Photo Stream not showing all photos

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Photo Stream not showing all photos

I have 795 pictures on my camera roll, but my photo stream only shows 105 (the most recent ones, I'd say they go from today to two-three weeks ago). Up until yesterday it showed all pictures. My photo stream had more pictures than the camera roll, they were about 810 I think. I haven't done any changes to the settings, no backups, nothing. I recently bought a new laptop and I have installed iCloud on it, only set it up with email and Apple ID, haven't connected my phone to the laptop yet.. long story short I haven't done anything weird to justify all those pictures not showing up as they did. Never had this issue before.. iPhone 4 running iOS 7.1.02

iPhone 4, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Jun 12, 2016 12:48 PM

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LACAllen

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Jun 12, 2016 1:46 PM in response to Kia-

I think you're seeing what is now expected behaviour from Photo Stream.

Photos are only stored online (in the Photo Stream album) for either 30 days or 1000 photos.

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Kia- Author

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Jun 12, 2016 1:56 PM in response to LACAllen

Thank you for your reply. I have read about this while googling this issue indeed... but is this a very recent change? Not that it upsets me, I save them in folders on my laptop all the time so I know I can still find them if I need them... I was surprised as I didn't do anything and boom 700+ pics gone

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LACAllen

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Jun 12, 2016 2:21 PM in response to Kia-

I honestly don't know exactly when this was changed. Likely with OSX Yosemite. It seems it was not a switch that was thrown, but somehow it was grandfathered for existing Photo Streams.

Someone here with a longer Photo Stream history than I may chime in. In practical terms, Photo Stream is not what it once was as a sharing option.

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Chris CA

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Jun 12, 2016 2:53 PM in response to Kia-

Kia- wrote:

Thank you for your reply. I have read about this while googling this issue indeed... but is this a very recent change?

No.

It’s been like this from the beginning.

1,000 photos/30 days max.

More than 1,000 photos and it will start deleting the oldest.

Sync photos to your computer.

Se this -> Keep your photos safely stored and up to date on all your devices - Apple Support

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Kia- Author

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Jun 12, 2016 3:52 PM in response to Chris CA

What I don't get though is why it got rid of so many pictures all at once. Maybe because of the storage? (I know I have very little left at the moment)

Also, when I open the photo stream and switch the picture view to the one that groups pics according to dates, I see all the pictures and not just the 105 onea I currently have in my stream. I guess it just shows all the rest because they are still in my camera roll so it sees them from

there?

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Chris CA

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Jun 12, 2016 6:21 PM in response to Kia-

iCloud Photos is dependent on your iCloud storage size.

Photo Stream is not dependent on how much storage you have .

-> My Photo Stream FAQ - Apple Support

Dunno why it just deleted them. I've had loads in Photo Stream for more than a month and then they disappeared.

Sounds like something on Apple's server is not always up to date.

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