Photo stream 1000 limit

Does iPhone's photo stream has 1000 photo limit? It never seems to grow beyond 1000 and I have lots of old photos in there.
Thanks.

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  • Photo Stream (total flummox)

    hi all,
    apologies for the length here but i need to get this sorted and i think i may be losing images at the very least but i also can't figure out how to /control/ this feature.
    i am posting the dialogs from Aperture enabling various aspects of Photostream/iCloud (mac pro and ML at the top and MBP and Mavericks at the bottom) and i am having a devil of a time figuring out how to manage all of this. i have been unable to solve this long-standing issue by googling and i have read what i can find in the help and faq sections.
    i should say in advance that while i SYNC my phone via iTunes on my MBP i /import/ photos into Aperture on my desktop machine which is a Mac Pro. also, i keep a small library in Aperture on the MBP and do check some of the folders in iTunes to sync to the iPhone. i find this easiest since i am have a big Aperture database that i keep on the large HD on the Mac Pro (where i import images) but for customizing Apps, syncing images, music, documents etc i find it easier to manage on the laptop.
    anyway, i have the following problems/questions:
    1. do i need to SYNC my iphone to my Mac Pro with some frequency and physically import photos into Aperture in order to not LOSE the photos off the phone after some period of time? i mean, i /don't/ do this with an discipline and i have been assuming that they all remain there in a "monthly dated photostream" folder /until/ i do a physical import from the phone but something i read recently caused me to think that there is a 1000 image limit and that anything NOT IMPORTED by a certain timeframe means photos will basically get bumped off the phone never to be seen again if they are not physically imported.
    2. can i leave images in a monthly dated photostream folder (on both the laptop and desktop machines) and basically never touch them - assuming that i am also IMPORTING these images into projects into Aperture?
    3. i have an "iPhone Sync" folder in Aperture and i have selected this folder to sync via iTunes with my iPhone. however, when this folder gets to the iPhone the images in here always seem to be mixed up with other images that i took ON THE PHONE. so if i have images on the laptop that i dropped into a folder and synced /to/ the phone - is there a way to keep these separate from what i am seeing on the phone in terms of photos i took on the phone? when they get mixed together it is so confusing i can't figure out what is happening and i can't find anything. i would like to keep the synced images independent of the images shot on the phone.
    4. is there a Idiots Guide to Photostream on the iPhone that someone can give me?
    A. i am seeing a "Photos" icon and when i hit this it seems to show me a YEARLY list and then in the yearly list there are DATED groups. my most recent dated group shows /locations/ as well and i am not sure if this is an option or what. ALSO, why are images that i synced in a folder on my is there a way to delete these images? is it possible images that were synced from my laptop are showing up in here and if so is there a way to prevent this?
    B. Albums are showing "Camera Roll" "My Photo Stream" as well as "Events (from my mac)". Event (from my mac) is supposed to show Images in Projects that were SYNCED from my laptop and Camera Roll (390 images) is supposed to show images taken on my iPhone since the last import if i deleted everything on the last import? Does My Photo Stream (1000 images) somehow show all the images in Camera Roll (taken on the iPhone) AND somehow /some/ of the images synced from my laptop in some way? i mean, this is what i think i am seeing but it is uber confusing.
    THANKS for any help on this,
    jonathan

    hi leonie,
    hi leonie,
    i am almost getting this straightened out. please some follow ups. i have taken a look at my devices and will read the links tomorrow AM. ALSO, i am posting my settings for my Mac Pro (1st image) and my MacBook Pro (2nd image). can you look at these and tell me if i need to fix anything??
    1. do i need to SYNC my iphone to my Mac Pro with some frequency and physically import photos into Aperture in order to not LOSE the photos off the phone after some period of time? i mean, i /don't/ do this with an discipline and i have been assuming that they all remain there in a "monthly dated photostream" folder /until/ i do a physical import from the phone but something i read recently caused me to think that there is a 1000 image limit and that anything NOT IMPORTED by a certain timeframe means photos will basically get bumped off the phone never to be seen again if they are not physically imported.
    1. The only safe place for photos on your iPhone is your Camera Roll. What is in your Camera Roll will stay on your iPhone until you delete it. But you need to backup your iPhone regularly to iCloud or iTunes (see: iCloud: Backup and restore overview) to save this content, just in case you need to restore the iPhone and to wipe it in the process.  "My Photo Stream" is a transient buffer, mirroring what is currently buffered in iCloud for syncing, and it may vanish after a month or after the 1000th photo, but your Camera Rolls are safe.
    > yeah. OK. so right now i have PHOTOSTREAM checked on both my laptop and my desktop. but i am also manually connecting my iphone to my DESKTOP and i am /importing/ images to my Mac Pro Aperture Softare and then /deleting/ the images off the iPhone.
    am i correct in thinking that this is a perfectly find method and you are indicating that the PHOTOSTREAMS can just be left alone as they are on all devices? and basically i am not at a risk of losing any of my images if i am correct because they are getting uploaded to my laptop and desktop via wifi/Photostream?
    2. can i leave images in a monthly dated photostream folder (on both the laptop and desktop machines) and basically never touch them - assuming that i am also IMPORTING these images into projects into Aperture?
    What you are seeing in the monthly has already been imported and you do not need to import it again.
    > Wait. i have Photostream folders on my laptop and on my desktop and on my iPhone. i assume these all have the same information because they are automatically being updated every time i take a picture with my camera, no? in this case, doesn't the images that i am importing into Aperture on the Mac Pro come in when i MANUALLY connect the iPhone to the Mac Pro and i /import/ the images? i mean, these go into a Project and then i file that project as i need to, no? i mean, this would mean that i don't need to move images out of the photostream folders or at least that they are only in the photostream folders because these folders on my computers are synced up to the iPhone Photostream via wifi, no?
    3. i have an "iPhone Sync" folder in Aperture and i have selected this folder to sync via iTunes with my iPhone. however, when this folder gets to the iPhone the images in here always seem to be mixed up with other images that i took ON THE PHONE. so if i have images on the laptop that i dropped into a folder and synced /to/ the phone - is there a way to keep these separate from what i am seeing on the phone in terms of photos i took on the phone? when they get mixed together it is so confusing i can't figure out what is happening and i can't find anything. i would like to keep the synced images independent of the images shot on the phone.
    Are you viewing your synced photos in the Photos.app? That will sort them by "Moments" - Places and times. If you install iPhoto you will get more options to organize your photos.
    > OK. doing this now. it looks pretty good so far!
    4. is there a Idiots Guide to Photostream on the iPhone that someone can give me?
    A. i am seeing a "Photos" icon and when i hit this it seems to show me a YEARLY list and then in the yearly list there are DATED groups. my most recent dated group shows /locations/ as well and i am not sure if this is an option or what. ALSO, why are images that i synced in a folder on my is there a way to delete these images? is it possible images that were synced from my laptop are showing up in here and if so is there a way to prevent this?
    That are the "moments" and not your Photo Stream. The Photos.app will group your photos in a "helpful" way - by the time the photo has been taken, or by the place. (You may want to read page 73 in the iPhone user guide: http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf)
    Try the different view options described on that page.
    > OK. will read this tomorrow. i see my question got truncated though. one issue is that "i am seeing images that are in the 'SYNC to iPhone" folder from Aperture on my laptop (these images are being synced to the phone via iTunes sync) - that are showing up in the MY PHOTOSTREAM section of my iPhone (on both the Photos App and on the iPhoto App which i just checked). i mean, these are images that /should/ show up in the EVENTS section of both of these apps and i understand this and they are NOT showing up in the CAMERA ROLL (and i understand this because the camera roll is what i shot on the iPhone). however it is uber annoying to have these images from the FOLDER THAT I AM SYCING TO MY PHONE via iTunes, show up in the Photostream.
    do you think it is possible that i checked some option in Aperture for Photostream and these somehow went from the Aperture Sync folder to the Photostream for some reason? also how do i DELETE these out of the Photostream? do i just DELETE them off of the respective Photostream folder on one of my computers?
    ALSO, why are images that i synced in a folder on my is there a way to delete these images? is it possible images that were synced from my laptop are showing up in here and if so is there a way to prevent this?
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    Photos that have been synced to the device, can only be removed by syncing again and deselecting the folder or library item you synced. To delete all synced photos, sync the photos again, but deselect all albums.
    Other photos can only be deleted, if they have not been edited in iPhoto on the iOS device. You will have to undo any edits (adjustments, tags, captions), before you can delete them.
    > OK. so i guess i can delete images that accidentally got added to the Photostream by deleting them in Photostream in the Computer App?
    B. Albums are showing "Camera Roll" "My Photo Stream" as well as "Events (from my mac)". Event (from my mac) is supposed to show Images in Projects that were SYNCED from my laptop and Camera Roll (390 images) is supposed to show images taken on my iPhone since the last import if i deleted everything on the last import?
    Camera Roll is showing photos taken on the device and photos saved/shared to the Camera Roll from other applications.
    > how do i save photos to Camera Roll on my iPhone from my computers?
    My PhotoStream will show all photos you add to the Camera Roll plus all photos streamed from your other devices.
    > OK. so PhotoStream shows all the photos i took on my iPhone and anything i added to these folders that are on my computers?
    Events will show the photos synced to your device, and if I remember correctly, photos imported using the camera connection kit.
    > OK. so i think Events is showing whatever folders i chose to add to the iPhone by selecting these in iTunes iPhone sync settings tabs.
    Does My Photo Stream (1000 images) somehow show all the images in Camera Roll (taken on the iPhone) AND somehow /some/ of the images synced from my laptop in some way? i mean, this is what i think i am seeing but it is uber confusing.
    The My Photo Stream will show the last 1000 photos (or last month of photos) streamed to iCloud:
    Photos you take on one of your devices or save to the Camera Rool
    Photos you share to My Photo Stream from on of your Macs.
    > whew, i think i am getting the hang of this...

  • Merging large camera rolls in photo stream for iCloud merge/backup/share

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    is it because the my photo stream size limit is 1,000?
    and if not! how do I mass copy all those pics into the my photo stream?
    and once I synch those, had do I synch them with the same iCloud account on my MacBook? That also seems like a problem, although Id ultimately like them there, because the faces, events, etc stuff in iPhoto seems really well done, plus, I've got the largest disk by far in my MacBook compared to the RAM in my iPhone & iPad.
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    Hi Mike,
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    Post back after you have set things up if you have any questions!
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    GB

  • Photo stream in Mac and iPhone not in sync

    Hi,
    I have two iPhones, one iPad 2, and a MBP wilh Lion.  Yesterday I noticed that my two iPhones were showing different counts for photos in photo stream: 1000 vs 525.  I turned photo stream off in all of my iOS devices and deleted all photos from the iPhone.  Now, the two iPhones show the same 207 pictures but my Mac shows 405.   I do not know how to get the count form the iPad but I think that is the same number as in the iPhones: 207.  What is going on?
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    Well, after banging my head on this for a few weeks, I looked at my logs.
    PhotoStreamAgent was crashing over and over again.
    Looked araound a bit, found nothing.
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  • HT201317 Is it possible to retrieve photos once the 30 days is up or once the photo stream exceeds the 1000 photo limit?

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    All the photos dowloaded to the photo stream in my mac, will it be saved forever or does it get deleted after reaching 1000 limit ?

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  • More than 1000 photos on photo stream?

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  • HT4858: Why my Photo Stream is still 1k limit on iOS6?

    I read http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4858 and found there is no limit on the total number of photo on My Photo Stream and My Photo Stream Sharing.
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  • HT4858 photo stream limit reached

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  • HT201317 the photo stream on my iphone has 1000 pics - yet it only 106 have pushed to my pc. what am i doing wrong?

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  • I only see 4 out of a 1000 photos from my Iphone photo stream on my PC

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  • Is there still a 1000 photo cap on iPhone My Photo Stream as described in HT4486 with the new HT4858?

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486?
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    According to this and some other posts:
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