Jame Stitel

Q: How to sync deletions iPhone and Mac

Hi,

 

I'm having synced my photos from iPhone to Macbook through Photo Stream, not using iCloud for photos.

 

How can I make the photos I delete on my iPhone deleted on my Macbook, too?

Posted on Sep 11, 2016 10:17 AM

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  • by Michael Black,Apple recommended

    Michael Black Michael Black Sep 12, 2016 3:43 AM in response to Jame Stitel
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    Sep 12, 2016 3:43 AM in response to Jame Stitel

    With photo stream, you cannot - see My Photo Stream FAQ - Apple Support

     

    Photo's in your stream are independently downloaded to all your devices sharing the stream. You will have to delete them off each device separately. The stream only keeps a given photo for 30 days and then purges it. There is no permanent library of photos to sync between devices.

     

    iCloud Photo library does keep a record in your iCloud storage and sync's any changes on one device to all other devices -  iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support

  • by Jame Stitel,

    Jame Stitel Jame Stitel Sep 12, 2016 3:43 AM in response to Michael Black
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    Sep 12, 2016 3:43 AM in response to Michael Black

    Yes, I get that.

     

    But there surely must by another way. iCloud is out of question because the storage plans are better at other services.

    Or is there not?

     

    Thank you very much anyway

  • by Michael Black,

    Michael Black Michael Black Sep 12, 2016 6:29 AM in response to Jame Stitel
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    Sep 12, 2016 6:29 AM in response to Jame Stitel

    As I said, with Photo Stream there surely is not any way to do that.  Photo Stream simply cannot sync changes across devices like that.  Photo stream is nothing more than a temporary cache to allow distribution of photos across devices. Once distributed to those other devices, Photo Stream has no connection with the content at all and changes on any given device are local changes only. 

     

    Apple's solution for continually sync'ing changes to your photo libraries on multiple devices is iCloud Photo Library.

     

    If that is not a solution for you, then you will have to investigate third party photo storage and sync'ing options. Depending on how much storage your photo's need, almost all of those will also require a fee for the only library storage If you have a large photo collection to keep sync'd.