Taking over what iCloud and photo stream did
How do I back up my iCloud photo stream photos and to what to take over the sharing and downloading of future photos (I have well over 40,000 photos?
iPad Pro, iPadOS 16
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JessS19
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Hey compounder,
Learn more about what to do with Photo Stream being discontinued:
"Save photos currently in My Photo Stream
If your photos currently in My Photo Stream aren’t already in your library, you can save them to your device.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Open Photos and tap Albums.
- Tap My Photo Stream > Select.
- Tap the photos that you want to save, then tap the Share button
> Save Image.
On your Mac
- Open the Photos app, then open the My Photo Stream album.
- Select any photos you want to save that aren't currently in your photo library.
- Drag them from the My Photo Stream album to your Library.
Set up iCloud Photos
You can turn on iCloud Photos on any iPhone with iOS 8.3 or later, iPad with iPadOS 8.3 or later, or Mac with OS X Yosemite or later. After that, you can view your photos and videos in the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, iCloud.com, and even sync them to a Windows PC using iCloud for Windows." Information about the My Photo Stream shutdown
We hope this helps!
Sincerely.