PhotoStream Question

Ok, this is driving me crazy. I have PhotoStream enabled on my iPhone and MacBook Air, all PhotoStream pictures show fine on my iPhone (63 pictures) but only 42 show in iPhotos (Photo Stream) on my MBA, why is that?
Thanks!

Thank you for your reply. I'm sorry. I read your reply and realized I had made a mistake in my original question. The photos I want to move are in an album in iPhoto and I can't get them to move into Photostream, where I could then transfer them to my iPhone. I checked my iPhoto preferences and they seem to be correct. Any suggestions?

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    i should also say that while i SYNC my phone via iTunes on my MBP i /import/ photos into Aperture on my desktop machine which is a Mac Pro. i keep a small library in Aperture on the MBP and do check some of the folders to sync to the iPhone. i find this easiest since i am have a big Aperture database that i keep on the large HD on the Mac Pro but for customizing Apps, synced images, music etc i find it easier to manage on the laptop.
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    3. i have an "iPhone Sync" folder in Aperture and i have selected this folder to sync via iTunes with my iPhone. however, when this folder gets to the iPhone the images in here always seem to be mixed up with other images that i took ON THE PHONE. so if i have images on the laptop that i dropped into a folder and synced /to/ the phone - is there a way to keep these separate from what i am seeing on the phone in terms of photos i took on the phone? when they get mixed together it is so confusing i can't figure out what is happening and i can't find anything. i would like to keep the synced images independent of the images shot on the phone.
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    2. If I was to share a photostream and then delete the photos from my iDevice (I presume they stay in the photostream) where is the shared photostream stored; iCloud? iDevice?
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    I have a few shared photostreams from Holiday events, and when I deleted the photos from the Camera Roll, and My Photo Stream, the photos still remain in my shared photo streams that I have shared with others.
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  • Can I have multiple ICloud accounts sync to one computer?  Strictly looking to have 2 photostreams save to one computer.

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  • Why is Photostream such a poor service?

    So I love Apple.  I haven't purchased anything PC since around 1999 and have everything latest from Apple. I subscribe to their 55GB Cloud service, I use Itunes alot, I have Iphones, desktops, MacPros, the whole kit and kaboodle.  They do so many things so well.  BUT WHY DOES PHOTOSTREAM PERFORM SO POORLY?  I just don't get it?
    I've spent a week now trying to figure this service out and there is absolutely no rationale to it.  I've used it spottily over the years, never depended on it much to share photos or back things up, although I take thousands of them.  But this last month I've needed a way to share alot of photos with about a dozen friends and family.  About 100 a day.  So I've tried using Iphotostream and the related shared albums. 
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    So is there some secret to this thing?  I'm using a Macbook Pro, with the latest OS, brand new Iphones, Mac Air, etc.  I have the full ICloud service, though that shouldn't matter I read as it doesn't use up your ICloud.  I'm not a dumb guy.....yet this silly service makes me feel like an absolute Idiot.
    So HERE IS THE REAL QUESTION.  I hate to do this, but WHAT OTHER SERVICE DO MAC USERS USE FOR SHARE ALBUMS AND PHOTOS?  I'm thinking I go with FLICKR?  Once I make the move, I'm probably gone from Iphotostream Albums forever...too much cost and imbedded time to move back.  After over a decade of nothing but APPLE, I'm ready to switch as far as this service is concerned, because it is really bad.

    Thanks Gail, I went back and read those in case I've missed something, but I've been through these articles and MANY more....probably spent/wasted over a dozen hours reading about how to use Photostream on the internet trying to figure out if I was doing something wrong.
    A simple example.  10 days ago I created an photostream album, let's call it family, using photos that had been loaded into my library via photostream.  For about 3 days I could add photos to it daily, 40 or 50 each day.  I could also create new photostream albums and share those with family members, for specific events like "New York Trip" or "Chicago Visit".  About a week ago, everything went haywire.  I can no longer add photos to the core "Family" photostream album, and any new album I try to create is created, but Zero pictures load in.  Nothing I do has fixed the problem.  Everything is basically frozen in terms of adding or creating new photostream albums.  That isn't how its supposed to work.  Extremely frustrating.  The articles I read talk about 5000 picture limits per photostream, but I've never been able to get an album past a couple hundred pictures in the past.  I've had this happen before, and each time would "give up" using photostream for a while.  This time, I'm determined to figure out if it really works, and if it doesn't, I'm permanently switching to another service other than Apples. 

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