I need specifics on how iCloud shares my photo stream

So my iTunes account is where I bought most of the music my entire family listens to, and they are authorized to play that music on their own devices, even when they're signed into their own iTunes accounts. Now that doesn't make sense for them to access my photo stream pics, but I'm still curious (and a little paranoid) if they get them shared to their computers and AppleTV. How does the photo stream exactly work? I want them to be shared with my MacBook Air (which is signed into the same Apple account as my phone). They won't be shared to my parents' appleTV photo stream if I've previously signed on before will they? I seem to remember that happening once; I am not signed in there now, plus I'm on a different internet connection. I just need some detail on how my iCloud account decides which devices get shared files.
How can I view all connected devices to my iCloud account?

As long as the other devices/computers/Apple TV's are not signed into your iCloud account, they will not have access to your my photo stream photos. If you are signed into your iCloud account on your parent's Apple TV, you just need to make sure you go back into settings on it and sign out to ensure your photo stream is not visible on it.
Shared photo streams, of course, will only be shared with the people you invite to subscribe to them. And you can add or remove subscribers from shared streams that you own at any time.
Your iTunes account is entirely separate (even if it is using the same ID as your iCloud account). Even if their devices are authorized to play content purchased with your iTuens ID, or their devices or Apple TV are signed into your iTunes ID, this does not give them access to your photo stream. Only being signed into your iCloud account does this.

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I have searched for two days for a solution, but could not find one.
Our setup is as follows:
One iMac at home, where iPhoto and Yosemite is running on.
My wife has an iPhone 5S with iOS8 and I have one, too.
We have an iCloud Family Account, and she has her own Apple-ID, but is part of the family account.
Prob:
Photos she is taking are not added automatically to the iMac - iPhoto Photostream. It only works with MY Photostream. It seems that one could only have a photo stream for one Apple-ID, regardless of a Family Account setup.
I have created a shared Family iCloud - Album, but I find this too cumbersome, since she needs to add photos manually to it all the time and secondly I don't know if these are added automatically to the iPhoto Media Lib on the iMac.
Desired solution: Without sharing the same Apple ID both iPhones should have a Photostream (not a shared iCloud album), and this photo stream should automatically add photos to the Media Lib on the iMac. Sort of a "shared photo stream".
Many thanks in advance - hopefully somebody has cracked this nut before me :-)
Best, Georg

Where are you looking?
There are a few ways to do it. You can select a photo in the Photo app then tap the Share button, there should be a Photo Stream button where you can add a new Photo Stream. Or from the Photo Stream section of the Photo app tap the (plus) button in the top left corner.
If these options are not available check Settings/iCloud/Photo Stream to ensure both My Photo Stream and Shared Photo Stream are turned on.

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December 2014 Case Resolved by midnorthcoast
I found Old Toad's remedy presented by Tedious Tom here Keeping desired order of photos when sharing on iCloud
After labelling (titling) each of the 300 or so images carefully in numerical order I wanted to be sure that that's how they would be viewed once uploaded from iPhoto to Photo Share (not Photo Stream). Note that I didn't want the ensuing iCloud weblink to be automatically emailed to others. I wanted to email the link personally. I find the automatic invitation's presentation confusing in regard to having to register to view the images or simply clicking the less obvious link. Plus I wanted the invitation to be more personal.
Here's how I did it:
Transferred images from Finder to their own album within iPhoto
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Selected all images
Followed Old Toad's advice (except I changed from 1 minute to 1 second), Photos/Batch Change/Set Date/Add 1 second between each photo
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Dialogue box comes up, Clicked on New photo stream
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What do I need to use My Photo Stream?
To use My Photo Stream you need an iCloud account, compatible devices, and up-to-date software:
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5.1 or later
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Apple TV (2nd generation) with Apple TV Software Update 5.0 or later
PC with Windows 7 or later and the iCloud Control Panel 2.1 or later for Windows
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You would have needed to have backed them up to either iPhoto on your Mac, or to the Photos file on a PC.
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I understand that when you take a photo on an iOS device it is stored in iCloud.
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Has my iPhoto library gone to iCloud? If so, where will I find it other than on my iMac?
This is part of iCloud which I do not understand!

Hi Julian,
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In order to access these photos on your Mac, you need to open iPhoto and click on "Photo Stream." From iPhoto, you will need to sign into your iCloud account (Apple ID and password). Once complete, whenever your Mac is connected to WiFi, iPhoto will automatically download all of your photos from iCloud and store them locally in a photo album for editing, etc.

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Please can someone help me?

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5903

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I need specifics on how iCloud shares my photo stream

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