hi guys, my iphone (13 pro max, ios 15.4.1) camera photos when taken are not going to photostream. happened recently not sure why? i have gone to the trouble of resetting the phone, erasing everything, signing out of icloud, starting from scratch but nothing works. screen shots taken on the iphone goes to photostream but not when taking photos. i am stuck. HELP!
iPhone 13 Pro Max
If you want to be sure the Apple developer team will see this, send a bug report. You can use the feedback form:
Photos for iOS - Feedback - Apple
If only the camera photos are no longer appearing in My Photo Stream, right after the iOD 15.4 upgrade, you should change the format Settings for the Camera. The upgrade has changed how HEIC photos are handled. Previously, HEIC photos have automatically been converted to JPEGs when added to My Photo Stare. This is now no longer happening. as HEIC images cannot be transferred by My Photo Stream, they are not appearing in My Photo Stream.
You may want to change the Settings > Camera > Formats. Set it to "Most Compatible", if it should currently be set to "High Efficiency".
Then try again to take a normal photo (not Live, not a video) and see, if it will appear in my Photo Stream.
If you want to be sure the Apple developer team will see this, send a bug report. You can use the feedback form:
Photos for iOS - Feedback - Apple
If only the camera photos are no longer appearing in My Photo Stream, right after the iOD 15.4 upgrade, you should change the format Settings for the Camera. The upgrade has changed how HEIC photos are handled. Previously, HEIC photos have automatically been converted to JPEGs when added to My Photo Stare. This is now no longer happening. as HEIC images cannot be transferred by My Photo Stream, they are not appearing in My Photo Stream.
You may want to change the Settings > Camera > Formats. Set it to "Most Compatible", if it should currently be set to "High Efficiency".
Then try again to take a normal photo (not Live, not a video) and see, if it will appear in my Photo Stream.
It would be better to abandon My Photo Stream and switch to the successor iCloud Photos. It offers a much better syncing and is continually updated for the new media formats. it can handle videos and Live Photos and Portrait Mode photos, while My Photo Stream cannot handle any videos or Live Photos at all.
My Photo Stream has not been properly updated to support new image formats since 2015, when Photos with iCloud Photos replaced iPhoto and Aperture. My Photo Stream is only available for users with an older AppleID who still may be using iPhoto and Aperture, which are not supporting HEIC and the other new media formats taken by new iPhone models either.
I have the same exact problem after I updated to the most recent update IOS 15.4.1 last week. Photos taken on my iphone will not go to photo stream, only screen shots. I tried almost everything except factory reset, nothing works. I am sure it is due to the iOS update. Hope someone from Apple actually read this and tell your programmers.
Thank you leonie! It works! I didn’t know the background information of the photo format. And I didn’t know it would affect how My Photo Stream functions. I really appreciate your time and helpful knowledge to people like me.
thank god this is not a unique problem for me. it was obviously working before but they do this to screw people up. why?? prior to this i had multipage TIFFs not printing properly in preview.
omg this works leonie.
but now i am forced to use crappy jpeg instead of heic? and can i record video in 4k 60fps?
camera photos not going to photostream
