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Q: ios - 8 where are the 'camera roll' and 'photostream' albums?

I see the ios8 had done away with the "camera roll" and "photostream" albums and replace them with a "recently added" album. Is there any way to get this old functionality back?

 

All I want is one folder that contains all the photos on my device and another that contains the photos that I'm happy to share across my devices. I would have hoped I could have create some smart albums, but albums seem to have to be curated manually.

 

I know I can see all my photos with the photos tab, but there are two issue I have with this, #1 the "collections" interface is horrible – I just want a nice grid of photos like in albums – and #2 my photostream photos are merge within them.

 

I now have no way of telling if I'm deleting a photo from the phone or the photostream, for example when I'm trying to free up space on the phone.

 

Would turning on the "icloud photo library" feature help? I would rather not use that as I don't want it to waste all my icloud space.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Sep 17, 2014 1:00 PM

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  • by think.different,

    think.different think.different Oct 11, 2014 10:23 AM in response to gazdzzy
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    Oct 11, 2014 10:23 AM in response to gazdzzy

    @gazdzzy I know that the original topic of this thread has nothing to do with iCloud Drive, I'm just helping @JonnyB. I completely agree with the rest of your comment. Apple seems to think that simplifying everything is the way to go, but as you say it's important to distinguish what is on the device and what is in the cloud. Roll on 8.1 and lets see if that makes more of a pigs ear of the situation.

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    think.different think.different Oct 16, 2014 10:44 AM in response to think.different
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    Oct 16, 2014 10:44 AM in response to think.different

    I see 8.1 is out on 20 Oct, let's see what that has to offer us.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Oct 18, 2014 1:36 PM in response to think.different
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    Oct 18, 2014 1:36 PM in response to think.different

    It will include the Camera Roll according to Tim Cook and company in last Thursdays conference. The link will take you to a video of it.

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    think.different think.different Oct 20, 2014 4:10 PM in response to think.different
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    Oct 20, 2014 4:10 PM in response to think.different

    To confirm that the 8.1 upgrade does now bring back the two missing albums; Camera Roll, and My Photo Stream – as they worked in iOS7.

     

    You can now once again curate both these album independently of the other, ie if you delete an image from the My Photo Stream it will remain on the Camera Roll and visa-versa.

     

    The only negative is that now the My Photo Stream album still only shows the photos taken since the iOS8 upgrade, even though there are photos still in the stream that visible on non iOS8 devices.

  • by kyte,

    kyte kyte Oct 20, 2014 5:06 PM in response to think.different
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    Oct 20, 2014 5:06 PM in response to think.different

    I decided to import everything in the stream, to iphoto,then delete from the stream and start over.  I have not u/g to Yosemite yet (or rather i did, hated it so much, that I downgraded to Mavericks.  Though my personal opinion is that Mavericks was an upgrade.)... I'm now going to wait until the real photos app is released.  Seriously Apple, what are you on... that needed to come out with Yosemite!

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