Photo stream not deleting after 30 days

I thought photo stream was only supposed to keep 30 days worth of photos. I've got 900+ photos on my photo stream that go all the way back to when I got my phone in Oct 2011. I know I can delete them, but did the 30 day thing change? It takes FOREVER for photo stream to update on Aperture becuase there are so many photos. What's the easiest way to delete so many phtotos? I don't want to have to do it one at a time on my phone.

Photostream in the cloud, I believe does only keep the last 30 days of photos, but I believe older photos are simply not removed on your devices. If you turned off photostream and turned it back on, I think you'll find only the last 30 days of photos download. Only photos not downloaded the last time you had aperture open are downloaded when you open it next time, so any photos already on there are not affecting how long it takes to update.

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I just checked this past weekend and saw none of my recent photos were there. I proceeded to google the subject, tried deleting the ICloud control panel and redownloaded it, and then forced a backup on my phone. It only backed up 87 of the 517 photos I have in my Photo Stream. I tried these trouble shooting options below but once again, only have 90 of the 517 photos I have:
1. Open Task Manager (ctrl, alt and delete) and end ApplePhotoStream.exe and AppltPhotoStreamDownloader.exe if they’re running.
2. Go to your Users folder and navigate to the following path: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MediaStream\
3. Delete everything in that folder.
These files are a local cache of what has already been synced but it appears to get stuck so deleting these files forces it to resync again from scratch.
4. Open iCloud Control Panel and make sure “Photos” are checked.
The above steps force re-downloading of images after any stuck point. It should make sure that your newer images are downloaded.
My husband has an IPhone as well, and his photos sync no problem to his IPad. I am assuming this works better since they are both Apple Products. Can someone please help me resolve this issue as I would like to be able to get my photos on my computer so I can delete some of them off my phone?

If the missing photos were added to photo stream more than 30 days ago they are no longer in iCloud (although they may still be on your your phone). In that case, to get the older photos to stream to your computer you can add them to a shared stream on your phone (see http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mmc0cd7e99). (Note: when creating the shared stream, you don't have to invite any subscribers. As the owner of the shared stream you are automatically subscribed to it; just skip that step.) Another option is to save them to the camera roll on the phone and import them to your computer using your usb cable, as explained here: iOS: Import personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer.

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and in iPhoto's Photo Share preference pane.
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hi léonie,
yes, i know it sometimes takes awhile to sync, but the 6 photos i took last night in the club, where there was no wifi, have not shown up in my photo stream. usually, they will sync once i have returned to a wifi network.
fortunately, i could share them in a new stream which i could then fetch on my home computers.
however, i have taken new photos today and it has worked seamlessly. so, i consider the problem resolved even though it is still a mystery for the 6 photos i took last night.
i generally enjoy the my photo stream service, although i am never sure where to erase photos. i have determined that once they are on all devices, you must erase the photos on all devices individually.
i use this server frequently as i take pictures all day and edit them when i get home. it is good to have the photos on the server and not have to physically download them to the machine on which i do my sorting and editing.
now, if only it would work with adobe lightroom, it would be perfect.
mk

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I installed ML and after I did that saw there was an update for Aperture 3. So, I updated to 3.3.2. Now, when I open up Photo Stream, it does not update. My phone and iPad both update with the stream but not Aperture. I checked all my settings and that is enabled. Any clue as to the problem?
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I have to wonder if this problem is somehow server related. I did had this problem, even over multiple restarts of Aperture. I fired up Aperture this morning and the sync worked.
A couple of things that may contribute:
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2. I rename my Photo Stream Project so that they will display in order alphabetically. Can't say if I had renamed a project of an active month previously, but I know i did that for July. The funny thing is my renamed July Project still synced correctly. In the future, I think I'll wait until the month is over to rename the project.

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ow I can delete the photoes when the advanced key not there and there are no delete key on iptone as well??
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Welcome to the Apple community.
For the avoidance of doubt have you updated to iPhoto 9.3.2.

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After I copy my photos to a folder in Windows Live and delete them off photo stream, it deletes the copied photos. How do I fix this?

I know you need iTunes tosynchorinize your iPad, and i know ther is a connection kit (i searched internet before posting this question).
The point is:
We are on vacation. the iPad is my fathers. We have here only his iPad and my laptop. We wanted to put foto's we made with a digital camera foto's on the iPad, so i connected the iPad to my laptop, and was able to copy the foto's to the iPad. So they are on the iPad, but they cannot be viewed. Since I do not want to instll software on my laptop I do not need my self, and we see no point in buyin a connection kit for one time use, it would be great if you could just copy foto's to the iPad and then view them.
I would appreciate it very much if someone could tell me how to do this. I am not used to working with tablets.so I am used to thinking "PC wise": youo copy files to a location on your computer and then you use a program to open those files. I know it works differently on an iPad, but it woul be great if this was one option that also would be available.

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Since updating to latest iOS safari fails several times a day.
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See if the following help.
Try clearing Safari's cache : Settings > Safari > Clear Cookies And Data (and Clear History)
If that doesn't work then try closing Safari completely and then re-open it : from the home screen (i.e. not with Safari 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the Safari app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
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Anyone know why this is happening and/or how to fix it?
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Gotcha, thanks Winston Churchill. I guess they haven't enabled that.

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Hi
I am running Aperture 3.4.3 on an iMac running 10.8.2. I have Photo Stream enabled. When I open Aperture, it downloads all the recent photos from Photo Stream and puts them in to one or more automatically created projects called something like "Mar 2013 Photo Stream". As I understand it, Aperture is copying the photos from Photo Stream to these new projects, so when Photo Stream eventually deletes the photos (say because I reach the 1000 photo limit), the downloaded versions in Aperture won't affected. So far, so good.
Because the new projects in Aperture start with the month name, I have taken to renaming these folders to something like "2013 03 March Photo Stream", and you can then sort them alphabetically. This might be red herring though.
When I open iTunes and connect my iPhone, I have selected to sync photos from all Events in the last 12 months. This should include all the projects that were created in Aperture. This is where I hit the problem. Some of the projects sync just fine. Others do not. When they don't sync, 2 things happen:
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I have tried all sorts of things in Aperture, such as rebuilding the data, deleting the iPod Photo Cache etc.
Does anyone have any idea?
Thanks.

As far as I can tell, my problems have been caused by me renaming the automatic import projects in Aperture. I did notice that Aperture kept creating new empty projects for the same month.
This solution from Jannem1970, posted on this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3585677?start=0&tstart=0, seems to have done the trick for me.
- turn off automatic import for Photo Stream;
- identify 'the ghost'-projectfolders, select and delete them;
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- turn on automatic import for Photo Stream.

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If they were placed on the phone using iTunes sync, the following from iTunes: Syncing photos has instructions on how to remove them. If that doesn't work it is usually because they were added from another computer. Many have reported success by first adding one or two new photos to the phone via iTunes sync using the instructions in the above link and then syncing again using the delete instructions below.
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When i delete photos from 'My Photo Stream' on my Iphone, it deletes it from 'My Photo Stream' on my laptop. Is this correct? The reason i ask is that my understanding of this is that it should all sync 'live'. But, if i delete photos from 'My Photo Stream' on my laptop, it remains in 'My Photo Stream' on my Iphone.
Confusing.
I would prefer it if ''My Photo Stream' on my laptop was static so i have a backup of all photos taken. Is this possible?

See this document: iCloud: How to delete photos from Photo Stream
The reason i ask is that my understanding of this is that it should all sync 'live'. But, if i delete photos from 'My Photo Stream' on my laptop, it remains in 'My Photo Stream' on my Iphone.
Deleting the photos from Photo Stream will delete them from iCloud, if that photo is still in iCloud. The photos will only be in iCloud for a month. So if you delete an older photo from Photo Stream, the change may not be applied to other devices, since they will see no change in iCloud.
Also photos you already saved from the Photo Stream will not be deleted, if you delete a photo from Photo Stream.
I would prefer it if ''My Photo Stream' on my laptop was static so i have a backup of all photos taken. Is this possible?
Set the preferences on your Laptop to automatically download from the PhotoStream. Are you using iPhoto on your Laptop? All photos saved from the Photo Stream to monthly events by automatic download will stay in your iPhoto library, when you delete photos from the Photo stream on your devices.

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Try disabling photo stream on your device (settings > iCloud), restarting your device and then re-enabling photo stream.
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