Where is my last year of Photo Stream?

Hi guys,
I hope you can help. My MacBook recently decided to implode on itself and the hard drive became impossible to get into. I even went to the extent of taking it out of the MacBook and using it as an external hard drive in another Mac, but to no joy. I had no choice but to wipe it completely and start again with Yosemite.
I'm now running my MacBook Late 2008 with Yosemite 10.10.1.
I'm using iPhoto version 9.6 and am trying to get my last year of Photo Stream back onto my laptop.
Is there a way of doing this, or are my efforts in vain?
Thanks in advance!
tash x

But I could see them, edit them and send them from iPhoto. They must be somewhere?
You have seen the photos, that your Mac downloaded from Photo stream. You can only edit photos, that have been imported to your Photo Library. If you try to edit a photo directly in Photo Stream you will see a warning:
My Photo Stream is not a permanent storage in iCloud, it is a temporary buffer. New photos are streamed to iCloud and your devices have one month time to download and save the photos locally. After that, the photos will be removed from iCloud to make space for new photos.
iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ

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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.
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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?
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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.
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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??
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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?
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> 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?
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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!
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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.
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> OK. so i guess i can delete images that accidentally got added to the Photostream by deleting them in Photostream in the Computer App?
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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:
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