Choose existing photo to photostream

[antonislap]

Hi,
Does anybody knows if its possible to choose an existing photo to photostream?

Thanks

 

[Tex-Twil]

same question. I've just enabled it and i would like some existing photos to be uploaded to icloud.

 

[roblawton]

There isn't a way to do this I'm afraid.

Photo Stream only adds photos from your Camera Roll, so other than taking a screenshot of an existing photo there isn't a way.

Remember though, Photo Stream only keeps photos for 30 days or up to 1000 photos.

So after a while, whatever you wanted to manually go there, would disappear again.

Think of Photo Stream as a backup until you get to a computer to then arrange your photos into albums and folders.

 

[Tex-Twil]

There isn't a way to do this I'm afraid.

Photo Stream only adds photos from your Camera Roll, so other than taking a screenshot of an existing photo there isn't a way.

Remember though, Photo Stream only keeps photos for 30 days or up to 1000 photos.

So after a while, whatever you wanted to manually go there, would disappear again.

Think of Photo Stream as a backup until you get to a computer to then arrange your photos into albums and folders.

ok I wanted to use as a quick way to copy a photo to my mac. Sometimes I just dont have the cable next to me and I just want one photo. Usually I then just send the photo via mail

thanks

 

[Ashwood11]

ok I wanted to use as a quick way to copy a photo to my mac. Sometimes I just dont have the cable next to me and I just want one photo. Usually I then just send the photo via mail

thanks

You can email a photo from any album. Even multiple photos.

 

[roblawton]

ok I wanted to use as a quick way to copy a photo to my mac. Sometimes I just dont have the cable next to me and I just want one photo. Usually I then just send the photo via mail

thanks

If it's a photo you've just taken, that should go to Photo Stream no problem. For me, I've got iPhoto updating so as soon as I take a photo on the iPhone, it's in iPhoto on my mac!

If you want to do a photo from another folder, as you said you could email it. Or use a service like Dropbox which lets you upload a photo from your iPhone and it uploads to your computer... Probably just as quick to email it though!

 

[Tex-Twil]

If it's a photo you've just taken, that should go to Photo Stream no problem. For me, I've got iPhoto updating so as soon as I take a photo on the iPhone, it's in iPhoto on my mac!

If you want to do a photo from another folder, as you said you could email it. Or use a service like Dropbox which lets you upload a photo from your iPhone and it uploads to your computer... Probably just as quick to email it though!

ok

cheers

 

[lordofthereef]

Photostream has such ridiculous limitations, I feel the idea is great but it's more or less half baked. We should be able to, at the very least, choose what we want on photostream. Hopefully this changes...

 

[roblawton]

Or even if there was a secondary Photo Stream to share/save.

It's worse when every photo you take syncs to your Apple TV as your screen saver.

If you think of Photo Stream as JUST a backup until you are able to organise your photos yourself, then it's a pretty handy addition to the service!