Bonjour Sharing & Photo Resolution

I am trying to share my iPhoto library with other accounts on my home computer (and other users on the home network).
Other users can access my library with no problems, but the photos' resolution is very low. Am I doing something wrong?

Yes
Quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library to the desktop (after completing everything successfully you will delete this library) and connect the two computers (network, firewire target mode, etc) and drag the iPhoto library form the pictures folder form the old machine to the same place in the new machine (a single drag - do not move pieces of the library) and launch iPhoto on the new machine - you should be fine - and once you are trash the bad iPhoto library from the desktop
LN

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Hi all,
Would 1st off like to wish everyone a very happy new year!
I've spent a lot of time searching for the answer to this issue and there seems to lots of conflicting information out there..
My apologies if this has been discussed here before.
I read that all photos shared through photostream are all scaled down to a "device optimized resolution". I have also read that the same shared photo stream on a PC has the full resolution photos. However the tests that I have done don't seem to support this. Does anyone have more information on what resolution is used for photos shared on a iPad, iPhone and also a PC. According to my tests, a photo taken with a camera (not built in one) and imported into photos and photostream will have the resolution reduced quite significantly across all devices - including the shared photo stream on my PC. Photos taken using the iphone/iPad camera are also reduced in size, however appear on my PC photostream with a different ( also lower resolution).
All very confusing. Other than emailing a photo is there anyway of sharing it with a friend/family member yet while maintaining the full resolution?
Furthermore What I can't understand is why would Apple offer the ability to order photo prints directly from iPhoto up to the size of a large poster and yet reduce the resolution of the photo so much that it's barely possible to get a decent 6x4 inch print made?!?!
Any further information and insight to apples strange crippling of photos would be greatly appreciated because as it is currently implemented it makes absolutely no sense to me.
Many thanks,
P.

Here is the recent support document on Photo Stream Sharing:
iCloud: iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5902
Which photo and video formats and sizes does iCloud Photo Sharing support?
iCloud Photo Sharing supports JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and most RAW photo formats. When shared, photos taken with standard point-and-shoot cameras, SLR cameras, or iOS devices will have up to 2048 pixels on the long edge. Panoramic photos can be up to 5400 pixels wide.
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My observations:
Photos taken on my iPhone will sync to my Mac in the original resolution of 3264 × 2448 (8,0 MP).
Photos taken on my iPad 3 will also sync to my Mac in the original resolution of 2592 × 1936 (5,0 MP)
Happy New Year!

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
Obviously not, the Apple TV 2 can only output 720p.

Shared photo streams not using full resolution

I was very excited about this feature but after testing it I realised it's not using the full res pictures on the shared photostream. Which for me is kind of a silly.
Am I doing something wrong or is that how it's working?
Thanks in advance for your answers.

Larry,
Having a similar issue as the one described by kmacd... I'm trying to set up Shared Photo Streams between my MacBook Pro (Late 2009 13") and my iPhone 4, to essentially use them as streaming albums. Both devices are set up with iCloud with the same account, and both have all settings enabled for Shared Photo Streams, as I can create and modify streams in both. The problem is that when I create a new stream on one, it never shows up on the other! I never receive an invite, which I assume I wouldn't since it's all the same account. Just not sure why the Shared Streams don't sync over multiple devices when the normal My Photo Stream works perfectly fine. Any thoughts?? Thanks!
Hardware/Software Specs:
MacBook Pro 5,5 (Late 2009 13")
OS X Mavericks 10.9.1
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Aperture 3.5.1
iPhone 4iOS 7.0.4
Note: I am currently in the process of downloading iPhoto 2.0 for iOS to see if there's any way to access the streams through that. Figured it's worth a shot!!

HT201077 Shared Photo Streams do not upload full sized photos!

Oh boy, so it seems that Apple's "optimized for your device" policy with photos has reared its ugly head again (PLEASE, just give us an option for optimizing the size or leaving it the original size like you do for compressing songs to 128kps on our devices!!!!)! The addition of Shared Photo Streams seemed a godsend to me, as prior to iOS 6, my wife's iPhone was stuck in this iCloud ID ghetto, where her device's main account was mine so that we shared the same Photo Stream. This way, when I went into Aperture on the Mac to process and import photos to our home library, all of our mobile pictures were in one place. This came with the consequence that the other "main" iCloud features, such as (inexplicably) Safari syncing, were unusable to her as they were from my personal settings. So once shared Photo Streams came about, I thought "Perfect! Now I can just share all of my photos to her iCloud ID, and then all of our combined pictures will show up in Aperture!" The problem is that, when I looked at the pictures on the Mac from the shared photo stream, they only were available at the "optimized" 3 megapixel resolution for iPhone, not the original 8 megapixel pictures are the photos from the main iCloud ID ones are. This is a huge deal for two reasons, 1. I can't import and process these pictures for saving permanently they're more than HALF the original resolution, 2. Anyone that I share photos to, friends, family, who want to maybe save those to their computer for printing and whatnot, are ALSO stuck with a halfbaked low resolution file!
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I have this same issue except with iPhoto. We each have our own computers and I thought the shared photostream would allow us to each have all the photos, but they aren't full sized.

HT5903 Are photos stored in Shared Photo Streams in full quality?

Does anyone know whether photos uploaded to Shared Photo Streams are stored in full (original) quality?
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Thanks

tomwood1981 wrote:
Does anyone know whether photos uploaded to Shared Photo Streams are stored in full (original) quality?
No. Not for shared streams
I'm interested to know whether Photo Streams can be relied upon for backing up photo collections (i.e. they can be downloaded again in original quality in case of loss from the computer/phone/iPad they were taken with), or whether it is only really for sharing.
My photo stream keeps photos at full quality in the cloud, although it only syncs lower resolution photos to an iOS device, but full resolution to your computer.

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I quote:
'Sharing a photo stream is an easy way to keep the important people in your life up to date with your latest photos. Invitees, who must have an iCloud account to join the photo stream, can view, “like,” and comment on your photos from any device set up with Photo Stream. Those invitees without an iCloud account are sent a link to a webpage to view the shared photos; however, they cannot comment on the photos.'
(my emphasis); and from here:
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the FAQ

You should double check your and your daughter's icloud ID as currently set, because what you describe happens when two people share the same icloud account (and I assume you are talking about a "photo stream" and not a "shared photo stream").
Settings>icloud, be sure the accounts are different.

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iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

OK, but why so lousy even when viewing the DVD using
my G5?
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Here is the recent support document on Photo Stream Sharing:
iCloud: iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5902
Which photo and video formats and sizes does iCloud Photo Sharing support?
iCloud Photo Sharing supports JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and most RAW photo formats. When shared, photos taken with standard point-and-shoot cameras, SLR cameras, or iOS devices will have up to 2048 pixels on the long edge. Panoramic photos can be up to 5400 pixels wide.
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My observations:
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Photos taken on my iPad 3 will also sync to my Mac in the original resolution of 2592 × 1936 (5,0 MP)
Happy New Year!

Must shared photo streams take up space on our Macs?

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Thanks!

Welcome to the Apple Community.
When someone shares a photo stream with me and I join it, does it take up memory on my iPhone?
Yes.
Also, if I have a photo stream that I have shared are those photos taking double the amount of space since they are in my camera roll and shared photo stream?
Not double exactly, photo stream photos synced to mobile devices are synced at lower resolution than the original, but yes the photo is stored twice.

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This is the Vista 64 bit page so it would be a better chance of working:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=2100&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=en&product=33...
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I've upgraded to OSX 10.8.2 and Iphoto 9.4 but I still can not access shared photo stream???

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Thanks

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
The most recent iPhoto is 9.4.2, so open Apple menu > Software Update and install the most recent iPhoto. Also, check if you have another iPhoto copy of an older version on your Mac

Bonjour Sharing & Photo Resolution

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