APPLE PHOTOS

ICLOUD PHOTO LIBRARY AND MY PHOTO STREAM

iCloud Photo's My Photo Stream feature enables your new photos to appear automatically on the iOS devices, computers, and Apple TV you set up with My Photo Stream, no matter which iOS device or computer you use to take or import new photos.

On your iOS device (iOS 8 or later)

Go to Settings > iCloud > Photos > then turn on My Photo Stream.

• • With My Photo Stream turned on, new photos taken with your iOS device are uploaded to iCloud when your device is connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi. The new photos appear automatically in My Photo Stream on your iOS device (iOS 8 or later) when iCloud Photo Library is not enabled.

Note: When iCloud Photo Library is turned on, new photos become part of your photo library and appear in All Photos. They appear in My Photo Stream on your other devices, including Mac computers where iCloud Photo Library is not turned on, Windows computers, and Apple TV.

On a Mac using Photos or iPhoto

Access recent photos from all your devices using My Photo Stream. Use My Photo Stream to import your most recent photos from devices that don’t use iCloud Photo Library. My Photo Stream keeps your last 30 days of photos in iCloud so you can import them to your Mac. To use My Photo Stream, you need an iCloud account.

Turn My Photo Stream on or off

• • Choose Photos > Preferences, then click iCloud.

  • Select the My Photo Stream checkbox to turn on My Photo Stream. To turn it off, deselect the checkbox.

Important: If you have My Photo Stream turned on and you’re not using iCloud Photo Library, photos from My Photo Stream appear in the My Photo Stream album in Albums view. If you’re using iCloud Photo Library, you won’t see a My Photo Stream album and all your photos will be added to the All Photos album.

Delete a photo from My Photo Stream

• • Click Albums in the toolbar, then double-click the My Photo Stream album.

  • Do any of the following:

    • Select the photos you want to delete, then press the Delete key.

    • Control-click the photos you want to delete and choose Delete from My Photo Stream.

Important: Deleting a photo from My Photo Stream deletes it from any other Mac or device that uses My Photo Stream.

Turn on My Photo Stream in iPhoto

You need to turn on My Photo Stream in iPhoto and on each iOS device that you want to include in your photo stream. Before you can turn on My Photo Stream, you need to set up your iCloud account on your computer and devices.

Note: To use iCloud, you need an Apple ID. If you don’t have an Apple ID, you can create one during setup.

Set up iCloud on your computer

• • Open System Preferences and click iCloud.

  • Type your Apple ID and password, and then click Sign In.

  • If you don’t have an Apple ID, click “Create an Apple ID” and follow the onscreen instructions.

  • Select your options and click Next.

  • Click Done.

  • Select the Photos checkbox.

  • To turn on My Photo Stream, click Options next to the Photos checkbox, select the My Photo Stream checkbox, and click OK.

If you choose not to turn on My Photo Stream now, you can turn it on later in iPhoto preferences.

Turn on My Photo Stream in iPhoto

• • Open iPhoto and select iCloud in the Source list.

  • Click Use iCloud.

  • Any new photos that you import into iPhoto are uploaded to iCloud and added to My Photo Stream. By default, photos already in your photo stream (for example, photos added to My Photo Stream by an iOS device) are also automatically imported into your iPhoto library.

  • To change your settings for adding photos to My Photo Stream or for importing photos into your iPhoto library, choose iPhoto > Preferences and click iCloud. You can also turn My Photo Stream on and off in iPhoto preferences.

Important: My Photo Stream can be associated with only one library at a time. When you switch libraries, iPhoto prompts you to set My Photo Stream to share photos with the new library exclusively. Photos from My Photo Stream and shared photo streams are pushed to the new library from that point on.