HT4906 lost some photos in photo stream

I recently switched from the iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 5. All my photos were in photostream. When I backed up my phone and turned on Photostream less than half my photos showed up on my phone. I am freaking out. These were pics of my puppy!!

Every time you sync your iPhone with iTunes, iTunes will create a backup of your iPhone. If you have enabled iCloud, every time, your iPhone is connected to Wifi and a power source, and the screen is locked, iCloud will automatically backup your photos. So try to restore the deleted photos from iTunes or iCloud backup first if the backups were created before the deletion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Other than restoring from iTunes or iCloud backup, there are still at least 3 other solutions for you to recover deleted photos from iPhone:
Extracting from previous iTunes backup;
Retrieving directly from iPhone;
Copying from other backups.

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Been a big Apple fan for many years and trying not to let this change my opinion.

Try all options except for the thumbnails. If that fails:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button,
navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
OT

HT4858 Is there anyway to get back icloud photos that have gone over the 1000 pic limit?? i have lost some very important photos

please help

There is a little chance that your pictures are included in your last iCloud or iTunes backup, if the photos were stored in the camera roll. Otherwise they are probably gone. For the future I would suggest to start saving your photos additionally (in iPhoto etc.) on your Mac or PC or any other cloud storage like Dropbox.

TS4108 I have recently done a software update on my phone, when complete I could not get the phone to work and the icon showed I had to connect to I-tunes. I then lost some recent data and photos. If they are backed up to the cloud how do I recover them?

When I completed my last software update directly on my phone I didn't realise I would then be prompted to do and I-tunes update that would wipe my phone. There seemed to be no turning back so I lost some data and photos. I'm assuming these will be backed up to the cloud but have no idea how to retrieve them.
The explanation given on the support community is a bit complicated and beyond my capabilities! Julie Malkin

If you have an iCloud backup, restore it to your phone as explained here: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph12521. If you have a backup on your computer instead, restore it to your phone by connecting your phone to your computer, opening iTunes and going to File>Devices>Restore from Backup.

HT4906 iPhoto only downloaded some of my photos from photo stream

I have over 200 photos on photo stream but when I set up iPhoto only 51 of them downloaded. I thought perhaps only the more recent photos may have been downloaded but it's a mix of old and new. How can I get all photos from photo stream onto iPhoto and is iPhoto the best way to store photos on a MacBook Pro?

Your photos stream on iCLoud contains the last 1000 photos or the last 30 days photos - on any device you will see local photos up to 1000 but only 1000 or the last 30 days (which ever is smaller) are available for other devices through iCloud
LN

I lost photos in Photo Stream

My iPad lost hundred of photos in Photo Stream, in the morning, they still there, but when I'm open photo in the evening, hundred of photo have lost.Now It have 100 photos only.
Can you help me take them back ? It's important to me.
Thanks,

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486
Are you aware of the limitations of photostream?
Does using My Photo Stream substitute for using iCloud Backup or iTunes to back up the photos in my Camera Roll ?
No. Photos in My Photo Stream are saved on the iCloud server for 30 days. To save or back up these photos, you must copy them from My Photo Stream to your Camera Roll on your iOS device. You can then back up your Camera Roll using iCloud or iTunes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486

Lost photos on photo stream can I retrieve them

Could somebody please help me? I have deleted some pictures off photo stream on my I phone and thought (stupidly) they would stay on my iPad, they are precious photos and I'm really hope I can retrieve them. Does anybody know if I can?
Thank you

If you have not transferred these photos to your computer or saved them to the camera roll on another device, then they are gone.
Photostream is not a permanent storage place and actions you take on one device are synced to others.

HT201317 when I back up my iphone i lost all the photos in photo stream, where are they?

while I was backing up my phone, i lost all my photos in Photo Stream, can't find them anywhere, where have they gone?

Backuped photos on computer are part of data files and can't be viewed.
For the rest here it is
Importing personal pics and videos from an iOS device to a computer

HT201317 On a recent vacation, only some of my photos taken on iPhone appeared in photo stream on my iPad but not all, why?

On a recent vacation only some of my photos take on iPhone appeared in photo stream on iPad but not all why?

The iPhone forum is here
https://discussions.apple.com/community/iphone

TS3989 Only some of the photos I have taken on my iPhone appear in the photo stream on my iPad even thou they were taken at the same time. Why is this and how can I import the other photos from my iPhone to my iPad?

Only some of the photos I have taken on my iPhone appear in the photo stream on my iPad even thou they were taken at the same time. Why is this and how can I import the other photos from my iPhone to my iPad?

If older photos are missing it may be because photo stream photos are only held in iCloud for 30 days. After that they are removed from iCloud but will remain (up to 1000 photos) on your device until deleted. Also, only photos taken after enabling photo stream are added to your photo stream, and only when the camera is closed, your device is connected to wifi and you have at least 20% battery life remaining.
To transfer the missing photos you can either create a shared photo stream containing them and invite yourself to it (see http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mmc0cd7e99), import the photos to your computer and sync them to your iPad, or use an app like PhotoSync to transfer them to your iPad over wifi.

I upgraded my iphone to IOS 6.1.2 through itunes and lost some photos from photos album and SMS ( in fact everything went back to how it was on my last back up which was few weeks ago). How can I recover them? Thank you ...

I upgraded my iphone to OS 6.1.2 through itune and lost some photos from photos album and SMS ( In fact everything went back to how it was on my last back up few weeks ago). Do you know how I can recover them? Thank you.

Once the Device is asking to be Restored with iTunes... it is too late to save anything...
To minimise loss... Connect to iTunes on the computer you Usually Sync with and Restore from the most recent Backup...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
Restore from Backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766

I lost some photos when updating my OS, how can I find them

I lost some photos when updating my OS, how can I find them. I have already tried to restore through my PC but the photos are still not there. Any thoughts?

If you haven't backup up your phone, then your photos are gone.
In addition you should import your photos to your PC, just like a ditigal camera, as a secondary backup in case you lose your pics you could always sync it back using Itunes.

HT4906 why cannt i use photo stream to i cloud in my mac book pro...?

Hi There...,
I would really appriciate if any one can help me out:
Some how I cannot use photos and photo stream on i cloud for my mac - it works on my i pad 2 and i phone 4&4s but as asoon as i try to turn on photos / photo stream through i cloud in my mac it doesnt work and redirects me to apple support.
Please help me. Thx.

All you need to do is install Adobe Creative Cloud application using which you can download InDesign cc app .
https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud
Reference :
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/install-apps.html

Can anyone explain to me why some of my photos are landing in events and others are appearing only in photo stream?

I want to delete photos from camera roll on my iPhone to clear space to install ios7 but after importing photos to iPhoto on my macbook pro only 4 out of 339 photos taken in September landed in events, though all 339 are in Sept photo stream. It seems like on previous uploads all photos "fell" into events according to the day they were taken, as well as into photostream. I want to make sure these photos stick around permanently and do not exist only in photo stream where I imagine they will eventually be bumped from my computer (photostream). Can anyone explain why some of my photos are landing in events and others are appearing only in photo stream?

You have uploaded two different things - pHotos are in one and only one event - if you have the same photo in two different events then you have imported it twice
Please explain what you want - your initial question and yoru current comments are 180 degrees apart
You say they are not all in events
Can anyone explain to me why some of my photos are landing in events and others are appearing only in photo stream?
Now you say they are
All 15 pics appear in Sept 2013 PS
It sound to me like you have no problem except you imported some photos twice adn you may not understand how the automatic import form PS works - but that is not clear
you can choose to have all of your My Photo Stream photos automatically downloaded. In iPhoto or Aperture preferences on your Mac, to select Photo Stream > My Photo Stream > Automatic Import. All of your photo stream photos will be imported into your Events, Projects, Photos, Faces, and Places folders in iPhoto or Aperture.
The event they are imported into is MMMM YYYY PS
If you import via iTunes sync or by connecting your IOS device via USB then they are importeed into the regular event structrue as defined in your iphoto preferences - and if you imoport via two or more different methods you will ahe duplicates
LN

Why do only some of my photos load to photo stream even when taken on the same day?

Why do only some of my photos load to photo stream even when taken on the same day?

Hello Karelyn,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
iCloud: My Photo Stream troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3989
I don't see photos in My Photo Stream on my iOS device.
Ensure that the Camera app is closed on the device that took the photo. Photos will not upload from an iOS device to My Photo Stream until the Camera app is closed.
Ensure that 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%.
Best of luck,
Mario

HT4906 lost some photos in photo stream

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