saying it can't do a backup because i have more than 5GB of space used.
I went to:
Settings --> iCloud --> Storage and backup --> Manage ...
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Where is Photostream data stored?
I don't have to be connected to the internet to view them on my phone. Is it storing the current ones on my device?
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How can I wirelessly get videos off of a new iPad?
If one has a New iPad and uses it to shoot video, is there a way to wirelessly transfer videos off the iPad and onto my Mac?
We've established that PhotoStream is for still photos only, so that won't ...
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Does iPhoto copy all photos from Photo Stream, or just make references?
When using Photo Stream on the iPhone, you have access to the last 1,000 photos taken, or the last 30 days of photos (source). That same rule applies to all iOS devices, and beyond the 30-day window, ...
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iPhoto claims there is an update available
iPhoto came with my Mac. It is currently version 9.1.1.
When I open iPhoto, it pops up:
"An iPhoto update is available. Would you like to open Software Update?"
Then it offers me to start Software ...
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How to change a users name on a Shared Photostream?
Shared Photostreams are a fantastic way to keep in touch with family and relatives. Comments on Shared Photostreams make them even better as this allows discussion about the action in the picture. ...
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Photo Stream issue with iCloud
I have been noticing some Photo Stream issues with my 3 devices; iPad 2, iPhone 5, and iPhone 4. The problem is that pictures taken with the iPhone 4 will not populate to the other 2 devices, and vice ...
