will the pictures in iPhones on my mac and iPhone be affected by the shut down of my photo stream
when they discontinue my photo stream will the photos on my mac be affected?
iPhone XR, iOS 16
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First, check if you are using My Photo Stream:
On iPhone - Open Photos and choose Album on the bottom tab bar. Do you have an Album named "My Photo Stream?
On Mac - Open Photos and check if you have an Album named "My Photo Stream" in the sidebar.
If you do not have the album on BOTH devices then the change will not affect you at all. If you have it on one device, then you have My Photo Stream turned on, but it is not being used since you are not seeing them on the other device anyway and the change will not affect you.
If you do have the album on both devices then you will want to make sure you have those photos saved in your library. Apple provides these steps in their support article:
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.