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icing

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Nov 24, 2009
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Hi y'all,

I'm playing around with beta 3 on a secondary device, and I was just wondering, if it is safe to turn on iCloud Photos as opposed to Photostream?

I sometimes take photos with this device, and right now they automatically get imported into iPhoto (via Photostream). Does anyone know if this will continue to work?

Photos in the Cloud is my favorite feature for iOS 8. It's going to change my workflow completely (for the better).
 
icing said:
Hi y'all,

I'm playing around with beta 3 on a secondary device, and I was just wondering, if it is safe to turn on iCloud Photos as opposed to Photostream?

I sometimes take photos with this device, and right now they automatically get imported into iPhoto (via Photostream). Does anyone know if this will continue to work?

Photos in the Cloud is my favorite feature for iOS 8. It's going to change my workflow completely (for the better).
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iCloud photo library will not work with iPhoto on the mac. There is a new photo app for the mac coming out next year that will work with this feature.
 
Stuke00 said:
iCloud photo library will not work with iPhoto on the mac. There is a new photo app for the mac coming out next year that will work with this feature.
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I was asking about this in a different thread, but I imagine Apple has to come up with a solution between Yosemite public release in October, and the new Photo app release next year. I would think there would be an update to iPhoto that will handle icloud photos, perhaps replace the photo stream section.
 
bigjnyc said:
I was asking about this in a different thread, but I imagine Apple has to come up with a solution between Yosemite public release in October, and the new Photo app release next year. I would think there would be an update to iPhoto that will handle icloud photos, perhaps replace the photo stream section.
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Last I heard, iPhoto will only receive compatibility updates. There is nothing about iOS 8 that will cause the current functionality to stop working. iCloud Library is completely optional and you can continue to use the My Photo Stream until the new OS X app is released.
 
Stuke00 said:
Last I heard, iPhoto will only receive compatibility updates. There is nothing about iOS 8 that will cause the current functionality to stop working. iCloud Library is completely optional and you can continue to use the My Photo Stream until the new OS X app is released.
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If that's the case then this was poorly planned by Apple. So basically if you want your photos on your desktop you have to continue the old method of syncing them manually and not use one of iOS 8's premiere new features until next year..... Or alternatively not be able to see any of your photos on your desktop, unless there is a way to get them off the cloud and save them locally (which I doubt since they will be in iOS)
 
bigjnyc said:
If that's the case then this was poorly planned by Apple. So basically if you want your photos on your desktop you have to continue the old method of syncing them manually and not use one of iOS 8's premiere new features until next year..... Or alternatively not be able to see any of your photos on your desktop, unless there is a way to get them off the cloud and save them locally (which I doubt since they will be in iOS)
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Yes waiting until 2015 sucks for the OS X app.
 
I'm sure iPhoto will handle the job somehow between the Yosemite release and the release of Photos on the Mac early next year.

My question was: Will I break my current workflow if I enable iCloud Photos on this device. And the answer seems to be yes, photos will no longer appear in the iCloud tab in iPhoto or be auto-imported into my collection. Am I correct?

If that's the case, I would gain nothing by enabling it, since my Mac is my "hub" for all my photos and the auto-import from PhotoStream works brilliantly.
 
icing said:
I'm sure iPhoto will handle the job somehow between the Yosemite release and the release of Photos on the Mac early next year.

My question was: Will I break my current workflow if I enable iCloud Photos on this device. And the answer seems to be yes, photos will no longer appear in the iCloud tab in iPhoto or be auto-imported into my collection. Am I correct?

If that's the case, I would gain nothing by enabling it, since my Mac is my "hub" for all my photos and the auto-import from PhotoStream works brilliantly.
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Yes. Using iCloud Photo Library disables the My Photo Stream.
 
bigjnyc said:
I was asking about this in a different thread, but I imagine Apple has to come up with a solution between Yosemite public release in October, and the new Photo app release next year. I would think there would be an update to iPhoto that will handle icloud photos, perhaps replace the photo stream section.
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I was also asking in other threads. Hopefully they just add a folder to icloud drive like they have done for pages, numbers etc. I reckon that would be the best solution. I hope the photos app is not the only way to view the icloud photo library but so far it's seems to be so (yosemite beta 3).
 
crashoverride77 said:
I was also asking in other threads. Hopefully they just add a folder to icloud drive like they have done for pages, numbers etc. I reckon that would be the best solution. I hope the photos app is not the only way to view the icloud photo library but so far it's seems to be so (yosemite beta 3).
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Certainly hope that iPhoto will gain some support for new iCloud Photos solution until the new Photos.app arrives.
I could easily live with a folder in iCloud drive, but I reckon this would be confusing for non-computer-savvy people that are used to automatic importing into their iPhoto library. So I don't think Apple will go that route.

I think, and hope, Apple will release an update for iPhoto that enables it to keep the offline collection in sync with the iCloud photo library. "Automatically download new photos added to iCloud Photo library and add them to your iPhoto library".
 
I also hope we are able to save photos locally on our desktop and back them up. I trust the cloud and all but I would feel better if I can keep my photos saved locally as well.
 
Maybe you could set up a shared photostream (With yourself)?

Or does iOS 8 disable them too?

Hope not, everyone I know uses them all the time.
 
icing said:
I'm sure iPhoto will handle the job somehow between the Yosemite release and the release of Photos on the Mac early next year.

My question was: Will I break my current workflow if I enable iCloud Photos on this device. And the answer seems to be yes, photos will no longer appear in the iCloud tab in iPhoto or be auto-imported into my collection. Am I correct?

If that's the case, I would gain nothing by enabling it, since my Mac is my "hub" for all my photos and the auto-import from PhotoStream works brilliantly.
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I was looking for the answer to this as well. Looks like it's best to stay put on Photo Stream for now.
 
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