can i keep the photostream ir i update

[Boxito]

Hi i use the photostream and share stream on my iphone and mac i read if i update to the new os iphoto will be replace for the new photos app and the photostream will be lost and have to buy icloud storage for the sharing photos.

Anyone know is this is how it works ?


thanks

 

[Lifeisabeach]

I just did the update. Whatever you read is partly incorrect. iPhoto has been replaced with the "Photos" app, but Photostream has NOT gone away. You also don't HAVE to buy iCloud storage, but if you elect the option to store all your photos on iCloud, the free 5 GB tier may not be enough for you. Just say "no" when Photos gives you that option.

EDIT: A couple photos I shot since the update haven't shown up in Photos' Photostream section on Yosemite, but did show in the Photostream on my iPhone (all fully updated today). Not sure what the holdup is on the desktop yet.

EDIT 2: I forgot to also mention that you have to be sure that you have "My Photo Stream" is enabled in the iCloud preferences in Yosemite. Just review the options under "Photos" in the iCloud preference pane.

 

[Boxito]

I just did the update. Whatever you read is partly incorrect. iPhoto has been replaced with the "Photos" app, but Photostream has NOT gone away. You also don't HAVE to buy iCloud storage, but if you elect the option to store all your photos on iCloud, the free 5 GB tier may not be enough for you. Just say "no" when Photos gives you that option.

EDIT: A couple photos I shot since the update haven't shown up in Photos' Photostream section on Yosemite, but did show in the Photostream on my iPhone (all fully updated today). Not sure what the holdup is on the desktop yet.

EDIT 2: I forgot to also mention that you have to be sure that you have "My Photo Stream" is enabled in the iCloud preferences in Yosemite. Just review the options under "Photos" in the iCloud preference pane.

Thanks for all the help will try to do that

 

[Lifeisabeach]

Thanks for all the help will try to do that

FYI, I still wasn't getting Photostream updates in Photos on Yosemite last night, so what I had to do was toggle it off/of in Photos' own preferences. That got it to work again.

 

[Boxito]

FYI, I still wasn't getting Photostream updates in Photos on Yosemite last night, so what I had to do was toggle it off/of in Photos' own preferences. That got it to work again.

i don't know if this is normal now but when i delete a photo on my camera roll disappear on my photostream too, this happen to you ?

thanks

 

[Lifeisabeach]

i don't know if this is normal now but when i delete a photo on my camera roll disappear on my photostream too, this happen to you ?

I opened up Photos in Yosemite to get an eyeball on what was in my Photostream, then quit that and opened Photos on my iPhone. Then I re-opened Photos on the desktop without doing anything on the iPhone and the stream was missing on the desktop version. There is definitely some buggy behavior here.

Anyway... I toggled it back off/on like before and got it back. Deleting from my camera roll did delete it from the Photostream in Yosemite. I'm not sure if this is a bug, or a new behavior that requires you to deliberately save a photo from the camera roll to an album. There is a Recently Deleted listing now that shows a 30 day window to recover anything you delete, so there is that safety net.