HT201317 enabling photo stream on iMac

Photo stream worked fine on my desk top until recently when it quit working and will not allow me to re-enable. All my other devices are enabled for photo stream. I have no idea what to do, has anyone else had this problem?

Disable Photo Stream in the System/iCloud preference pane
and in iPhoto's Photo Share preference pane.
Reboot and reenable both respectively. That should jump start Photo Stream.
OT

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HT201317 On System 7 I cannot enable "Photo Stream". The check box is dehighlighted

When I try to enable "Photo Stream" using
System 7 -> control panel -> network_and_connections -> iCloud
The "Photo Stream" check box is dehightled and therefore I cannot click to to enable it.
Anyone seen this before?

I had the same problem. I found the fix in another thread. Instead of logging in with you iTunes login, use your iCloud e-mail address as your login. Worked like a charm.

Can't enable photo stream, doesn't respond???

Can't enable photo stream, doesn't resond???

You are logged in to your iCloud account on your iMac, right? If so then disable Photo Stream in the System/iCloud preference pane
and in iPhoto's Photo Share preference pane.
Reboot and reenable both respectively. That should jump start Photo Stream.
OT

Photo stream on imac with iphoto'11

my iphoto folder "photo stream" is always empty. have macbook,so macbook is getting photos from icloud alright its all shows up in that photo stream folder,but imac does not shows any content in that folder. tried to disable and enable photo stream,tried to deselect automatic uploads,but no success. it shows that is updating and downloading photos,but is nothing appearing in there after that. can someone help me? thanks

on a left side where is trash,flagged,photostream,last 12 months... buttons so in that folder is always empty,but is ok in the events folders

Cannot enable photo stream or set options

Attempting to enable photo stream under my wife's Windows 7 account. I go to the iCloud control panel applet and tick photo stream. I then attempt to adjust the location of the stream folder by clicking the options button. Nothing happens. I do not see an options window appear.
When I choose Apply, close the iCloud control panel applet, and then reopen; photo stream is no longer checked.
Has anyone experienced this issue? Any suggestions on how to resolve?
Her account is not an administrator account. Does this app need admin privs?
Thanks for the help,
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Iphoto will not enable photo stream

My iPhoto will not enable Photo Stream. All software is up to date and I have the latest version of iPhoto, in fact Photo Stream was working last week on my Mac. Now all I get is the msg "iPhoto cannot enable Photo Stream". Any thoughts ??

Hey dave2468, as you can tell by my original post, this problem surfaced several months ago and out of frustration for lack of an answer to the problem - I called Apple for support. I was fully prepared to spend the $50 bucks to resolve this issue but fortunately didn't have to. My problem did get resolved after about 1 &1/2 hours on the phone and the solution revolved around resetting my password for my account...can't tell you why other than ghost in the machine issue. Yours may be different issue but wanted to let you know how this ultimately got resolved. I have had no further issues relative to this problem since my phone consultation. Best of luck - I know how frustrating these things can be. B.

Every time I launch iPhoto 11 i have to enable Photo Stream. It won't stay on.

After activating iCloud, and setting all my preferences appropriately, iPhoto was actively downloading my Photo Stream into my library.
But the last few days it stopped. I finally discovered that in my iPhoto preferences the option to enable Photo Stream was no longer clicked. If I click it, it starts pulling from the cloud. If I quit iPhoto, and relaunch it is still enabled and will begin again to pull from the cloud.
But if I restart my computer or log off, when I launch iPhoto I need to enable Photo Stream again.
I am on Lion. All software is up-to-date. Has anyone else experienced this and is there a solution?
Thanks.

See if the following will let you to keep Photostream on: make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
OT

Error enabling photo stream "iphoto was unable to connect to Photo Stream"

Whenever I try to enable Photo Stream, it times out after awhile, and I get the following error: "iPhoto was unable to connect to Photo Stream." (see below [1]). I "tcpdump" shows that the computer is trying to open connections to akamai (unrelated?) but not apple. I am using iPhoto 9.2 build 626.
There is one oddity in this scenario : I have one iCloud account that I am trying to use between three computers. I was able to register iPhoto on my mac book pro, but it is failing on my second.
thanks in advance,
-tom
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08:26:37.417858 ARP, Request who-has dd-wrt (Broadcast) tell 192.168.6.122, length 46
08:26:38.032082 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:39.977873 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:42.025748 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:42.435600 ARP, Request who-has dd-wrt (Broadcast) tell 192.168.6.122, length 46
08:26:43.971461 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:46.019515 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:47.453197 ARP, Request who-has dd-wrt (Broadcast) tell 192.168.6.122, length 46
08:26:47.965198 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:49.606268 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 339
08:26:49.708805 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 348
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08:26:50.118847 IP 192.168.6.122.filenet-rmi > 239.255.255.250.ssdp: UDP, length 401
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08:26:52.368490 ARP, Request who-has dd-wrt (Broadcast) tell 192.168.6.122, length 46
08:26:54.006909 STP 802.1d, Config, Flags [none], bridge-id 8000.98:fc:11:54:7a:9e.8002, length 35
08:26:55.004001 IP susans-pc.52389 > a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [.], seq 187854:189302, ack 103254, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 1073825952 ecr 2280611493], length 1448
08:26:55.004213 IP susans-pc.52389 > a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [.], seq 189302:190750, ack 103254, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 1073825952 ecr 2280611493], length 1448
08:26:55.004264 IP susans-pc.52389 > a173-223-237-54.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com.https: Flags [P.], seq 190750:191283, ack 103254, win 65535, options [nop,nop,TS val 1073825952 ecr 2280611493], length 533
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Good catch, nifmus. I'm kicking myself for not checking system.log earlier! I have very similar messages in mine.
By any chance is your Library folder (or part of it) relocated to a separate disk? Or your entire home folder? I have part of my Library folder on a SSD for speed, but my home folder and some of the larger Library subdirectories are on a regular disk because they wouldn't fit on the small SSD. It's all tied together with symbolic links, and without problems... until Photo Stream came along and didn't like it.
I knew that sandboxd was involved somehow, but your post prompted me to focus on it. It's definitely the problem here. I found the following sandbox profile file inside the iPhoto application bundle:
/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app/Conten ts/Resources/PhotoStreamAgent.sb
Inside this file are a bunch of definitions to control what PhotoStreamAgent is allowed to do. There are a bunch of lines under an allow-file-write* declaration which should allow PhotoStreamAgent to write to the above files listed in your log. Lines such as:
(home-regex #"/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement")
(home-regex #"/Library/Preferences/com\.apple\.iLifeAssetManagement\.crash\.plist(\.[^/]+)? $")
And many others. In my case, I suspect that the problem may be related to the fact that the final absolute path of those files may differ from what you'd get if you just substituted my home directory in for "home-regex" since I have stuff relocated around. Although since I was able to get it working with a blank home directory, also put in place via a symbolic link (so the final path differs), I'm not 100% sure of this.
What I do know right now is that there is a quick "hack" that fixed it for me. I don't like the hack and would strongly recommend against it, because it's likely to break the next time there's a software update for iPhoto. But it works until I can find a permanent solution.
To make it work, I edited the above file and changed the second line from "(deny default)" to "(allow default)". This, of course, defeats the whole purpose of the sandbox by allowing PhotoStreamAgent to do anything it wants, but it also allows stuff that is really supposed to be allowed but fails anyway for us.
If you want to try this, it helps to be familiar with the unix underpinnings of OS X. There's probably a way to do it in the normal graphical user interface, but as a longtime unix guy, I just jumped to the command line and did a "sudo vi (that long filename)". To do it via the gui method, you'll have to navigate to that folder in Finder (quickest way is to hit Cmd-Shift-G and copy/paste the path, or right-click iPhoto and "Show Package Contents", then drill down to the file), edit the file, save a copy (because you don't have permission to modify it), then copy the new version over the old (it will ask for an admin password).
Again, I don't recommend this because it's likely to break in the future and defeats the security that Apple intended with the sandbox, but it's a quick fix. I'll continue to investigate as I have time, trying to find out precisely what's causing the failure with the default sandbox profile.

I have iphone 5 and enabled photo streaming but its not uploading

I have iphone 5 and enabled photo streaming but its not uploading

Howdy harsac,
I have a helpful article about troubleshooting Photo Stream. Named iCloud: Photo Stream troubleshooting it can be found here http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3989.
I would recommend this section:
I don't see photos in Photo Stream on my iOS device.
Check the following:
From your Home screen, tap Settings > iCloud > Photo Stream, and make sure the slider is set to the ON position.
From the Home screen, tap Settings > Wi-Fi, make sure the slider is set to ON, and that your device is connected to a wireless network.
Ensure that Camera app is closed on the device where you took the photo. Photo Stream will not upload photos from an iOS device until the Camera app is closed.
Ensure your iOS device has not fallen below 20% battery power. To preserve battery life, Photo Stream downloading and uploading are disabled when the battery reaches this threshold. Downloading and uploading will resume once you charge your device, and the battery charge is greater than 20%.
Regards,
Sterling

HT201317 if photo stream is not enabled how can i restore erased photos(if i had icloud)

hi,
if i had icloud account and photo stream is not enabled how can i restore erased photos??

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Where do you back up to, iCloud or iTunes and did your last back up include your photos.

Access photo stream on imac

My iphone has malfuctioned and is not useable, but everything is saved to icloud. I cannot figure how to access the photo stream from iCloud from the iphone camera , onto the new iMac. I was able to download my entire iTunes library onto my new iMac, but need help figuring out the photos. Thanks!

Here's an article that will help answer your questions regarding enabling PhotoStream on your iMac so that you can view and download the pictures into iPhoto. It's a great feature.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486
On your Mac, go to System Preferences > iCloud and check the box for Photo Stream. Then, open iPhoto or Aperture to confirm that Photo Stream is turned on in the application you want to use with Photo Stream. You can also adjust your Photo Stream settings in iPhoto or Aperture Preferences.

TS3989 cannot see photos in PC after enabled photo stream

Hi, I have a question regarding photo stream and I am wondering if anyone can offer any help. I already set up an account in iCloud and I have wifi at home, on my iphone I went to the Settings>iCloud>Photos> I turned "My Photo Stream" on, then on my computer I went to iCloud and signed in, I enabled the box next to Photos so the box is blue color instead of white color, then I clicked the "Options" button on the right hand side of Photos and I placed the checkmark besides "My Photo Stream", I can see the iCloud Photos Location is listed as C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\iCloud Photos, but when i went to C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\iCloud Photos, I did not see any pics, I only saw 3 folders named My Photo Stream, Shared, Uploads but when I opened any of those 3 folders, I cannot see any photos, may I ask why? When I open each of those 3 folders, I can only see the file named desktop.ini. I signed in iCloud on my computer the entire time and I have not signed out. Is it because I need to sign in the iCloud app on my phone in order for the photos to download to my computer? Many thanks in advance!

iphoneuser678679 wrote:
Many thanks for the great help, I have one more question. I have photos in "Photos" app on my iphone, will iphone automatically create the My Photostream Album o the phone
When Photos is enable in Settings>iCloud the iPhone will automatically create an album called "My Photostream".
and automatically upload the photos currently on my iphone to iCloud?
Please read previous post.

HT4858 why am I getting an error message while importing from iPhone photo stream to iMac ?

I have not shared any photo for a few months. I tried to import photos into my iMac from iPhone photostream and I get a message saying "an error occurred while importing photo, please try again later". What am I doing wrong ?

There's no need to import photos from your iPhone to your iMac. Photostream is synced automatically via iCloud on Wi-Fi.
On your iPhone, tap Settings > iCloud
Make sure Photo Stream is switched ON.
On your iMac, open System Preferences > iCloud
Make sure Photo Stream is selected.

I recently upgraded to Mt. Lion and am downloading my iphone, ipad, and iMac in icloud. Can not check Photo stream in iMac. Do my iphone photos sync to iMac

I recently upgraded to Mt.Lion 10.8.3. Am backing up icloud in iphone, ipad, and imac. In Imac, cannot check "photo stream". How do I see my photos from iphone on my imac? and should I backup in imac icloud storage?
Thank you.

Log into iCloud (system preferences), launch iPhoto and Turn on PhotoStream (iPhoto preferences) and look under PhotoStream in the source list in iPhoto - if you want, turn on auto import and / or auto upload in the iPhoto preferences
instructions for set up are here
FAQs and links to trouble shooting hints are here
LN

TS3989 why i can't enable photo stream on my aperture?

am trying to enable my photo stream on aperture but i can't turn it on and always asking to turn it on

See:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4350553?start=15&tstart=0
Solution: downgrade to version: 5.0.2

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