Q: how do I back up my iPhoto pictures on iCloud? I found an option for streaming my photos, but not for backing them up.

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ultrasound mama

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Q: how do I back up my iPhoto pictures on iCloud? I found an option for streaming my photos, but not for backing them up.

How do I set up my iCloud to back up iPhoto? I found an option to stream my photos, but not to back them up.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on May 23, 2013 7:40 AM

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Old Toad

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Only for 30 days. If you have your Mac and iPhone signed into the same iCloud account and have Photo Stream enabled on each device

AND have iPhoto's Photo Stream preferences set as follows:

the photos you take on your iPhone will automatically be imported into your iPhoto Library.

Posted on May 23, 2013 9:49 AM

Q: how do I back up my iPhoto pictures on iCloud? I found an option for streaming my photos, but not for backing them up.

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Terence Devlin May 23, 2013 7:47 AM in response to ultrasound mama
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May 23, 2013 7:47 AM in response to ultrasound mama

There is no option on iCloud to back up iPhoto.
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ultrasound mama May 23, 2013 8:57 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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May 23, 2013 8:57 AM in response to Terence Devlin

So there is no way for me to back up my photos using the cloud?
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Old Toad May 23, 2013 9:04 AM in response to ultrasound mama
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May 23, 2013 9:04 AM in response to ultrasound mama

No. iCloud is for backing up mobile devices info. See these Apple documents:

iCloud: Backup and restore overview

iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ

If you want to backup your photos get an external HD and use Time Machine.

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Terence Devlin May 23, 2013 9:10 AM in response to ultrasound mama
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May 23, 2013 9:10 AM in response to ultrasound mama

Yes you can back up Photos using the cloud - uploading them to sites like Flickr is doing that.
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LarryHN May 23, 2013 9:13 AM in response to ultrasound mama
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May 23, 2013 9:13 AM in response to ultrasound mama

Sure - there are lots of cloud backup services that can backup your photos from your Mac - iCloud is not one of them

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ultrasound mama May 23, 2013 9:33 AM in response to Old Toad
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May 23, 2013 9:33 AM in response to Old Toad

Does it back up the pictures taken with my mobile devices then? Also, I have an external hard drive that was set up through time machine but I had to replace the hard drive on my computer and now I can't access any information on the external hard drive or get it to back up again. When I plug the Toshiba external hard drive in, the light on in comes on but it never shows up on my computer so when I go into Time Machine to select a disk nothing is listed and it takes me to my airport utility. Any suggestions?
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LarryHN May 23, 2013 10:37 AM in response to ultrasound mama
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May 23, 2013 10:37 AM in response to ultrasound mama

iCloud can backup your photos from your IOS device - see this article for set up instructions

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ultrasound mama May 23, 2013 10:44 AM in response to Old Toad
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May 23, 2013 10:44 AM in response to Old Toad

Thank you, thank you, thank you . . .
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Old Toad

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May 23, 2013 9:49 AM in response to ultrasound mama

Only for 30 days. If you have your Mac and iPhone signed into the same iCloud account and have Photo Stream enabled on each device

AND have iPhoto's Photo Stream preferences set as follows:

the photos you take on your iPhone will automatically be imported into your iPhoto Library.

HT201324: iPhoto and Aperture: Using Photo Stream

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