John Wallace3

Q: Edits not transferred using Photostream

This makes no sense whatsoever.  I understood this issue back in the days of iPhoto not accepting edits performed in iPhone/iPad's Photos app.  They were two different applications (i.e., Photos vs iPhoto).  But now with Photos for Mac, I would think that any edits I make on my iPhone's Photos app would be preserved when they are synced via Photostream to my Mac's Photos app.  But they are not. 

 

This may be not the case with iCloud.  But I don't need nor want to pay for storage beyond 5GB.  The last 30 days of photos is just fine for my needs.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), 3.06 GHz i3; 16GB 1333 MHz

Posted on Apr 9, 2015 11:12 AM

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  • by KTB2272,

    KTB2272 KTB2272 Apr 13, 2015 12:01 PM in response to John Wallace3
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    Apr 13, 2015 12:01 PM in response to John Wallace3

    I think I have the same issue.  I used to see any edits to photos I made on my phone (using apps usually, like snapseed) in each month's photo stream in iPhoto.  Now that I'm in Photos, any edits I make are not visible on my iMac.  It appears to only be creating a copy of the original without the edits. 

  • by stevelawrencechch,

    stevelawrencechch stevelawrencechch Apr 19, 2015 1:53 AM in response to John Wallace3
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    Apr 19, 2015 1:53 AM in response to John Wallace3

    same issue here.

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    John Wallace3 John Wallace3 Aug 6, 2016 11:30 AM in response to John Wallace3
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    Aug 6, 2016 11:30 AM in response to John Wallace3

    Closing this thread.  Apparently this is just a missing feature.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 6, 2016 1:42 PM in response to John Wallace3
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    Aug 6, 2016 1:42 PM in response to John Wallace3

    But now with Photos for Mac, I would think that any edits I make on my iPhone's Photos app would be preserved when they are synced via Photostream to my Mac's Photos app.  But they are not. 

    It is just meant to work differently from what you are expecting. My Photo Stream has always transferred the original images, to preserve the highest quality. You take a phot on the iPhone and it will be transferred instantly before any edits are applied. If you wnat to transfer the edits via photostream, you have to copy the edited version to the Camera roll and the edited version will be streamed to your other devices as well.

     

    My Photo Stream is a relict from the first OS X versions, that supported iCloud.   Photos for Mac is meant to be used with iCloud Photo Library. If you are using iCloud Photo Library all your edits will sync between your devices and will be automaticaly updated, if you apply new edits.