HT4906 iPhoto & iCloud

I paid for an updated version of iPhoto, iPhoto 11. I did this because I think I need it for iCloud. I don't have anything about photo stream on my current iPhoto version.
This all started with the purchase of a new iphone 5. At the store my photos were uploaded to icloud. I have never used icloud. But I am attempting to retreive this photos from icloud.
When I try to find the app, my laptop tells me it was download & it won't download it again. I can't seem to install new version of iPhoto. None of this may make sense.
All I want to do is (1) open or find icloud to see if my photos are still there. (2) get the application that I paid for installed.
Thanks if any one can help.

Look in your Applications Folder. What version of iPhoto is there?
Remember that iPhoto 11 is version 9 of iPhoto.
You set up Photostream and iCloud in the SystemPreferences -> iCloud
Regards
TD

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My iPhoto library, iCloud photos and some Mac OS X Mavericks file called QTKitServer-iPhoto and QTKitServer-Aperture keep hanging and not responding. Tried repairing permissions and repairing iPhoto library multiple times. Tried re-downloading Mavericks and that did not fix it. Called Apple Support. They said they could not help me beyond what I had already tried (Apple Online Support has really gone downhill since the last time I called) and to go to my local Apple retail store to see a Genius.
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My question is to those of you who have large iPhoto libraries and are using Mac OS X Mavericks and iCloud Photos - how big are your iPhoto libraries? What is too big? Does anyone have an iPhoto library the size of mine that is working fine (who is also using Mac OS X Mavericks and iCloud)? When I talked to Apple online support, they said big iPhoto libraries are 100,000 photos and up. The Genius said anything over 1,000 is big. That's quite a spread. Currently I have 24,000 photos, most of which have been edited in some way or another, and about 1/2 of which have new titles, mulitple keywords assigned, faces and places assigned, etc., since I imported the original master photos. The Genius told me to duplicate my existing iPhoto library, create a new iPhoto library, import all of the folders in the iPhoto database except the Masters folder, and see if iPhoto still hung. If it did, he said it was all the data attached to the photos that is the problem, in which case I would need to create another new iPhoto library and import only the Masters file (images only). I think if I import only the Masters from my existing library, I will lose not only all of my keywords and titles, but also all of my photo edits, event names, album names, folder names, projects etc.
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I need help and help is apparently nowhere to be found at Apple.
Is there anyone out there who can help me?

If you're using iPhoto 5 as you say then, yes, 24k photos is heading close to the Limit of 25k. iPhoto 6 is good for 250,000 images, iPhoto 11 is good for 1,000,000.
I'm going to guess that's a typo and that you have iPhoto 9.5.
I've simply never heard of "too many photos" causing the problem you describe. You don't need more memory. You don't need to break up the Library. "Flushing Memory" is a non-isssue. One of the big improvements in 10.9 is in memory management.
There are a couple of ways to break up a Library while preserving everything. It's dead easy with Aperture - export projects as Library - you can do it with iPhoto simply by duplicating the Library and deleting from the two libraries or use iPhoto Library Manager.
But, as I say, 24k is a small Library. My main library is more than twice the size of that.
Are Aperture and iPhoto using the same Library?
As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?
Post back with the result.

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I have to pay for a new Iphoto download - no update showing. Is that correct?
No idea - totally depends on details you do not give
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Hi,
I am having difficulties with installing iCloud 9.5.1. on my iMac from 2007. I have updated all operating systems, but still iPhoto is not working properly. The main reason why I wanted to upgrade from iPhoto '08 to iPhoto 9.5 is the iCloud feature. So all my pictures taken with my iPhone are synced to my iMac. Here lies the problem, I cannot check the iCloud box in the preferences of the installed iPhoto 9.5.1 Neither can I check the option to use iCloud under the iCloud tab in the iPhoto overview.
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I cannot check the iCloud box in the preferences of the installed iPhoto 9.5.1 Neither can I check the option to use iCloud under the iCloud tab in the iPhoto overview.
You do no say how the System Preferences "iCloud" options are set.
Have you clicked the "Options" button besides Photos in the System Preferences iCloud and enabled "My Photo Stream"?
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I just did this and now it works, and as I can see you're on here a lot, so if you see this question come up again, have them try this..
Quit iPhoto, Quit System Prefrences.
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Enable Photo Stream, and open iPhoto.
In the iPhoto Preferences the Enable Photo Stream was already checked unlike before.
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Sorry but I have no idea what you are talking about
So the pictures now all in iPhoto imported -
Ok you state that the photos from yoru photo stream have ll been imported into iPhoto
but not in the folders i created
Since Folders in iPhoto do not hold photos this makes no sense - when PS photos are imported to iPhoto they go into an event named for the month the photo Stream photos were imported
I have an iPhone too since this week and there are the Pictures or Photostreamfolders from my iPad without doing something.
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I already called the apple support - they told me if i get the Lion OS X 10 and more than it would be okey
Since you have Mountain lion again this does not make sense
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and the FAQs - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4486
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