Where did photostream and Cameraroll go in iOS 8?

I had it too, but that option didn't actually "do anything" for me. I just assumed it was because it's still in beta. I am not going to expect too much from something that was pulled back into beta ... right now ... :-) ...

Thanks for the added info. Now I'll have to turn it on just to see what happens.

I got the message it's not available yet. Oh well. 🙂

It's not available yet if you are using Mac, PC Users however get it first (just download a new version of iCloud).

Chris

Aloha Chris. It looks like I'll just have to wait in line, I'm on an iPad. Thank you . Bob

I am very upset about this as well. My camera roll storage on iCloud went from 11gb to 15gb after installing ios8. Now I can not back up my phone or iPad. I don't understand where the extra 4gb came from. The extra folders are useless. If you delete a photo from one folder its deleted from all folders. I have not updated my iPad. It's still running camera roll & photo stream. Why did they take these items off of us? I have 25gb of storage & I would have to pay monthly. This makes me want to switch to android.

How do I do that, please!

Thanx!

TerriLynnH.

You mean iCloud Drive? You need to download the latest iCloud and turn it on in the setting.

Chris

Here is what I did, I backup my iPhone locally (in my Mac via iTunes) just in case I want to restore, and then I deleted the last iCloud Backup, and turn it back on. Now the size is back to normal. You might need to check what data you are backing up as well.

HTH,

Chris

I'm really angry about this. Why, why why

i have gone in & deleted photos & videos. I've got the photo backup size to 10gb. It looks photos that were in my photo stream shared folder are now included in photos that are saved Thanks for advice on computer backup. I will try that

Regardless of the reason, the implementation was garbage in my opinion.

Many people don't want to lose a high information density view of their pictures.

In that article, I didn't see what I believe the real reason is that camera roll went away.

The real reason, I believe, is stupid groupthink and mindlessly following the UI trend of making everything flat and informationally sparse.

Unfortunately, Jobs isn't there to say no to Ive and Cook's stupid ideas anymore of which they seem to be spewing in droves.

Anyway, what happens when you reach capacity on your iCloud photo library? Do old pictures push the new ones off or does it just stop syncing?

Are you going to have a separate folder for things that are only in the iCloud drive? Can you tell which ones are local vs offline? Can you delete photos from just once place but not the other?

Of course, I'll probably stick on photo stream as long as I can because, to me, Yosemite looks plain, soulless, and awful just like ios7 and ios8 do.

Also, it's a downgrade if you're on a free plan as now your pictures are a part of the 5 free GB whereas the photo stream was separate.

konekotron wrote:

The real reason, I believe, is stupid groupthink and mindlessly following the UI trend of making everything flat and informationally sparse.

Luckily that is just what you think. If it is in the least bit fact then please provide links to substantiate your claims.

Unfortunately, Jobs isn't there to say no to Ive and Cook's stupid ideas anymore of which they seem to be spewing in droves.

Why must people like yourself blame Steve Jobs's passing as if it were his own fault? Do you know for a fact that he would have said 'No'? Or are you again just speculating?

Pete

Here's a related question: How do I delete items from my Photostream? Because there is a lot of junk in the stream that I deleted on the device but still seem to be hanging around. Even when I delete them from the "iCloud" folder on my Mac, a bunch seem to live on and show up on my Apple TV screensaver. Before I just went to the "photo stream" album and deleted them there. This is an epic Apple fail

If you still have Photo Stream showing there, then you're still on iOS 7. What you do is select Edit in Photo Stream, tap the photos you want deleted and then hit the transcan icon.