IPhoto in the Cloud

Photo Stream is not cutting it!
My photos are still dependant upon me syncing my iOS devices to my Mac with iTunes. Photos are the last link it has with my Mac. That is, if I want to have my thoroughly organized iPhoto library in my iOS devices. I can't organize my Events, Faces and Places in iOS. I still have to tether it to my Mac.
Photo Scream solves how my pictures show up in the Mac, wirelessly. Great! Working beautifully but after its in my Mac and I've sorted the ones I want, tagged the faces of my family and friends, and grouped the events, I still have to open iTunes and sync it to get that reflected on my iOS devices (iPhone & iPad). It's maddening!
Not to mention that now there are duplicates everywhere!! There are exact equal photos in the Camera Roll, Photo Scream and then the organized post-iTunes synced photo library... I can have up to three copies of the same photo in my iPhone.
iPhoto needs to be moved to the new digital hub, iCloud. The Mac is still its hub and master for now.
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iPhoto needs to be moved to the new digital hub, iCloud.
I couldn't agree less. Currently, the vast majority of the planet are nowhere near broadband of any quality sufficient to make that anything other than torture - and that includes vast areas of the U.S and Europe. Couple that with privacy and security issues and you've got a proposition that needs to be considered very carefully.

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I upgraded to Mountain from Snow and find that there is now a problem adding iphoto to the cloud. I have iphoto '08,version 7.1.5. Tried to follow one poster's advice and upgrade to 9.1 but I need 9.0 first and I can't find that. suggestions? thanks!

I upgraded to Mountain from Snow and find that there is now a problem adding iphoto to the cloud. I have iphoto '08,version 7.1.5. Tried to follow one poster's advice and upgrade to 9.1 but I need 9.0 first and I can't find that. suggestions? thanks!

You have to buy iPhoto from the Mac App Store.

Can you use iCloud to save iPhotos to the cloud? When I sign in to iCloud, I just see a few basic apps, no iPhotos.

Can you use iCloud to save iPhotos to the cloud? When I sign in to iCloud, I just see a few basic apps, no iPhotos.

If you're referring to the iCloud.com website for you account there are no photos there. Photop Stream is only for syncing photos between iOS devices and Macs.
This will exiplain what iCloud is and does in regards to photos: iCloud: My Photo Stream FAQ
This Apple document describes what iCloud stores: iCloud: iCloud storage and backup overview
OT

Trouble getting pics from mac iphoto onto the cloud to they are viewable on the cloud or ipad, iphone itv etc. i did try to change system pref in mac but there is no cloud there, only the old me logo, also the "ME" logo still shows on my tool bar on ipho

OK so I've recently placed some photos on iphoto that I would like to share with my other devices - ipad, iphone, apple tv. There doesn't appear to be anywhere on the could for photos - so that is my first question. My second question is how do I even get the photos from my mac into the cloud? The system preferences for the mac instruct to update the cloud icon however my system is still showing the old MobileMe white cloud blue sky icon - not the current cloud. The Mobile Me icon is inoperable. So I've tried several times to drop ad drag, change preferences, nothing so far is working. I've checked that I've got the latest software, running Mac OS X 10.6.8, ipad and iphone are similarly up to date.
any help is appreciated.
thanks
Mike

You cannot use iCloud with 10.6.8; the minimum requirement is Lion 10.7.2 - this is a paid upgrade. The current system is Mountain Lion and if your Mac meets the requirements you can obtain it from the Mac App Store (in Applications). The requirements for Mountain Lion are listed here:
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
If you are compliant with Lion but not Mountain Lion you may be able to get Lion by ringing the Apple Store on the number at bottom left of this page. The requirements for Lion are
Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory
OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
7GB of available space

Can i save iphoto to the cloud?

how do i take my current iphoto library and move it to icloud?

how do i take my current iphoto library and move it to icloud?
You cannot store the iPhoto Library in the cloud, only a snapshot of the most recent photos (in the Photo Stream) will be stored in the cloud. But you can sync events and albums from your Mac-iPhoto Library to your mobile devices using iTunes and edit and browse them on your mobile devices, if you install iPhoto for IOS on them.
Regards
Léonie

Iphoto in the cloud source

I am having trouble in that i imported all my photos to a new iMac on the computer's main account, but my wife's sub-account is the iCloud account of record and so i can't figure out how to get all our photos into one location (my account or hers) and have them be the source files for iCloud that. Currently we have two separate sets, inclomplete on both....help?

iPhoto needs to be moved to the new digital hub, iCloud.
I couldn't agree less. Currently, the vast majority of the planet are nowhere near broadband of any quality sufficient to make that anything other than torture - and that includes vast areas of the U.S and Europe. Couple that with privacy and security issues and you've got a proposition that needs to be considered very carefully.

How can I only have my iphoto on the cloud and not in my HD?

I ran out of HD on my Macbook Air. I want to have my photos only on iCloud. How can I do it?

I want to have my photos only on iCloud. How can I do it?
You can upload to iCloud Photo Library using the Photos.app at web interface at Www.icloud.com .
But if you do that, you cannot use the Photos for Mac app with iCloud Photo Library.
If you want to use the Photos for Mac app with iCloud, your Mac will store at least lightweight smaller versions of your iCloud photos on the Mac,so you can browse the photos, if no internet is available.

ITunes 'Match' like for photos an iPhoto on the cloud and Preview

iTunes ‘Match’ like for photos. 250.000 photos ($250 1 year).
It's all I need… 250.000 thumbnails on my iPad and the original on the iClod… like iTunes Match. Thanks.
I have icloud 55 GB. Preview on Mac accept my photos, but if my Mac got stolen I lose my photos on iCloud too? Preview keep the original on the 'invisible' Library, so, make noo sense, I need the local storage.
Photo Strream downgrade the resolution and it's limited in many ways. I hate Dropbox, Picasa e cia. I need an Apple service.

Hello David,
It sounds like you have an Aperture album that you are trying to transfer to the album section of the Photos app on your iPad. I recommend following these steps to sync the Aperture album over to your iPad:
To sync photos from a Mac or Windows PC to your device using photo applications
Select "Sync Photos from."
Choose the application you want to sync photos from in the pop up menu.
Choose to sync all photos or selected photos. Select "Include videos" to sync videos stored with your photo library.
Click Apply.
iTunes: Syncing photos
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4236
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

I can't view photos in the cloud from my iPhoto. Any one else have this problem?

I cant view photos from iphoto in the cloud.
I have turned on icoud in iphoto but nothing appears in the cloud.
Anyone have any suggestions?
David Winters

Do you mean at icloud.com you can't see your photos? If so then that's normal. They are only viewable on Macs running iPhoto 9 or later and on mobile devices running iOS 7.
So where are you not seeing the photos and what system and iPhoto versions are you using?
OT

Run iphoto library from the cloud

Hi,
I've been checking lots of forums regarding this topic. And it looks like there is not such a solution at the moment.
I would like to run iphoto from the cloud (any cloud solution).
I'm not talking about doing backup, but really running from the cloud.
I can't believe there is not such a solution today. I'm of course ready to pay for it.
But it looks like there is not even a "pay" solution for this workflow.
Any idea why ? Or any solution I could have missed ?
@Apple, any upcoming solution?
I'm really surprised by all this, considering that everyting is going in the cloud nowadays.
Thanks in advance for your response.
Regards,
Thomas

I would like to run iphoto from the cloud (any cloud solution).
I'm not talking about doing backup, but really running from the cloud.
Neither running from the Cloud or backing up to the Cloud are viable options at this time.
iPhoto maybe "incredibly old fashioned" but so are all the other applications that function as photo managers with non-destructuve processing. None - and I mean none - of the current Photo Managers - iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa et al. - offer this as a feature. And remember Lightroom costs ten times what iPhoto costs. That might tell you something.
While "everything is going in the cloud nowadays" seems to be what's going on, in actual fact, very little is going there. A lot of text goes there - tiny files - but no big data editing - so, no you don't edit music in the Cloud, no editing Video in the Cloud and so on.
For me it says that the capability of the network isn't there yet, either to deal with the data transfers and certainly not in terms of speed.
No one here knows what - if any - plans Apple have.
iPhoto Menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback for feature requests.
The terminology is different but you can do the organisation use in iPhoto for iOS in iPhoto for Mac and a whole lot more.

How do I move pictures off my phone without losing the pictures permanently? Is there a way to keep the pictures in the cloud without them being on my device?

How do I move pictures off my phone without losing the pictures permanently? Is there a way to keep the pictures in the cloud without them being on my actual phone? I'm concerned that the sync feature will remove the pictures from the cloud when they are deleted from my phone.
Thanks for the help.

Can I back up iPhoto to the cloud via some apple service (iCloud)
No
or do I need to use something else? If so, any recommendations?
An external hard disk:
Most Simple Back Up:
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex: Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically.
Example of such apps: Chronosync - but there are many others. Search on MacUpdate or the App Store

Problem is with my iPhoto on my Macbook air. I am trying to move my library from my airbag onto my passport drive. I did it and deleted it from the airbag but it simply re appeared possibly from the cloud. Not sure what to do next.

The problem is with my iPhoto on my Macbook air. I am trying to move my library from my airbook onto my passport drive. I did it and deleted it from the airbook but it simply re appeared possibly from the cloud. Not sure what to do next. Sorry I am not a techie.

Sorry - we can not see you
what do you have? Version of iPhoto? Of the OS? How is the passport connected to your Mac? What format is the passport (for the iphoto library it must be Mac OS extended (journaled) )? The iPhoto library is not and can not be on the cloud (maybe later with the Photos Application)
LN

Iphotos Package Contents: What are all these folders for? Is it too large to back up in the cloud?

Dear experts, I am quite a newbie when it comes to understanding the Mac filing system, as I originally came from the PC world. There's lots of things I dont understand in the iMac file viewer and how to organise and backup my photos is an important issue for me.
I know that if I want to look at the original photo files on my iMac, I can right-click on users/myname/pictures and select "Show Package Contents".
Question 1 - What are all these folders for?
Please can someone explain what is the difference between all the folders I see? Some of them seem to be exact duplicates of the others e.g. Masters, Modified and Originals all seem to have the same content. So here is a list of folders that I see. What is in them?, or what is their purpose?
Data
Data.noindex
Modified
Originals
Apple TV Photo Cache
Attachments
Auto Import
Backup
Caches
Contents
Database
iLifeShared
iPod Photo Cache
Masters
Previews
ProjectCache
Thumbnails
Question 2 - Which photo folder should I back-up?
If I want to keep a physical backup of my photos, which of the above folders should I copy to an external hard drive? (I use Get Backup to automatically copy all important new or changed files to an external drive)
Question 3 - Using the cloud: What is the best way to backup my large photo library in the cloud safely?
I would like to have some kind of safe backup in the cloud for my photos. However the size of the iphoto library is huge at 165GB. Even the Masters folder is huge. It is 130GB. Is it possible to back up files of this size in the cloud? I have a couple of services called photo streaming and Dropbox, but they don't seem to be able to handle this kind of size. Photo streaming only works with 1000 photos (as far as I can tell), and my Dropbox probably has a limit too. I guess it's about 5GB. I am already using about 3GB of my Dropbox space for other files. I would consider both paid and free solutions.
Many thanks to all the experts for your help!

know that if I want to look at the original photo files on my iMac, I can right-click on users/myname/pictures and select "Show Package Contents".
Don't do that. That's like opening the hood of your car and trying to figure out what all the different bits and peices are and which you can yank out and dispose of. Simply, there are no user-serviceable parts in here.
So, your Question 2:
You back up the iPhoto Library as a single unit.
Most Simple Back Up:
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex: Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically.
Example of such apps: Chronosync - but there are many others. Search on MacUpdate or the App Store
Your question 3:
There is no good back up to the Cloud. There are a couple of reasons for this. One is that the datasets are so large and the cloud services shapre their download speeds. This means restoring can take days to complete. Then, and this is the big problem, the iPhoto Library needs to sit on a disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Bluntly, no servers online are formatted appropriately, and if the Library is written to - by an incremental back up, for instance - there is a very high likelihood that the library will be corrupted.
Your Question 1:
The Library you're describing there sounds like one that has been updated a few times. Not everything you list there is a folder. Some will be aliases.
The Data folders hold thumbnails.
The Masters and Originals folders hold the files as imported from the camera
The Previews hold the versions of the edited photos that are accessed via the Sharing mechanism.
I think if you look losely that you'll notice that one of the Data folders and one of either the Masters or the Originals folders is actually an alias.
Everything else is a database or cache file of some form. All are required for iPhoto to work.
As an FYI:
For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491

Browsing iPhoto library (stored in the cloud) from iPhone

Dear Apple community geeks,
Can you please suggest the best solution for the below:
I have my iPhoto library stored in the cloud (CrashPlan) and a personal NAS (Synology).
I'd like to view pictures of this library from my iPhone without losing the library structure (Projects, Albums..).
So far, browsing via available apps, I'm only left with the classical "folder structure" of the iPhoto library (as if I'd "show package contents").
Any good option with my current set-up? If not, would (at least) iCloud make this possible?
Many thanks!
Petr

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Should I delete my old iPhoto Library Current folder once everything is transferred to Photos Library Current? Does this mean that all my new photos on any device can come off my Mac and ONLY be in the Photos Library which is in the cloud?

I have 2 questions about the new Photos app for Mac (I'm running 10.10.3 on my MacBook Air 1.8GHz Intel Core i5 mid 2012)):
1.Should I delete my old iPhoto Library Current folder once everything is transferred to Photos Library Current?
2. Does this mean that all my new photos on any device can come off my Mac and ONLY be in the Photos Library which is in the cloud? That would free 59GB off my Mac and that would be very good.

1.Should I delete my old iPhoto Library Current folder once everything is transferred to Photos Library Current?
You can, but I would wait, until you have have been working with Photos for some time and are sure, that everything migrated well. There may be hidden flaws in your library and teething problems with Photos. Don't be in a hurry to abandon iPhoto completely. You may need to go back, until bugs have been fixed. Th Photos Library does not duplicate the photos in your iPhoto Library. the media files are shared and do not need extra space: See: Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support
2. Does this mean that all my new photos on any device can come off my Mac and ONLY be in the Photos Library which is in the cloud? That would free 59GB off my Mac and that would be very good.
If you have enough iCloud storage. But Photos will still need space for local thumbnails on all devices.
See: Apple - OS X - Photos Preview
Fill your library, not your device.
iCloud Photo Library can help you make the most of the space on your Mac. When you choose “Optimize Mac Storage,” all your full-resolution photos and videos are stored in iCloud in their original formats, with storage-saving versions kept on your Mac as space is needed. You can also optimize storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, so you can access more photos and videos than ever before. You get 5GB of free storage in iCloud — and as your library grows, you have the option to choose a plan for up to 1TB.

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