Now that Photo Stream is off on my iPhone and iPad, if I delete photos from my iPad will they stay on my iPhone or get deleted too?
Deleting photos from one device does not affect the other device unless you are deleting those photos from Photo Stream itself. But having Photo Stream turned on, and then deleting photos from your Camera Roll will not delete any photos from the Photo Stream.
On the other hand, if you are using iCloud Photo Library, anything you delete will be deleted from any other device or Mac using iCloud Photo stream, since you are deleting it from the photo library stored in iCloud which all of those devices are using as well....
So, if that is the case, then you want to turn off iCloud Photo Library to be able to manage your library on a device only.
Cheers,
GB
Deleting photos from one device does not affect the other device unless you are deleting those photos from Photo Stream itself. But having Photo Stream turned on, and then deleting photos from your Camera Roll will not delete any photos from the Photo Stream.
On the other hand, if you are using iCloud Photo Library, anything you delete will be deleted from any other device or Mac using iCloud Photo stream, since you are deleting it from the photo library stored in iCloud which all of those devices are using as well....
So, if that is the case, then you want to turn off iCloud Photo Library to be able to manage your library on a device only.
Cheers,
GB
Thanks so much for your response Gail.
And yes you are right since iCloud is on, it won't affect whether or not I turned off Photo Stream.
Now the downside is that if I turned off iCloud, then my photos will not be backed up in iCloud.
Correct. You basically have two options for backing up your photos:
1. iCloud Photo Library - which is what you are currently using, and syncs photos to your iCloud library wirelessly
iCloud Photo Library FAQ - Apple Support
iCloud Photo Library Help - Apple Support
2. Photo Import - which you do by hooking your device up to your Mac or PC and importing your photos to your Photos library on your computer:
I personally, use the import method, but that's because I share photos between my devices, Mac, and Photo libraries via Photo Stream and Photo Sharing, and I sync any other photos that I want on my devices back via iTunes:
Cheers,
GB
Now that Photo Stream is off on my iPhone and iPad, if I delete photos from my iPad will they stay on my iPhone or get deleted too?
