New Photos app and iCloud backup.

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New Photos app and iCloud backup.

I have recently downloaded a beta version of the new Apple Photos App brought in to replace iPhoto. It stores all your images in the Cloud so they can be accessed and viewed on all your devices without the limitations of photo stream. This is what I gather anyway. What is not clear is whether original copies of all my photos will remain on my hard drive, or will they only be backed up in the Cloud and then deleted from computer? I know eventually everything is going to be stored in the Cloud, but I would still like to all my photographs backed up on my mac as well!

Power PC G5 dual core, Mac OS X (10.5.4), Also Apple 23" Cinema Display

Posted on Apr 2, 2015 2:26 AM

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Winston Churchill

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Apr 2, 2015 4:07 AM in response to The Fella

They will also be stored on your computer. Whether they are stored at full resolution or not will depend on whether you select the 'optimise' option in the preferences.

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86hawki

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Apr 3, 2015 12:04 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill wrote:

They will also be stored on your computer. Whether they are stored at full resolution or not will depend on whether you select the 'optimise' option in the preferences.

Ccan I delete my local Photo library and just use iCloud to manage my photos, videos, etc. ?

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86hawki

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Apr 3, 2015 2:22 PM in response to The Fella

How do I sort my photos and albums in the new Photos app (beta) so that they display in reverse chronological order (newest to oldest)?

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Old Toad

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Apr 3, 2015 4:24 PM in response to 86hawki

You can't at this time. Photos is still in beta and is lacking quite a few of the features that iPhoto has. I strongly suggest you continue with iPhoto until Photos is officially released and has all of the features in iPhoto that you require. Right now it's really not ready for prime time IMO.

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