What's the Point of Photo Stream?

What is the point of having the option to turn on or off the photo stream if it no longer exists?  If it has been replaced by the recent activity feature then why not have the option to turn on or off the recent activity feature?

Photo Stream only handles images and your videos are not uploaded or shared with other devices.
Use iPhoto to import from your device. It can bring in the videos and image files.

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  • What's the difference between "photo stream", 'camera roll' and 'photos' ?

    I can't download the new update because I don't have enough storage. I bought more storage but my camera roll is 6.2 GB. Photo stream is 323 MB. Can someone please explain the difference between photo stream, camera roll, and photos. Thanks.

    Photo Stream is a feature of iCloud;
    http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/photo-stream.html
    The Camera Roll is an album on the iPad with any photos that you transfer from a camera or memory card using the Camera Connection Kit to the iPad or any screen shots that you take with the iPad or any photos that you take with the cameras on an iPad 2, as opposed to any albums that you have synced to the iPad from your computer using the iTunes app. The Camera Roll comes and goes as needed. If you have no photos that would go into the Camera Rol, it disappears, and returns when it is needed.
    iPhoto is an Apple photo app for the Mac computer. It is part of the iLife suite of Mac apps;
    http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/

  • What is the difference between photo stream and camera roll?

    And...what is iPhoto?  Confused by all of the terminology

    Photo Stream is a feature of iCloud;
    http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/photo-stream.html
    The Camera Roll is an album on the iPad with any photos that you transfer from a camera or memory card using the Camera Connection Kit to the iPad or any screen shots that you take with the iPad or any photos that you take with the cameras on an iPad 2, as opposed to any albums that you have synced to the iPad from your computer using the iTunes app. The Camera Roll comes and goes as needed. If you have no photos that would go into the Camera Rol, it disappears, and returns when it is needed.
    iPhoto is an Apple photo app for the Mac computer. It is part of the iLife suite of Mac apps;
    http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/

  • What is the difference between "Photo Stream" and "My Photo Stream"?

    I have to free up space, do I need both Photo Streams?

    With My Photo Stream, when you take a photo on one device, it automatically appears on all of your other devices.
    Photo Stream is simply a storage place for photos associated with your iDevice and is not shared automatically with all your other devices.
    Sorry, but the two links were supposed to be different.

  • HT201317 What's the difference between photo stream and camera roll??And am I doubling the storage I use if a photo is in the camera roll and an album?

    Anyone there that can help me with photos and iCloud storage?

    Thanks.  I remembered to do a search after I created that post, found the above thread you referenced (and others), and then tried to go back and delete my post but wasn't able to.  Is it not possible to delete one's own posts here?

  • Whats the point of Photos if you don't use the cloud?

    I find iPhoto useful as quick reference library for my images. Most of the time I use Lightroom & Photoshop, but iPhoto and Aperture have their uses. Given my experience of the apallingly poor (virtually non-existant) synchronisation using iCloud with Pages, Numbers and Keynote that I have experienced over the past few months despite repeatably checking that I have the latest versions etc. I will NEVER store my images on someone else's servers. To that end, what is the point of Photos?
    I own a number of 2TB & 3TB hard drives which store my images and backup reliably and which I have already paid for. Why would I want to pay Apple to store yet more copies and suffer the inevitable loss of control over retrieving them, which is what I have experienced with Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
    As regards synchronising with all my devices - no thanks. I can easily copy images to my iPad via iTunes. No doubt Apple will remove this option at some point to force us to rent space on the Cloud. When that happens I will abandon Apple totally. You have been warned Apple execs!

    What I don't understand is your comment that you use iPhoto as a quick reference library for your photos? Why would you not use Lightroom for that purpose - a much better photo management tool than iPhoto is.
    As to why you would use Photos - again it would depend on your answer to the above question. The same way you import your photos into iPhoto you can import them into Photos and use it as a "quick reference tool". And you don't have to enable iCloud Photo Library, just keep your photos on your own computer/drives. I don't use iPhoto (my wife did) and I used Aperture and Pixelmator (a Photoshop-lite alternative). I plan on using Photos (and the iCloud Photo Library) to the photos that my wife and I take with our iPhones (and the ones we decide to save from Facebook) mainly. I occasionally will add some photos from Aperture (or Lightroom when I get around to migrating to that from Aperture) that my wife wants access to.

  • What's the point in creating photo albums on the iPad?

    So I took some photos on my iPhone they sync'd to my iPad via photo stream. I then created an album on my iPad and started copying photos from photo stream to the album.. All good.
    Now, that album doesn't seem to sync to my iPhone, or to iPhoto or anywhere. Nothing's happening by iCloud, and nothing is sync'd when I sync with iTunes via Wifi or USB. If I plug in by USB, iPhoto has no knowledge of the Album on the iPad.
    There are no album-level sharing options (e.g. Publish album to iCloud/Facebook or anything).
    So what's the point of creating the album on the iPad?

    If you've taken photos with the iPad, and/or synced photos from your computer, then you may want to create an album with just a selection of those photos so that you can then just show those photos in a slideshow on the iPad e.g. you may have taken 100's of photos with the iPad and just want to show those with your children in.

  • My wifes iphone was too full to record a video so I upgraded her cloud storage to 20g and did mine at same time. Cloud is showing 15g free storage butshe still cannot take any mor photos as "not enough memory" What is the point of paying for the extr

    My wifes iphone was too full to record a video so I upgraded her cloud storage to 20g and did mine at same time. Cloud is showing 15g free storage butshe still cannot take any mor photos as "not enough memory" What is the point of paying for the extr

    Hello Pushtheriver,
    After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help in this situation. It contains a number of troubleshooting steps and helpful advice concerning iCloud storage issues:
    Get help using iCloud storage
    This may also help:
    Understanding iOS device capacity
    You can sync and download many different types of content on your device. Some types of content (such as music and videos) typically take more space than others (such as notes and books). The amount of space taken by an app depends on the app's purpose; complex or graphically intense apps usually take more space than simpler apps.
    If your device is near its capacity, you can remove some of the less used content to make room for more.
    Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
    Cheers,
    BobbyD

  • What's the point of buying 200 gb storage if when I delete a photo from my iphone is cleared on all devices, I want the photos I take remain stored in the cloud and to make room on my iphone

    what's the point of buying 200 gb storage if when I delete a photo from my iphone is cleared on all devices, I want the photos I take remain stored in the cloud and to make room on my iphone

    Yes...I do not get it

  • ICloud storage, what is the point?

    Okay, I simply want to store my photos from my phone to iCloud, instead of my phone. Is this even possible? If not, what is the point for the iCloud storage I'm annually paying for?

    iCloud- Photo Stream FAQ
    iCloud- Photo Stream limits
    iCloud- How to delete photos from your Photo Stream
    Yes, you can delete photos that are physically on the phone. All your pictures would be in the cloud. All you would need is access to the Internet for them to be available.
    You would need iPhoto to keep all your pictures.

  • AirPlay: forgive me but what's the point?

    In our place we have a first generation Apple TV, a few Macs, a couple iPhones, and an iPad. We use our iMac to stream and sync content to Apple TV. Anything we put on our iPad/iPhones content-wise almost always comes from our iMac where everything is stored.
    I'm wondering, what's the point of AirPlay in this scenario? I mean, why would I ever want or need to stream to Apple TV from an iPad or iPhone when all my stuff is stored on my iMac anyway? I'm having a hard time understanding the point of AirPlay, unless it's all about streaming content to OTHER people's Apple TVs when you are away from home... but I don't know if this is even possible.

    disconnekt wrote:
    In our place we have a first generation Apple TV, a few Macs, a couple iPhones, and an iPad. We use our iMac to stream and sync content to Apple TV. Anything we put on our iPad/iPhones content-wise almost always comes from our iMac where everything is stored.
    I'm wondering, what's the point of AirPlay in this scenario? I mean, why would I ever want or need to stream to Apple TV from an iPad or iPhone when all my stuff is stored on my iMac anyway? I'm having a hard time understanding the point of AirPlay, unless it's all about streaming content to OTHER people's Apple TVs when you are away from home... but I don't know if this is even possible.
    Well, if absolutely all the photo/video content on your iPhones already exists in iTunes on your imac, then there is no point to Airplay for you.
    Myself, I'll be using it to Airplay photos to my big-screen TV from my iPhone 4. I only synch my phone to iTunes maybe once ever 3-4 weeks, so it will be great to snap a photo of my 7-month old son and instantly stream it straight to my TV, without having to plug my phone into my computer, import the photos into iPhoto, and then navigate to the homeshared photo event on my apple tv. Just one button (airplay) on the photo in your iPhone photos app, and it's on the TV. I already tested this and it's great.
    And yes, if you ever bring your iphone over to someone else's house and want to show some pics that are on your phone, you can easily do that. Any iOS device will stream to any Airplay device (like ATV) as long as the two devices are on the same wi-fi network. It is possible to setup a password on your apple tv (2nd gen) so that someone with an iOS device must enter the password before being permitted to airplay content to the ATV, but if you don't enable that password then it is a one-touch process to stream your photos.
    That said, one feature I thought Airplay would enable, which it apparently doesn't, is the ability to stream the videos in your iPhone's "Photos" app to the ATV. You can airplay the still photos to show a slide show, no problem. But there is simply no airplay button on the videos in your photos app. This is disappointing since I was looking forward to being able to shoot a short video and then instantly stream it to my ATV to show off to my wife or visitors. Apparently, this feature is not enabled.

  • How can I share iphotos with others on the web using photo stream?

    The apple instructions for iPhoto 11 says:
    It’s easy to create a photo stream to share your photos. You can also view the photos you’ve already shared.
    To create a shared photo stream:
    Select the photos you want to share.
    In the toolbar, click the Share button, choose Photo Stream from the pop-up menu, and then click New Photo Stream.The New Shared Photo Stream dialog appears.
    In the To field, type the email addresses for your invitees.To enable your invitees to access the shared photo stream from an iOS device, you must provide the email addresses associated with their iCloud accounts.
    In the Name field, type a name for the photo stream.
    etc
    All I get is that photo is already shared, or no dialogues at all
    I certainly never get a chance to choose a "New Photo Stream" oenter an email address
    WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?

    What version of iPhoto?
    Directions for setting up diferent devices including minimum software versions required fore different features like Shared PhotoStreams are heree - http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/
    LN

  • What is the POINT of the Creative Cloud App?

    This is a bug report and a rant:
    Every time the CC app updates, one or more of my Installed Apps disappear from it. With the last update, all but two disappeared.
    The apps themselves (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Muse, etc.)are all still there on my system, and run fine, they are just gone from the CC app.
    So my question is not facetious - WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE CC APP?
    Do we need it?
    Do we want it?
    Please - don't sing me the "uninstall and reinstall" song, I've done it over and over and it won't play.
    Fix it or lose it!
    Thanks

    If you have very good lighting, the 0.7 MP camera takes acceptable photos.  Light is all you can do.

  • What's the point of movie creator?

    What is the point of movie creator if I can't edit or create my own movie? All it does is select it's genre (weekly,monthly,yearly ect) and compose it's own movie. To me it's a useless app either that or I'm a simpleton and haven't explored it enough to figure it out properly.

    @Antman87 I felt exactly the same after I got my Z3 Compact.... but soon after, in February, I made a trip to the beach with my wife, son and his godfather, and after I took many pictures and videos for the day (including pool pictures, timeshift videos, etc) the app created an incredible mix with awesome music and almost perfect selection of my media... I was shock, so I fiddled with the app a little bit more and replace a couple of pics with others better related and the results were simply great...
    After that I realize that the app has encouraged me to share those moments with friends and family (I upload them to facebook) since it is extremely simple to use and at the same time the videos are short (around 30 secs) so you will not bore everyone with 5 minutes clips...
    On the other hand I do wish it included better editing tools or at least integrated the ones found on the device (photo/movie editor from Album) so we could have more control of what and how it's being displayed...
    Anyway I will not post publically my family videos, but I recently made one of me parasailing with my Z3 Compact tied to my wrist! and that one I uploaded to YouTube... Take a look... Parasailing with my Xperia Z3 Compact
    Here are a couple of screenshots from the original video...
    I love Movie Creator... hopefully it keeps getting better

  • What's the point of redo logs?

    Why does Oracle bother writing everything to redo logs? If it's going to write data changes to the disk, why not just write them once to the data files and be done with it? What's the point of doing it twice? And if it's a redundancy thing, why not mirror the data disks?

    Hemant K Chitale wrote:
    How would you backup a database while it is in use ? You can't lock all the datafiles to prevent writes to them. Yet, transactions may be updating different blocks in different datafiles even as the backup is in progress. Say your backup starts with datafile 1 (or even datafiles 1,2,3,4 in parallel) at time t0. By time t5, it has copied 20% of the datafile to tape or alternate disk backup location. Along comes a transaction that updates the 100th block (somewhere within the 10-11% range) of datafile 1 and also the 60th block of datafile 5. Meanwhile, the backup continues running, already having taken a prior image of the 100th block and not being aware that the block has been changed. At time t25 it completes datafile 1 (or datafiles 1,2,3,4) and starts backing up datafile 5. Now, when it copies the 60th block of datafile 5, it (the backup utility) doesn't know that this block is inconsistent with the backup image of the 100th block of datafile 1.
    Instead of 1 transaction imagine 100 or 1000 transactions occurring while the backup is running.
    Surely, Oracle must be able to regenerate a consistent image of the whole database when it is restored ?
    That is what the Redo stream provides. The Redo stream is written to Archivelogs so that it can be backed up -- no Archivelog file is "in flux" (particularly if you use RMAN to backup the Archivelogs as well !).
    Had Oracle been merely writing to the datafiles alone, without a Redo stream, there is no way it could recreate a consistent database -- whether after Crash Recovery OR after Media Recovery.Interesting point about how redo logs facilitate backups. So what you're saying is that the redo logs help keep the data in the actual data files in a consistent state by only writing full transactions to them at a time. Presumably Oracle will either write out the redo log data to the data files before a backup or will at least prevent the redo logs from writing to the data files during a backup. I always wondered how databases got around that problem of keeping the system available for writing during a backup. I wonder how SQL Server does it.
    Hemant K Chitale wrote:
    Now, approach this from another angle. A database consists of 10 or 100 or 500 datafiles. You have 10 or 100 or 1000 sessions issuing COMMITs to complete their transactions, which could be of 1 row or 100 rows or 1million rows, each transaction of a different size. Should the 1000 sessions be forced to wait while Oracle writes all those updated blocks to disk in different datafiles -- how many blocks can it write in "an instant" ?
    But what if Oracle manages to write much less information -- the bare minimum (called "change vectors") to re-play every transaction to a single file serially ? That would be much faster. Imagine writing to 500 datafiles concurrently, having to open the file, progess to the required block address and update the block, for each block changed in each file VERSUS writing much lesser information serially to a single file -- if the file is full, switch to another file, but keep writing serially.As to your second point, I don't really have a good enough understanding about the format of redo logs vs. the data files to follow you totally. Are you saying that it takes more time to write to the data files because you have to find the proper place in the B-Tree before you can write to it? And that doing that is slower than just opening the redo log and always appending new information to the very end? Maybe so, but it seems like all transactions having to write to a single redo log in serial would slow things down since there would be a ton of contention for one file. Whereas with the data files, you could potentially have several transactions writing to different files simultaneously (provided you hardware would support doing that). And it seems to me like a change vector would contain a lot more information than a field value, but, like I said, I'm not really familiar with the format.

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