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Apple Photos Shared Albums on OS X are not updating
Quit Apple Photos. Now run Activity Monitor, look for Photos Agent, and kill it by selecting and clicking the X at the top left.
Now, start Apple Photos again. This will restart Photos Agent, and ...
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How can I force a Photo Stream sync on the iPhone?
Echoing this answer:
Open up Activity Monitor
Search for Photos Agent and quit it.
Restart the Photos app.
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What is the maximum/optimized size of the OSX photos.app library?
Create a partition to the photo library dedicated, if you create a new photo library in there, and the maximum size is limited to the partition size. Of the 500GB of system drive, are using divided ...
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Photos not downloading latest images to macOS
Make sure that your Mac is still uploading photos. Open the photos app and then go to the word Photos (next to File and Edit in the status bar) and then click on preferences. Then go over to the ...
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See all my photos on my iphone without having the files on there
Apple's designated cloud photos solution is iCloud Photo Library using the Photos app on iOS and OS X. It stores and syncs your photos and videos in iCloud with one or multiple devices. It sounds like ...
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How can I delete pictures on my iPad mini without them being deleted on my other devices as well?
Unfortunately, you can not. Because you have iCloud Photo Library turned on, all of your devices' camera rolls are identical. Apple's thing about iCloud Photo Library is that everything is perfectly ...
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What happens to shared photos when i delete them locally?
Removing photos from your Camera Roll will not remove them from Shared Albums. It will, however, remove them from iCloud Photo Library, both in iCloud itself and all of your devices.
If you have ...
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How to reimport Live Photos in Apple Photos?
I ran into the same problem, luckily I had not deleted the files from the camera roll of my iPhone.
Photos.app will recognize the Live Photos as duplicates when already imported by Photo Stream as ...
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iCloud Storage Config: Photos
Because you're not using iCloud Photo Library, iOS will treat your Camera Roll photos and any saved photos as part of the standard backup process.
You are storing all of those backed-up photos in a ...
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What's the meaning of "These photos will also be deleted from Photo Stream on all your devices"?
I suggest that you have a separate folder on an external drive for all photos as a backup.
I do this and even if I make a mistake between any device and iCloud I still have the originals.
When it ...
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Please can someone help me get my edited photos and videos from my phone to my computer?
If you have the photos in Photos on the Mac, select them in the Library then choose File > Export > Export n Photos…
The next dialog will allow you to choose the output format, size and other ...
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How can my wife watch her photos on our Apple TV?
Sadly enough, this not possible in the way you’d expect. The UI and settings of the Apple TV suggest you can simply switch between registered users and by switching, you’d gain access to that user’s ...
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iCloud Photo Sharing - Not receiving invitation
The person who can't send the invite should check if mobile data is enabled for photos app
Maybe when they sent the invite to you, they didn't have wifi and mobile data was disabled. but had wifi ...
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Deleting Stuff Off Of Camera Roll And Photo Stream
The camera roll on an iOS device is totally independent of your photo stream.
So, if you have an iPhone 6s for example, and you've taken 1,234 photos on it, these photos will remain in your camera ...
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My Photo Stream still uploads pictures after iCloud fills up?
Apple covers this in the FAQ on Photo Stream and iCloud photos. It’s towards the bottom :
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201317
Does My Photo Stream use my iCloud storage?
No. The photos ...
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Finder directory containing latest iCloud Photos
You can access Photos directly in the standard macOS file selector
If you don't see the sidebar you can enable it with the dropdown behind the icon on top left
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JPG photo filenames after an iPhone to "Photos app" import
For future iPhone -> computer imports
Using "Image Capture" app instead of "Photos" app solves most of the problems indeed (as explained here: How do I import photos in OS X without using Photos.app?)...
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Troubleshooting problem with My Photo Stream not syncing
having same issue. Had non sync happing over the years and normally it helped to upgrade the software of the iOS or sometimes MacOS upgrade. Now have latest Monterey (12.3) in Mac Mini M1 and latest ...
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How can I access My Photostream from a my Macbook pro?
Open system preferences and sign in to iCloud
open photos and opt in to Photo Stream
You can get help from the help menu searching for Photo Stream.
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How to remove an image or movie from iDevice but not from iCloud Photo Library?
I assume your problem resides in the fact that Photos app is taking too much space on your iPad.
If this is the issue, your best solution for managing space and keeping a synced Photo Library across ...
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iCloud Photo Sharing - Not receiving invitation
I've never experienced a similar issue, but these 2 steps won't hurt:
Make sure both your iPhone and the other member's iPhone have iCloud Photo Sharing AND iCloud Photo Library turned on.
Make sure ...
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What is the purpose of the PhotoStreamsData folder?
In general, deleting files that an application stores internally is a bad idea. This goes double for iOS since the presumption that users won't be idly deleting things is more realistic across the ...
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iCloud photo question
Yes. You can do this by heading to Settings > iCloud then turn off the Photos option. This will disable photo sharing between devices, allowing you to delete your photos off of one device but keep ...
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I was sharing an iCloud account, would he know about my photos?
If you deleted the photos, then went into the Recently Deleted folder and permanently deleted them from your iPhone, followed by disabling iCloud Photo Library as you stated, then you should be fine.
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Saving video from shared photostream
Open the video you wish to save.
Tap the Share button
Select Save Video in the actions list (bottom scroll view, may have to scroll to the right).
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Why is it taking so long to upload photos to icloud from iPhone/iPad?
If you want it right now, why not plug the phone into the Mac & use Image Capture, in the Applications folder - which is the importer 'behind' Photos.app.
You can also set it to auto-launch any ...
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How do I download my photostream photosto my laptop
Credit: Apple KB Artice
If you are on a Mac:
From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
Click iCloud. Then select Photos.
Click the Options button and make sure that My Photo Stream is turned ...
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iOS and OS X Photos.app - duplicate photos
If you have activated Photostream, why do you use photo sync by iTunes? Just turn it off. And check setting about HDR version of your shots. May be you just see original and HDR version of shot?
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