iCloud Photos will not update on Apple TV

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iCloud Photos will not update on Apple TV

So I have a MacBook Pro 2015 version, iPhone 6, iPad 4th Gen, and Apple TV, I don't know the number, Christmas 2015 version.

I have all of my photos on my iCloud Drive and I use the photos app on my devices to organize them and create albums. I created a new album today with existing pictures from my iPad and it appeared on my MacBook Pro and iPhone relatively quickly. It never showed up on my Apple TV. 9 hours later it still isn't showing.

I did some research online. I went into:

Settings-->iCloud-->iCloud Photos Settings and I turned off "My Photo Stream" and "iCloud Photo Sharing"

Settings-->General-->Restart

Settings-->iCloud-->iCloud Photos Settings and I turned on "My Photo Stream" and "iCloud Photo Sharing"

Now I only have "My Photo Stream" and "Activity" listed in my photos on Apple TV.

Does anyone know what is going on here?

Also, I thought the "Photo Stream" was gone and was replaced with the iCloud Drive way of managing things. What is up with that?

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Posted on Jun 27, 2015 10:01 PM

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phkc070408 Author

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Jun 27, 2015 10:04 PM in response to phkc070408

Additional Information:

I just noticed my SHARED folders are available, but not my albums.

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Answer 2

Jun 28, 2015 2:12 AM in response to phkc070408

Firstly you need to add the albums to the home sharing list, which you can do in iTines > File > Home Sharing > Choose Photos, then you need to look in Computers > Photos on the Apple TV, not the Photos app which is just for photo stream (my photo stream and shared albums), although if you have photo stream enabled, you should be able to see your new photos there too, albeit not in the album you created.

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phkc070408 Author

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Jun 29, 2015 4:27 AM in response to Winston Churchill

OK, I'm in.

While this works, why doesn't iCloud photos work on the Apple TV? What is the purpose of the iCloud Photos App on the Apple TV?

Also, What is the Photostream? I thought that this was removed when the new Photos Apps came out in favor of iCloud Photos.

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vazandrew

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Jun 29, 2015 6:01 AM in response to phkc070408

No, the photo library is optional and the photo stream remains for those who choose to not enable it. Apple TV does not currently support iCloud Photo Library so photostream remains there as well

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Jun 29, 2015 7:15 AM in response to phkc070408

iCloud Photos isn't available on the Apple TV, I think the icon they use for the Photos feature on the Apple TV may mislead some people and indeed it may be a long term intention for iCloud photo library to be available, but not for now.

Photo stream is a separate feature from iCloud photo library and can be used alongside it although when iCloud photo library is enabled on a mobile device or a mac photo stream becomes hidden. New photos are added to photo stream but only stay there for 30 days, which should allow you to import them to other devices if you aren't using iCloud photo library.

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phkc070408 Author

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Jun 29, 2015 1:43 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Well, it's funny because I did have my albums from Photos on the iCloud Photos App on my Apple TV. I only noticed a problem when I created a new album and it wouldn't show. That's when I noticed the problem.

Also, the photos on the Computers App on the Apple TV, they are very slow to load. I use the photos from the Photos App on my MacBook Pro. The photos are stored in my iCloud drive. Would they load faster if I used the pictures on my local computer rather than the iCloud drive versions?

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Jun 29, 2015 1:59 PM in response to phkc070408

The only albums on the photos feature are shared albums.

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phkc070408 Author

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Jun 29, 2015 2:13 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Ok, so iCloud Photos app on Apple TV is not what I'm looking for.

How come the photos from my home sharing in the Computers App on my Apple TV are slow to load?

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Jun 29, 2015 2:26 PM in response to phkc070408

I'd tend to think that's the result of a slow network, mine are just fine.

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phkc070408 Author

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Jun 29, 2015 2:47 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Would my photos being downloaded from iCloud Drive slow things down?

I'm not using iCloud Photos App on the Apple TV

My home sharing is pointing to the Photos App on my MacBook Pro, and the Photos App is retrieving the pictures from my iCloud Drive.

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Answer 11

Jun 29, 2015 2:53 PM in response to phkc070408

I doubt it would make much difference. Generally speaking your local area network should be much faster than your wider area network, so I wouldn't expect photos being downloaded on the later to affect the speed of home sharing locally. It's more likely to be a result of interference or poor or weak signal.

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uskrums

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Jul 24, 2015 12:05 PM in response to phkc070408

Yes, more instances of Apple not completely thinking it through. I want to be a beta tester next. I should have one iCloud Photo Library that any device can access without signing out of their own iCloud settings to access THE ONE that is associated with the library. Let's have admin rights (so my daughter doesn't delete all the pictures on the library) and be able to easily access the entire library at anytime anywhere on any device. Same thing they did with music, let's make it happen for photos. I want to watch it on my Apple TV easily, I want to be able to log into the library to organize/edit, but keep the photos on every user'd device separate until they decide to upload to the "Master library". That is how it should be!

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vazandrew

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Jul 24, 2015 12:32 PM in response to uskrums

This is a user forum

Feedback goes here

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

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