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In Catalina Photos, how do I reveal My Photo Stream?

My Photo Stream is hidden in Photos with the update to Catalina.


I was just able to resolve this same issue several days ago with the update to Mojave 10.14.6 by clicking on the "Use as System Photo Library" in Photos>Preferences>iCloud. In Catalina, that button is now greyed out. I do not store photos in iCloud other than My Photo Stream photos, and this has not presented a problem with My Photo Stream.


In Catalina Photos, how do I reveal My Photo Stream?

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Oct 8, 2019 7:30 AM

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Posted on Oct 20, 2019 7:09 PM

I updated to Catalina and ios13 and i only use Photostream and don't want my photos on the cloud using icloud photos.

Photo stream just wasnt updating. I was worried it was abandoned because system preferences>apple ID>iCloud>photos only has one checkbox which is turn on iCloud photos and prompt me to buy storage. In Photos I went to Preferences>iCloud and there is the check box to use Photostream. I turned it off and on and noticed in Photos the My Photostream tab reappear however the photostream from my last 30 days didn't download and populate. After about 20 minutes I unchecked and rechecked the box. It indeed kick-started the last 30 days photos right up to 3 minutes ago. I take all my photos on my phone and enjoy having them instantly appear on my laptop. I encourage anyone with these recent updates to uncheck and recheck the Photostream box in Photos>Preference>iCloud and wait for a while. It works I love this workflow and I hope Apple isn't phasing it out.


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ios 13.1.3 Catalina 10.15 (19A583)

Macbook Pro Retina 15" mid-2015


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