I am unable to save video that is in my shared photo stream, despite http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5902 saying that I can. Does anyone have any suggestions on preforming this task?
iPhone 5s, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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you won't be able to download it to your computer even with an iphoto share acct.
Actually, there are multiple options available to you...some have been highlighted here already. Twice.
* Use the iCloud Photo Library and your videos will be synced to your PC/Mac.
* Download them from iCloud.com to your PC/Mac as well.
* See << iCloud Photo Sharing - Apple Support
Can I express my frustration here? Hello, Apple are you listening? May I say how ridiculous it is that no one tells you that, "hey, you can video your daughter's birthday but you won't be able to download it to your computer even with an iphoto share acct. What's the point then? Good gosh.Why is it that when you connect your phone to your pc, your videos don't automatically transfer. I've tried everything to get my videos off my phone! I wouldn't spend 1k dollars on a phone to capture video that's not capable of actually sending the video to my home pc. Isn't this the reason we spend the $$$ we do? Wish they'd have let me know what the maximum minutes we can videotape. I don't want to make our home movie public, of course not. Not secure. In this day and age, who'd do that with their child's bday footage.
For anyone happening upon this question, there is now an app that allows you to download shared videos to your iOS device:
Just to list somethings I have already tried:I've restarted my phone, turned photo stream off then back on, I've tried to import it using Image Capture (you can only view your camera roll), and I tried looking in my iPhoto shared photo stream (doesn't look like you can view video until Maveric is relased). I was having the same problem on an iphone 5s I bought on launch day. I replaced my phone yesterday because I wanted a different color, and the problem is still there. Both times I set the device up as new, so I don't think a DFU restore will solve the issue
If you change your icloud settings to include photos, it will save your shared pictures and videos to the designated folder on your computer.
I do appreciate the suggestion. However, I don't want the video on my computer. I am wanting to save the video out of a shared Photo Stream on my iPhone to the camera roll on my iPhone. Despite apple clearly listing the feature on the support topic listed above, I do not think it is possible to use this feature yet on any public released versions of iOS 7
Having had the same issue, I checked the link you gave, and it does in fact say; "Videos are streamed from iCloud and cannot be downloaded."
Looks like they updated the help topic. It explicitly said you could download both before. Thank you for the heads up
I am struggling with this issue too.
From Apple support:
"Can photos and videos be saved or downloaded from a shared photo stream?
Yes. After photos are shared, anyone who can view the shared stream can download and keep them permanently. Videos can only be downloaded to a Mac or PC. On an iOS device, videos are streamed from iCloud and can't be downloaded."
WHY would this be the case. It's MY content...MY video that I shot with my iPhone. I saved it to the cloud so I could get it on my iPad. It is there via the cloud. But what if I want to show it to someone when I don't have WiFi? Why can't I download it to "My Videos"?
I have actually found a solution! In the sharing options of the shared icloud album set the album as public - you will get a generated URL that can be shared. Open it on your mac / pc and download the video. Then you can transfer it back to iphone or share from your mac / pc.
You can only save shared videos to a Mac or PC.
I Have the same problem
You can only save shared videos to a Mac or PC.
I would have the same request.....
Check this out: iCloud Photo Sharing - Apple Support
On your Mac, select the photo or video, control-click > Import. You can only save shared videos to a Mac or PC.
Save video from shared photo stream
