Help with Photo Library (first steps on mac)

Hi Everyone
First of all let me tell you i'm giving my very first steps con Mac after years on Windows. Although everything is way better than expected, i'm having troubles managing photos between my iPhone 5S, iCloud and my brand new MacBook Air.
For a few months I've been syncing my iPhone photos with iCloud keeping full versions on the cloud optimising iPhone storage. Now i'm using iPhoto on my Mac but i find no way of view my whole iCloud library. Just a few photos (the last ones I took). When i log on to icloud.com i see all the pictures.
Please, somebody help me!!!
On the other hand, i'd like to know how to backup the photo on an external HD. Is there an automatic way of doing this?
Thanks in advance for all the help!

Connect your iPhone to your Mac with it's USB cable and launch iPhoto. There you can import all of the photos on your phone that are not already in your iPhoto Library.
However, the iCloud Photos Library is not visible on the MBA. It won't be until the new Photos app for the Mac is released sometime next spring.
Do you have MyPhotoStream enabled on your Mac and on the iPhone?
On your iPhone enable these settings:
On your Mac in iPhoto set the iCloud preferences to this:
Also in your System/iCloud preference pane on your Mac make sure you're signed in to your iCloud account, you've checked the Photo Stream checkbox and and under the Options button these are checked:

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