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Q: I am thinking of turning iCloud Drive but am concerned about the use of Photos. I do not want to upload all of my photos, there are too many, but I want to use photo stream. Can I turn off the option to store photos but turn on photo stream as I do n

I am thinking of turning iCloud Drive but am concerned about the use of Photos. I do not want to upload all of my photos to iCloud, there are too many, but I want to use photo stream. Can I turn off the option to store photos but turn on photo stream as I do now with current iCloud

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 5, 2015 3:46 AM

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Jun 5, 2015 4:50 AM in response to del5662009
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    Jun 5, 2015 4:50 AM in response to del5662009
    I am thinking of turning iCloud Drive but am concerned about the use of Photos.

    iCloud Drive and iCloud Photo Library are separate. You can enable iCloud Drive for your documents and data in the System Preferences, and that will not enable the use of iCloud Photo Library for the Photos.app.

    I do not want to upload all of my photos to iCloud, there are too many, but I want to use photo stream. Can I turn off the option to store photos but turn on photo stream as I do now with current iCloud

    The Photos.app has separate iCloud settings in "Photos > Preferences > iCloud".

    • Disable iCloud Photo Library
    • Enable My Photo Stream.

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    These options need to be set in the System Preferences iCloud as well.

  • by del5662009,

    del5662009 del5662009 Jun 5, 2015 5:20 AM in response to léonie
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    Jun 5, 2015 5:20 AM in response to léonie

    Thank you , I will try this, I just needed to be certain as there is no going back

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 5, 2015 6:17 AM in response to del5662009
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    Jun 5, 2015 6:17 AM in response to del5662009

    You're welcome!

    If you have not seen this support document yet, have a look:

     

      iCloud Drive FAQ - Apple Support