HT204264: iCloud Photo Library

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adamfromhaubstadt
Level 1 (5 points)
Mac OS X

Q: Home Videos for iCloud?

With the new Photos App for OS X releasing a few weeks ago, I've taken the time to upload my families 9,800 photos to iCloud Photo Library.

Now that it's finished I would like to add my families Home Videos.  I don't see an App specifically designed to do so.  I do see an album in Photos that is for videos.

Is this the place that Apple has decided to set aside for peoples home movies?

With everyone shooting video these days more so than in the past, I was expecting a better way to have your home videos in the iCloud.

 

I have another question on the Photos App:

I have always kept copies of some videos and pics on my families iOS devices.  I have chose to sync them from my iMac.

I'm going to assume that I should sync each iOS device one last time and remove all photos from each device before turning on the iCloud Photo Library option?

I 'm not sure that if I do so if it will try to upload existing photos from each iOS device into iCloud Photo Library or not?

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 19, 2015 6:31 PM

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  • by Rysz,Helpful

    Rysz Rysz Apr 19, 2015 7:32 PM in response to adamfromhaubstadt
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    Apr 19, 2015 7:32 PM in response to adamfromhaubstadt

    You can continue to use iTunes, or you can move them to Photos. Up to you. In Photos you'll be able to better organize them in Albums and Folders, just as you can with images. The disadvantage is that they will take a lot of space in your iCloud Photos Library, possibly forcing you to pay for more storage.

     

    Normally, once you upload all your files to iCloud and turn on iCloud Photos Library on all devices, everything should sync with everything else. I would, however, suggest doing one last sync with all your devices, making sure you copy everything to iPhoto (iTunes does not backup photos or videos), just as a precaution. I would also suggest leaving Photo Stream and Photo Sharing turned on, until you confirm everything works in Photos.