HT201324: iPhoto and Aperture: Using Photo Stream

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Q: Do I have to move images out of My Photo Stream to keep them?

I want to stop backing up my iPhone's Camera Roll in iCloud. But I want to keep all the photos. I want to get the photos onto my Mac and then backup my Mac onto my Time Capsule.

 

After a photo appears in My Photo Stream on iPhoto on my Mac (Macbook AIR), do I have to move it to another album to keep it? I read that Photo Stream only keeps 1000 photos so I'm worried that earlier images will be deleted from My Photo Stream. Thanks!

Posted on Feb 15, 2013 7:51 AM

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Nevermind, I found out there's a setting to automatically import My Photo Stream photos in iPhoto's preferences. That sounds like what I'm looking for

Posted on Feb 15, 2013 8:00 AM

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  • by lookitsron,Solvedanswer

    lookitsron lookitsron Feb 15, 2013 8:00 AM in response to lookitsron
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    Feb 15, 2013 8:00 AM in response to lookitsron

    Nevermind, I found out there's a setting to automatically import My Photo Stream photos in iPhoto's preferences. That sounds like what I'm looking for

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Feb 15, 2013 8:02 AM in response to lookitsron
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    Feb 15, 2013 8:02 AM in response to lookitsron

    You need to read the PhotoStream documentation and learn how iPhoto works

     

    PhotoStream is NOT a backup nor is it a place to store photos - it is a way to view recent photos on multiple devices

     

    iPhoto can import photos from Photo stream - either autopmatically (set in the iPhoto preferences) or manually - you control that

     

    When you import photos from PS they go into "events" - not into albums - events show the photos in your librrary, albums are used to organize photos

     

    How Time Machine does its backups is determined by your setting in the TM preferences

     

    LN