Get photostream from daughter's IOS device to my linux computer

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Get photostream from daughter's IOS device to my linux computer

Daughter & wife use IOS devices. Daughter uses iphone to take pictures/movies of my grandson. My wife gets these automatically sent to her, but my daughter has to manually email them to me. I know about the Windows 7/8 app, but I don't have a MS booted machine on a regular basis. My computer is running linux and I use my android tablet as my main email access device (gmail, yahoo, other webmail).

Have an AppleID attached to my gmail account; how does my daughter send the stream to me?

Alan

iPhoto '11, iOS 7.0.4, os independent

Posted on Feb 23, 2014 2:28 PM

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léonie

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Feb 23, 2014 2:48 PM in response to alanbcohen

Your daughter could publish the shared stream to a website and send you the link: Only the people, who have the link can browse the album.

See this:

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57574993-285/turn-a-photo-stream-album-into- a-public-web-site/

The problem is, that sharing a photo stream to linux systems is not yet supported, see:

iCloud: Shared Photo Streams FAQ

iCloud: Using and troubleshooting Shared Photo Streams

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alanbcohen Author

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Feb 23, 2014 3:07 PM in response to léonie

I appreciate the quick response; my daughter was already aware of the public website option, but would like to keep this little boy's pictures/movies a little more secure than on public site accessable by webcrawlers.

We were looking for a more targeted solution. Would it be possible to setup an auto-email? Or is there a web interface into iCloud that would let me browse her postings as an authorized user?

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léonie

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Feb 23, 2014 3:20 PM in response to alanbcohen

Or is there a web interface into iCloud that would let me browse her postings as an authorized user?

No, not even I can see my PhotoStream using a web interface, unless the stream has been published as a web page.

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Old Toad

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Feb 24, 2014 11:06 AM in response to alanbcohen

Have your daughter create a SHARED Photo Stream as léonie suggest which is limited only to those who your daughter invites to view the stream:

OT

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léonie

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Feb 24, 2014 11:55 AM in response to Old Toad

I am not sure, Old Toad. The caption below the Public Website" button says "Allow anyone to view this Photo Stream on a public website". That suggest, that any web crawler will be able to access the page.

I posted a shared stream here: https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A1GqkRUiGiX61i

Can you view it without being invited?

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