Does iCloud back up all the photos on my Mac?

I have a lot of pictures on my Mac, and I don't want to include them in photo stream. They are all in the "Pictures" folder, but I have only imported a few of them into iPhoto. WIll all my pictures be included or just those in iPhoto? I think it's just the imported ones but I want to be sure before I set up the storage & backup in iCloud. Thanks!

Thanks - this is what I need to know!! I only want to use iCloud for the pictures on my camera. I'm already using Time Machine on an external HD of the pictures on my Mac, so those are taken care of as well.

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I just came back from a family vacation and tried to sync my phone to my laptop. It didnt recognize my phone, and did i want to add device or restore to old device. i chose to restore and in doing so, i lost all the photos taken on our vacation.

i just came back from a family vacation and tried to sync my phone to my laptop. It didnt recognize my phone, and did i want to add device or restore to old device. i chose to restore and in doing so, i lost all the photos taken on our vacation. is there a way to retrieve photos? the completely disappeared from my iphone altogether. I am using iphone 5. I did not have any backup since I was about to download the photo. Please help me. Thank you

See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

HT4859 Does it back up all the email addresses I have access to on my phone, or just the iCloud email address? Thanks

Does it back up all the email addresses I have access to on my phone, or just the iCloud email address? Thanks

Thanks so much Omg Its something as simple as that lol cheers mate!

I accidentally delete all my photo in the "all my files". How could I back up all the photo? (time machine is turn off)

I accidentally delete all my photo in the "all my files".
actually I delete every thing in ALL MY FILES.
How could I back up all the photo?
and other data, such as movies and so on?
Do I need to go to Apple store to back up?
(time machine is turn off)

If you don't have a back up then you'll need to use a file recovery app like File Salvage
To back up iPhoto you make a copy of the Library on another disk.
Regards
TD

Does iCloud back up all of my GarageBand tracks?

When I back up or sync my iPad to my computer, does it back up all of my GarageBand tracks as well? I have about 200+ tracks right now still need some final editing. I would hate to lose them all I usually sync my iPad with my computer I just don't know if it is backing theses tracks up too, or just the app itself. Please advise, thanks.

If you backup the device to your computer that should include all the private data and settings for each app. You can separately export individual GarageBand for iOS projects but at present there is no way to reimport such projects to your iPad with iTunes.
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All the photos in my camera roll ( iphone 4S ) dissapeared without a trace , how do i get them back ?, all the photos in my camera roll ( iphone 4S ) dissapeared without a trace , how do i get them back ?

i had too many photos on my iphone and they all suddenly turned black , so i plugged the phone into my computer to convert them but suddenly all the photos dissapeared and only a few were converted, and now when i open camera roll to see the photos it sayys ' no photos or videos ' , even when i take a new photo and enter to see it it still says the same thing . and when i plug it in the computer it shows that it has photos in " my computer " but when i enter the folder to see them there aren't any , how could i possibly get them back ?

Oh ... well i thought i could try since in the storage it shows that there are about 5.2 GB in the camera roll and that they are still present somehow , but seems like i cant
thanks for the help i appreciate it

My phone was stolen, but I had no data left and so can't locate it till the person who has it tries to use the internet. I backed up all my photos on iCloud, and want to get them on my PC. I installed iCloud onto the PC and still can't find my pictures?

My phone was stolen, but I had no data left and so can't locate it till the person who has it tries to use the internet. I backed up all my photos on iCloud, and want to get them on my PC. I installed iCloud onto the PC and followed the instructions and still can't find my pictures, says my photostream folder is empty, but it shows on iCloud that i've used most of my storage which is true, so they must be there somewhere?
Any ideas? I'd really appreciate the help! Thanks

Yes, I filed police report, but there is nothing they can do until I get back to them on the tracking. It's been offline. I'm sure the whoever took it can find a way around breaking in the ipad..i really was hoping to get my pictures and videos of my kids back

I have two iPhones. I just backed up all my photos on my old phone using iCloud but when I log into iCloud on my new iPhone nothing appears? The GB for the photos has been taken from my iCloud allowance so how do I retreive them on the new phone

I have two iPhones. I just backed up all my photos on my old phone using iCloud but when I log into iCloud on my new iPhone nothing appears? The GB for the photos has been taken from my iCloud allowance so how do I retreive them on the new phone

if you have a laptop just transfer them that way
open the iPhone folder then DCIM then copy all photos off your old phone then open iPhone folder for the new phone the DCIM and paste all photos in their

HT201317 I had my photo stream on and my icloud all set up, i just had the screen replaced and they somehow lost all the photos off my phone, but why wont the photo's reload back on to my iphone now that im connected to wifi again, where are all my photos

I had my photo stream on and my icloud all set up, i just had the screen replaced and they somehow lost all the photos off my phone, but why wont the photo's reload back on to my iphone now that im connected to wifi again, where are all my photos???

When photos are added to the photo stream album on a device (either due to a new photo having been taken or having been synced from another device using the stream) they remain in the album. However, the syncing process involves copying the photos to the photo stream server where they are kept for a maximum of 30 days, up to 1000 photos. If a device is reset or the stream is turned off or turned back on again (or in your case, the device was repaired), the photos that were on the device's photo stream album are gone and the only ones to appear are those that are currently on the servers (recall the 30 day limit).
If some of your photos are older than 30 days, then they are no longer stored on the cloud and hence are not synced down to the iphone.
Recall, photo stream is just a syncing service, it is not designed as a storage service for photos. Always sync photos to a computer for archiving.

Hey guys, i need HELP !!!My iphone 6 just gave stolen .... But i hope that can take all the photo back... Total is almost 3000 pc ... But my icloud storage just 5gb only ... If there have any ways to let me get back those photo ? Those photo really m

Hey guys, i need HELP !!!My iphone 6 just gave stolen .... But i hope that can take all the photo back... Total is almost 3000 pc ... But my icloud storage just 5gb only ... If there have any ways to let me get back those photo ? Those photo really mean a lot to me .... Have alot of memory with family ... It's very meaningful !!! Please kindly help me !!! Thanks

Please please help me, if you know how.

I recently backed up my iPhone using iCloud and now can not get my camera roll onto my new iPhone or my Mac. Did I lose all the photos from my old phone?

I recently picked up a new iPhone6. Before i handed in my old phone(iphone5), I backed it up using iCloud.
Now I can't seem to get the photos from my old camera roll onto my new phone or my Mac. Did I lose all
the photos from my old phone?

1. Create a backup of your iPad to iTunes on your computer or to iCloud
2. Transfer any and all photos & videos on your iPad to your computer.
3. Erase the iPad and restore the iPhone's iCloud backup to the device.
4. Transfer any and all photos & videos on your iPad to your computer.
5. Restore the iPad backup you reated in step #1 back to the iPad.

I recently turned off iCloud photo sharing and lost all the photos off my iPhone 4S. How can I get them back onto my phone?

I recently turned off iCloud photo sharing and lost all the photos off my iPhone 4S. How can I get them back onto my phone?

IF you have successfully imported your pictures to your Mac http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083 then it's safe to delete it from your phone.
If you want the pics back on your phone, just sync them back using itunes http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236

HT4847 If I back up my ipad photo stream to the iCloud, can I clear all the photos from my device storage? How.

If I back up my photo stream to the Icloud, can I delete the photos from my device? How?

No. iCloud doesn't back up photo stream photos; it streams them to your other devices. If you delete a photo stream photo from your phone it will be deleted from iCloud and all other devices/computers sharing your photo stream.
You can't really use iCloud to store your photos so you can free up space on your phone. If you want to free up space, you'll need to import your camera roll photos to your computer and delete them from your phone as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083. If you have photo stream photos that are not in your camera roll, save them to your camera roll so they can be imported too.

I just tranfer all my photo from my Mac though itune to my iPhone so I can setup Mac back to factory setting after doing I try to put my photo vac to my Mac I photo did not detect any of the photo that I had tranfer from itune it only detectPLAESE HELP!

I just tranfer all my photo from my Mac from itune to my Iphone so I can setup Mac back to factory setting after I don't with that, I try to put my photo back to my Mac and Iphoto did not detect any of the photo that I had tranfer from itune it only detect the one rhat i took with the Iphone PLAESE HELP!!!!!!

Hello Partii,
It sounds like you may use a POP account for your email. With a POP account, email applications like Mail and Outlook can remove emails from the server, so when another device tries to check the server for new emails, it doesn't see any.
You may need to adjust settings in Outlook so that the emails are not removed from the server when downloaded. I found an article with more information:
When using a POP email account with multiple devices, email messages may only appear on the first device that receives them. This occurs when an email client is configured to automatically remove email from the server once an email client has received it. You can configure your email client (or clients) either to keep a copy of the email on the server, remove it after a certain number of days have passed, or keep it until you move it from your Inbox.
I recommend reviewing the full article for steps on adjusting these settings; you can find the full article here:
Using a POP account with multiple devices
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3228
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

If I delete a backup icon for an old iPhone on my iPad will it delete all the photos saved from that phone in my iCloud??

If I delete a backup icon for an old iPhone on my iPad will it delete all the photos saved from that phone in my iCloud??

Welcome to the Apple Community.
It won't affect any photos in photo stream but any photos within the back up itself will go.

Does iCloud back up all the photos on my Mac?

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