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Dan Martin 1968

Q: How do I view photos saved to "the cloud" that are not in my latest thousand??

How do I view photos held "on the cloud" that have dropped off the phone, ie, are not in the latest 1000 stored.

I cannot seem to find this "cloud"!

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.6

Posted on Apr 17, 2014 7:43 AM

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Q: How do I view photos saved to "the cloud" that are not in my latest thousand??

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  • by matt cms,

    matt cms matt cms Apr 17, 2014 7:52 AM in response to Dan Martin 1968
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    Apr 17, 2014 7:52 AM in response to Dan Martin 1968

    On your iPhone, you will not be able to retrieve them from iCloud. If, however, you have a Mac running iPhoto or Aperture, provided that it has been set to download the Photo Stream, it will all of your photos on it.

  • by JimHdk,

    JimHdk JimHdk Apr 17, 2014 9:01 AM in response to Dan Martin 1968
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    Apr 17, 2014 9:01 AM in response to Dan Martin 1968

    Photos sent to PhotoStream are not saved. PhotoStream is a sharing mechanism. Note that PhotoStream only holds 1000 photos max and only for 30 days.

     

    If the photos have been deleted from PhotoStream then you can only recover them from their original source or on a device on which they were saved from PhotoStream.

  • by Dan Martin 1968,

    Dan Martin 1968 Dan Martin 1968 Apr 22, 2014 4:57 AM in response to JimHdk
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    Apr 22, 2014 4:57 AM in response to JimHdk

    hi guys thank you for the replies, sorry I have been away.

    I am confused then - I have had to buy more icloud memory recently (2 of us use it with phones etc and so share pics, music) but I thought this was because its saving more photos?

     

    So no idea why I have to buy storage if you now say photos arent saved?

    If gone from the last 1000 they are lost? I dont have a Mac just iphone/ipad.

     

    Sorry if Im getting it wrong!