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awebs1980

Q: how do i get older phots onto my photostream so that they can be saved in my icloud?

I just recently turned on photostream, so all my pictures that I have taken are showing up in my icloud photo, but i have a ton of photos on my phone that i took before turing on photostream. how do i get them on my icloud photo

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Feb 15, 2014 2:38 PM

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Q: how do i get older phots onto my photostream so that they can be saved in my icloud?

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  • by randers4,

    randers4 randers4 Feb 15, 2014 3:12 PM in response to awebs1980
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    Feb 15, 2014 3:12 PM in response to awebs1980

    Add them to a shared stream and invite yourself as a subscriber (see http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mmc0cd7e99).  Also, just so you are aware, photo stream photos only remain in iCloud for 30 days, giving your devices time to download them.  After that they are removed.  If you ever disable photo stream on your phone, then turn it back on, you will lose any photo stream photos older than 30 days.  If you want to keep photos in iCloud indefinitely, add them to a shared stream.