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I have a black macbook late 2006 which can run no newer operating system than Lion 10.7.5. I want to back up my photos to iCloud, but I can't get the new Photos app and I can't update my iPhotos 8.1.2 via the App store or by doing 'software update'. Any suggestions?
MacBook (13-inch Late 2006), Mac OS X (10.7.5)
Buy an iLife 11 DVD from a source such as Amazon or eBay.
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lol never thought of something that simple, thanks v much
However there is no way to backup your photos to iCloud with any version of iPhoto or Photos
LN
Thanks for your post, LarryHN. Bit confused. When I try to set up my iCloud, it has Photostream unchecked. I clicked on Learn More and it takes me to this link: iPhoto and Aperture: Using Photo Stream - Apple Support. This made me think I need to have iPhoto to get Photostream to be able to set, or is Photostream only on iPads and iPhones? Could I just copy my Pictures folder to my iCloud instead?
The Photo Stream isn't a backup method. Anything put into it will be deleted from Apple's servers 30 days afterwards.
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Ok, thanks
I'm just adding this in case anyone else is in a similar situation. I thought I'd be able to get iCloud Drive and use it as cloud storage like Dropbox, but you have to run OS X Yosemite, which my mac can't do.
macbook can't get Photos app or update iPhoto
