Photostream

I keep getting the message Photostream exe. is not working whenever I open Icloud on  my pc

Try uninstalling the iCloud control panel for Windows (listed as "iCloud" on the uninstall programs list), then reinstall the latest version from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1455.

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    My 5th gen iPod touh was stolen a month ago.  I immediately removed that device from my account and yet today I looked at my photostream and there are tons of pics of these people on my photostream.  How do I get this to stop?!?

    Change your iCloud ID password: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5624.  After doing so, go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, then sign back in with the new password.

  • We have multiple devices in our family.  On each iPad/iPhone each user has their own apple id for iMessage, Facetime and icloud, but we all sign in to the same apple id for itunes.  When one of my kids comments on my shared photostream, it shows my name??

    We have multiple devices in our family.  On each iPad/iPhone each user has their own apple id for iMessage, Facetime and icloud, but we all sign in to the same apple id for itunes.  When one of my kids comments on my shared photostream, it shows my name and not theirs as the commenter.  How do I fix that?

    CREATE A NEW USER
    Go to System Preferences --> Create a New User in Users & Groups
    Decide on whether to setup as Admin or Standard User.
    Switch to the New User by logging out under the Apple in the Menu Bar or use Fast User Switching
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  • How can i use one iCloud Photostream on 2 devices?

    Due to a bug (or feature) on iOS 8 i can't use the same icloud id on 2 iphones:
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6536998
    So how can i use ONE iCloud Photostream then on 2 devices?
    Also, on OSX i can define only one Photostream.
    So, how do you import pictures from 2 streams into iPhoto?
    Familyshare is not usefull as the pictures are not in Original-Filesize!

    Hi ..
    Yes. " iPhone 6 or 6 Plus.  iPad Air 2  or  iPad mini 3"
    Set up and use Apple Pay

  • How to get Photostream from 'business' iPhone to 'family' iCloud-account

    Has anyone found a solution for this yet ?
    There must be numerous pleople having this same problem :
    I have a (in my opinon rather standard) setup in which I have a private iCloud-account on my 'business devices' (iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro) and I have a shared iCloud-account on our 'family' Mac.
    Now I would like to arrange things the way that's most logical to me :
    I want my business devices to sync the more 'business-like' iCloud services :
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    Contacts
    Calendars
    (Bookmarks is less important)
    Documents & Data
    Back to My Mac
    Find My Mac
    iTunes Store
    Mac App Store
    But I want my business devices to Photostream to our 'family' Mac's, since that's the device where our (only complete) iPhoto-library is on...
    Now there seems to be no way to do so since :
    - iCloud automatically uses the same iCloud-account for Photostream, Documents & Data, Back to My Mac and Find My Mac (only for Mail, Contacts, Calendars, iTunes and Mac App Store it is optional to use a different iCloud-account)
    - setting up my business iCloud-account as the secondary iCloud-account on all my business devices would be completely un-logical and would not allow me to keep (especially) my Documents & Data 'business' ; they will be visible on our 'family' Mac, which is completely off bounds for my employer and my clients...
    Has anyone found a solution to this ?
    (or will this be solved in OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion maybe ?)
    options I have thought about, but I couldn't get working yet :
    - running a second installation of iPhoto on our 'family' Mac
    - running both iPhoto and Aperture on our 'family' Mac
    - getting the Photostream from my 'business' iCloud.com into our 'family' Mac by subscribing to the URL
    - setting up one-and-the-same Eye-Fi account on my 'business' iPhone & iPad and on our 'family' Mac
    - searching for a 3rd-party Mac-app that can read and/or import the 'business' Photostream info our 'family' iPhoto
    - something involving Photoshop Elements 10 Organiser...
    Any help would be helpful.
    Thanks !

    Thank you for your reply Winston.
    very interesting info, too bad however that Dropbox doesn't do auto-import into iPhoto...
    I might have figured out a way to do this using Eye-Fi (free account, free iOS-app & free Mac-app ; by SanDisk) :
    Eye-Fi seems to do auto-upload from iPhone/iPad, auto-transfer to a Mac (over WiFi, and if needed even over 3G it seems), and auto-import into iPhoto...
    ...it can even handle video upload (which iCloud Photostream can't) 
    and it has 'free temporary online viewing' with Eye-Fi View (which is kind-of like MobileMe Gallery...)
    (and some payed extensions that are less interesting in my opinion)
    ...I'm testing right now if Eye-Fi works for me.
    (Maybe I still need to combine it with Dropbox's auto-upload though...)
    Thanks !
    Note : Eye-Fi even has an option to upload to MobileMe... too bad MobileMe is no longer available... hopefully there will be integration with iCloud in the near future...

  • Multiple apple IDs with one PC... can we have separate PhotoStream folders/locations?

    There are six iphone users in our household.  Four are still using the family PC.  I have been using PhotoStream ever since it became available (ios5 update?) and I like using it.  Can my children also use PhotoStream from their iphones without mixing all of our photos together on the PC?  They each have their own Apple ID.

    Hello Robyn,
    Thank you for providing the details of your predicament.  Your household may benefit from having multiple user accounts on the PC to individually manage your photos and media. 
    I recommend reviewing the section titled "Create multiple user accounts" in the following article:
    How to use multiple iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices with one computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    Best,
    Sheila M.

  • I can no longer get Photostream to work.

    I read somewhere that the only way to delete photos from photostream  was to turn it off, so I did.  I turned it off in the iCloud settings, then when the set up Photostream screen came up in iPhoto, I said "No Thanks."  Is there anything I can do to get it back?  Help!

    Never mind.  I just figured it out.  If you can't tell, I'm new to Mac.

  • How would an Apple fan keep unwanted images out of Photostream in IOS 8?

    So Apple decides that people don't need an uncluttered thumbnail view of all photos stored in their iPhone in IOS 8. And the UI geniuses also decide that the concept of cloud (aka "server side" in 90's terms) storage and local storage is just too much for the average iPhone user to grasp.
    The UI design choices that sprung from this mindset have reduced usability, efficiency, but more importantly the family friendly reputation that Apple trades on in nearly all of their marketing material.
    Finding images (particularly when you have thousands) in the Years/Collections/Moments(Maps too!) paradigm is ridiculously inefficient compared to a scrolling screen with rows upon rows of thumbnails touching each other in chronological order. Of course we can quibble about whether the chronology should be based on file creation dates or EXIF metadata but those are decisions that we don't get in the IOS world (yes, another complaint). My main point here is that they had no reason to get rid of Camera Roll. Why can't it exist alongside the YCMM world of dates/locations and useless search tools? Let's face it, the new Recently Added Album is just a silly smart folder as are all the other albums. Why can't I change the 30 day date range to one of my choosing? Or why can't I add what Apple would call a Smart Album into my Albums just as I can add Cro-Mag dumb albums that need constant updating? This would bring back that good old Camera Roll functionality so people not confused by cloud vs local and like to keep track of their original image files could be happy. And the people that need Simple would be happy too.
    But back to my original query. I use my iPhone for many purposes including work. I also take iPhone screenshots for work. I also take a lot of pictures and not all of those images should be in my family and sharing oriented personal Photostream. After all Apple, you sold me an Apple TV which I can fire up and share my recent life experiences with others. Why the heck would I want product photography, conference room whiteboard pics, iPhone wallpaper, and all the different images that are not the "selects" but that I want to archive using Lightroom or iPhoto anyway showing up IN MY FAMILY SLIDESHOWS? One of the benefits of digital imaging is the cheap cost of creating and storing many images. I use my iPhone often as I would a DSLR and I frequently shoot many images that are very similar, sometimes using burst mode in the phone. Why would you force me to completely delete images that are not "favorites/selects" just so I can maintain a decent slideshow via Photostream? Why do you not want me to have pleasing wallpaper downloaded via the sundry App Store wallpaper apps? Any new wallpaper I add will now be in the Photostream. Yes, family dinner with the Apple TV slideshow showing images of cars, puppies, clouds, and abstract patterns interspersed with the trip to the pool last weekend sure makes for some great viewing!
    This is because you also killed the Photostream album view and I can no longer delete unwanted Photostream images unless I also want to completely delete the image local to the iPhone. If you go to the YCMM (Years/Collections/Moments/Maps) Photo tab there is no way to treat the local image separately from the cloud based Photostream image. This is absurd. You can't pitch Photostream as a lifestyle feature since you now prevent editing and curating this very audience specific collection of images. It's as if you forgot that a huge number of iPhone users are creative professionals! And we use our iPhones for professional purposes as well as personal.
    Not to mention that this design choice HUGELY increases the probability of "inappropriate" photos being uploaded to the cloud and lost control over through hacking or just user misunderstanding of how iCloud and Photostream works. Amazing that Apple would do this considering the recent scandal.
    So now I'll answer my own original question with a lame "workaround" answer. And yes, it involves a lot more work as opposed to the couple of touches that I used frequently in IOS 7 and earlier to curate my Photostream right on my iPhone: You have to have another IOS device (pre IOS 8) and delete the images from Photostream from there. Or use iPhoto to do the same. So add yet another task to your Reminders app that is now much more of a hassle.
    Apple, for the love of Pete, please don't take away control over my source image files and my ability to create collections of images for different purposes.
    Thanks.

    Excellently well put and accurate. The answer of course is that Apple want us to rent vast lumps of storage from them. Your point about appropriate images is well made. It's not just **** either but maybe legitimate images that you don't want shared out in the world, such as your wife and daughters caught on camera whilst sunbathing topless in the security of a private villa on holiday. That could prove embarrassing to them if they found their way out into the public domain, easily done by accident from a phone. The fact is that Apple have decided for pure commercial gain to take control of our means of controlling and storing our images. I shoot mainly portraits of my extended family and Landscapes. I don't want to share my images across mobiles etc, I want to sell them or give them to family members myself . Apple you are losing the plot here and alienating your core supporters.

  • Lost photos after ios 8 update and cant get photostream

    Just updated iphone 5 from ios7 to 8 and now cant access all the photos which were on my photostream ?
    The albums still appear in my phone which i created but there are no photos and none of them have backed up onto my computer.
    Lost some really important photos so does anyone know how i can find them ?
    Thanks

    Get help finding your Photos in iOS 8
    If you didn't backup or at the very least import your pics how you do expect to restore them back?

  • Photostream photos lost after IOS 8 update

    Hello,
    I was wondering if anyone could please help me... every since updating to IOS 8 recently, I can't seem to find my photos that were in my photostream.
    Can anyone recommend a good photo recovery software or advice on how to retrieve lost photostream photos?
    Thanks!

    Get help finding your Photos in iOS 8
    If you didn't backup or at the very least import your pics how you do expect to restore them back?

  • Iphone 6 videos can't be viewed on ipad photostream

    I have an iPhone 6 running iOS8.1.2. I have an iPad4 running iOS8.1.3. I extracted my iPhone 6 video to my PC and tried to sync it into iPad4. However I can't seem to find the video in the iPad 4 photostream. Do anyone have a similar problem?

    Thanks. did some further experimenting. I tried to downconvert my iPhone 6 video from 1080p (1920 by 1080) video to 720p (mov) before I sync it with Itunes to iPad. It worked. I can see the 720p video in photos.
    2nd experiment: i tried to convert 1080p video from native mov format to 1080p DivX mp4 format. Similarly, this also could not be seen in iPad.
    I came to the strange conclusion that iPad4 can't show 1080p videos?? sounds very strange...
    Any help is appreciated pls. This is driving me crazy.

  • How can I move some files (but not all) in the photostream folder on my PC to another folder on the PC?

    I have photostream set up on my PC and all photos in both mine and shared photostreams are successfully being synced to my PC automatically. However, my goal is to navigate to the photostreams on my PC and be able to move them and edit the photos with other software I have. I'd like to move more one at a time as I have 100's. This would help me better sort them as well as free up some much needed space on my iCloud account as I don't need all these photos available at all times, but also don't want to lose them. Is there a way that I can do this? I really appreciate any help I can get.

    Your my photo stream folder should operate the same way other folders do.  First go to the iCloud control panel for Windows and click Options next to Photo Stream.  Here, note you photo steam location (listed at the bottom).  Navigate to the photo stream folder at that location, then open the my photo stream folder inside.  Right-click on the my photo stream folder, select copy, navigate to a location of your choice, then right-click and select paste.  Click on the copied folder, press your F2 key and rename it something like Photo Stream Backup.  Then you should be all set.

  • Why are photostream photos on phone not going into photostream folder on PC?

    I have an Iphone 4s. I am a new user.  I have 518 photos in my photostream (PS) according to my phone. I have chosen the appropriate settings - like my photostream is on under the iCloud setting and wifi automatically connects when it's in range.  Also under iCloud settings and Storage & Backup, iCloud Backup is on and I told it to backup (with it plugged in and locked as instructed). I installed the iCloud control panel on my PC-Windows Vista this evening for the first time.  Now there are about 35 photos in my PC's photostream folder.  I did the iCloud back up on my phone again.  Same 35 photos in the PC's folder.  Why aren't all 518 photos in the folder?  Should there be a delay?  Should I leave my phone on, my PC on, and the wifi connected all night to see what happens?  I don't get it!

    I just noticed the post has me down as running windows 7. I have a iMac running mountain lion.

  • How to Automatically Backup Photos to Windows PC HDD from Photostream

    I have iCloud and Photo Stream up and running on my Windows 8 PC.  I want to save space on my iPhone and iPad SSDs and backup photos from my PhotoStream to my Windows PCs hard drive for archiving and then delete the photos from my camera roll on iPhone & iPad.  Apple states that it automatically imports every PhotoStream photo to your PC if you have it set up.  I have found a ton of confusion about this issue searching the forum and Google about this issue and do not know what to believe.  Apple states that it automatically backs up photos to a PC HDD here: http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/photo-stream.html under the Master Photo Library section.
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    2) If they are not saved there permently, are they saved permenatly somewhere else?
    3) If this is just how the Photostream works, then how can I have these photos automatically backed up to my Windows PC hard drive so I can delete them from my iOS devices.  If this is not included in the Photostream on PC service, what other software can I use to do this automatically once a picture is on PhotoStream?  Am I reading the apple.com/icloud web site incorrectly?
    HELP!  lol Thanks in advance!

    The 30 day limit is how long they remain in iCloud, not on your devices.  After 30 days, photo stream photos are removed from iCloud and are no longer available to download to any new device connecting to your photo stream.
    A rolling collection of up to 1000 photos will stay on your iOS devices until your delete them.  When you delete them from photo stream on any of your devices, they are deleted everywhere.  If you plan to do this, copy the photos from your photo stream folder on your computer to another location first.
    Apple's documentation is a bit unclear about whether or not the 1000 photo limit applies to a PC (they can be set to automatically import to an iPhoto library on a Mac where they are not deleted).*  As you device approaches 1000 photos, you might want to take some test photos to cross this limit to see if the earliest photos are deleted from your computer.
    *From (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4486):
    "Since your Mac and PC have more storage than your iOS devices, you can choose to have all of your My Photo Stream photos automatically downloaded. In iPhoto or Aperture preferences on your Mac, be sure 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. On your PC with Photo Stream enabled in the Control Panel, all of your photos will be imported into C:\Users\<user name>\Pictures\Photo Stream\My Photo Stream."

  • Photostream overly complicated, can't save photos to Camera Roll

    For those of us who like to manage our photos manually, why is it so overly complicated to manage images between Photostream and Camera Roll?
    First, I just want to save photos from my old iPhone, which I added to from iPhoto to my Photostream because it seemed to be the only way, to my Camera Roll. This is not possible though. When I go to Photostream and select photos then select "Add To" it shows Camera Roll but it does not allow me to select Camera Roll and add them. The only option I can select is to create a new album within Photostream. If I just select an image in Photostream and then hit the share button, it also does not give me a save to Camera Roll option.
    I only want to use the Camera Roll, yet even with Photostream turned off, photos I take on my iPhone still show up in the Photostream.
    I just don't understand why this is so complicated. I've seen forum discussions that say it's easy to save Photostream photos to Camera Roll, but I've tried every way mentioned but it never gives me the option of saving to Camera Roll.
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    Create an album for your old photos.  Connect your phone to iTunes on your computer. On the phone's summary page tap the Photos tab. Check the Sync photos from checkbox. Click the button next to the checkbox.  Navigate to the folder on your computer where the pictures are located.  Add them to your album.
    Doing this in reverse is the only way to get these pictures back off your phone.
    I agree iCloud / Photostream for photos is way to complicated and useless, but it is locked down to keep people from trying to use it to share commercial videos and music via the shared photostream. At least that is my guess.

  • Photostream adding photos to camera roll...

    I have a single photostream (one iCloud account) set up on 4 devices - iMac (running Aperture 3.3), two iPhone 4S's, and an iPad 2.  In order to share photos over all devices, I used my wife's iCloud account to connect all the devices to one Photostream. It is working perfectly...except...
    When a new photo is added to any device and the Photostream folders in Aperture on my iMac, it shows up in the Photostream album all the devices just as intended...except for my wife's iPhone, where they show up in the "camera roll" album, her Photostream folder is empty (always).  If my wife takes a photo, it shows up in her camera roll, makes it to all the other devices via photostream, but never makes it to the photostream on her phone...it's as if the camera roll photo album is a surrogate for the photostream album on her phone.
    The obvious issue is that the photos that are loading up in her "camera roll" are then backed up via the iCloud in lieu of the Photostream (which doesn't count against your total iCloud memory if I understand it correctly) and is using up our iCloud memory extremely fast - previoulsy we never used more than 6-7GB...now, since setting up photostream, we are at 24.5GB on a 25GB account and getting space warnings. 
    As a result, we've had to turn off photostream for the time being, or, i suppose we could buy ungodly amounts of iCloud memory to compensate for this (we are the proud parents of a photogenic toddler - arent they all?? - and take a lot of photos), I can't help but feel this should be working better...any thoughts of what might be happening?  I'm sure I am missing something simple...but what is it?
    FYI - I have restored her iPhone, reset the photostream, deleted the photos in her camera roll...all to no avail...As I noted, all the other devices seem to be behaving as expected.

    From this article:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486
    iOS devices: New photos you take are automatically uploaded to your photo stream when you leave the Camera app and are connected to Wi-Fi. My Photo Stream does not push photos over cellular connections.

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