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Apple's 'My Photo Stream' Service Shutting Down in July 2023
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My photos are organised on my pc in various folders for each venue/event etc. when iTunes syncs them over they appear as separate albums in the photos app. Would that still be the case using icloud photos or would they all just be bunched together?
This is bad. I tried to shut down my PhotoStream and move my Photo Library to the iCloud service (my photo library is large since it started with iPhoto many years ago). However, iCloud said my family account will run out of room (I currently have 2TB of storage that I share with my family). I see I have to upgrade my family account to AppleOne with iCloud+ (Premium iCloud Plan) for $32.95. Once upgraded, I can upgrade to 4TB of iCloud storage. However, I don't see any pricing (before I make this move)? So it will be $32.95 + ?(4TB storage)
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I alway let PhotoStream auto sync my photos from iPhone to Mac. And then my Mac has auto Time Machine backup.
So now, I can’t do that anymore. I never purchase any iCloud storage. And obviously, turn on iCloud photo isn’t an option for me.
I have to do the backup by myself manually. Or pay Apple iCloud subscription fee. It’s a “going backward” for me.
So now, I can’t do that anymore. I never purchase any iCloud storage. And obviously, turn on iCloud photo isn’t an option for me.
I have to do the backup by myself manually. Or pay Apple iCloud subscription fee. It’s a “going backward” for me.
This was expected. I have already prepared a while ago for this. Got myself a nas and it backups all my photos from my phone. It has a nice photo app that backups in the background. And a cloud solution for files. Alltough i use android at the time. Apps are available for both android and iOS. If AppleOne price gets too high I can always cancel. Have done so with half of my streaming services.
Very, very unhappy to hear this. Was useful being able to upload to one Mac and have the picture on all my others.
Is there a 3rd party app that can duplicate photo stream??
Apple's "My Photo Stream" service is set to shut down on July 26, 2023, which means customers who are still using that feature will need to transition to using iCloud Photos prior to that date.
My Photo Stream is a free service that uploads the last 30 days of images (up to 1,000) to iCloud, making them accessible on the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. It predates iCloud Photos and has largely been replaced by the iCloud Photos service at this point.
Going forward, Apple plans to have all customers use iCloud Photos instead of My Photo Stream. New photo uploads to My Photo Stream will stop on June 26, 2023, and images will remain in iCloud as usual for 30 days until the shutdown point.
Because all of the images in My Photo Stream are stored in their original format on at least one Apple device, there isn't a danger of photos being lost as part of the shutdown process. Apple recommends that users who want to have their images on a particular device save them to the Photo Library on that device prior to July 26.
Images in My Photo Stream can be saved to the Photos app on the iPhone by opening up Photos, going to the My Photo Stream album, selecting individual photos, and using the Share button to save them to the Library. The process is the same on the Mac, but you will need to drag images from My Photo Stream to the Library.
Apple suggests that iPhone, iPad, and Mac users turn on iCloud Photos to view their photos and videos across their devices. iCloud Photos is available on iPhones and iPads running iOS 8.3 or later and Macs running OS X Yosemite or later.
Article Link: Apple's 'My Photo Stream' Service Shutting Down in July 202
You are right but not even 2TB is enough, right now you can have up to 4TB with Apple One and having 2TB of iCloud storage.
I have sent multiple emails to Apple so that they upgrade the iCloud storage, I don't care paying more but right now my 4TB of iCloud storage is full.
I could delete a lot of photos and videos but what is the reason to use that service if you can't have them.
Google One offers you up to 30TB but the issue is that live photos don't work very well.
So does this mean taking a photo on your iPhone or saving a photo on your iPhone won't automatically transfer it to your iPhotos on the Mac? are you 🤬 kidding me? So do we have to manually connect our iPhone to the Mac and import it?
It was an iCloud service that synced photos from your iPhone/iPad to your other devices. The benefit was that it didn't use your iCloud storage.
Seemed like a very useful feature for syncing your photos between devices. Too bad it is going away.
How is it useless? It’s an easy and convenient way to have the photo you just shot appear on your Mac. It can’t get any easier than that.
of course it can get easier: iCloud Photo library. zero maintenance.
meanwhile, photostream requires you to pull photos out of photostream if you want to save it permanently. otherwise it expires after 30 days.
plus editing your photostream doesn't get synced either. meanwhile iCloud Photo library syncs your edits. it literally can get better with iCloud Photo Library.
and photo stream doesn't even work with video.
How can it not count? It takes up space on the server. I guess Apple could push the cost off to people buying hardware but someone has to pay for it.
Without using iCloud, I actually don't get why we still have to connect the phone via USB to the computer to transfer photos and videos over. Even without iCloud, it can sync music automatically when on local WiFi, why can't it also sync photos? Or at least initiate an automatic AirDrop in the background each time your phone is near your computer. That's all that's needed.
Source?? Not true, BTW: I have the 2TB iCloud (Premium iCloud Plan) for $32.95 GB, and after spending 6 hours on the phone with various people at Apple Care I was told I could not get an additional 2TB from iCloud+ for a total of 4TB storage. They said it had been true at one point, but it was no longer the case.
All true, and I stopped using Photostream when iCloud Photos started.....BUT, and this is the only real complaint, iCloud Photos is not free, like Photostream is.
It should be equal to the amount of storage on each iDevice/Mac purchased. Combined. And back up OTA automatically. THAT is the seamless Apple experience we all used to expect, and received, when TimeMachine and Airport/TimeCapsule were around.
Why do you think Apple discontinued them? No BS "Cloud" needed. Subscription model was LOL.
Do you not see how they've warped people's perceptions of what is normal?
ok, that's a fair point. never thought about that
ETA: however, iCloud storage equal to the SSD capacity of the device should be priced into their long term costs model. That, or bring back seamless backup of all devices to a home NAS.
Synology is the next best solution to the old TimeCapsule, and it's comparatively garbage.
ETA2: just remembered that Google discontinues and deletes accounts thst haven't been accessed in 6 months, with 30 days warning. So there's the simple solution to your posited scenario. It's a cash grab from Apple, plain and simple, as we're all accustomed to by the new Apple.
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