My Photograph Stream

With My Photo Stream, you lot can admission recent photos that you lot took with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch on, or that yous uploaded from your Mac or PC.

What you demand

If you recently created your Apple tree ID, My Photograph Stream might non exist available. If My Photo Stream isn't available, employ iCloud Photos to keep your photos and videos in iCloud.

How My Photo Stream works with iCloud Photos

My Photo Stream uploads your most recent photos (except Live Photos) so that you lot can view and import them to all of your devices. Photos are stored in My Photograph Stream for 30 days. iCloud Photos uploads all of your photos and videos to iCloud and keeps them up to date across your devices.

If yous plough on both My Photo Stream and iCloud Photos on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, photos that you take with that device upload to both iCloud Photos and My Photo Stream.

If you use another device with the same Apple tree ID that has only My Photo Stream turned on, photos that yous take on that device upload only to My Photo Stream. They don't appear on any devices that accept only iCloud Photos enabled.

Learn more about the differences betwixt iCloud Photos and My Photo Stream.

See your photos in My Photo Stream

Detect your device below and follow the steps.

iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  • iOS 8 or subsequently: Tap Photos > Albums > My Photograph Stream.

Mac

Go to Photos > Albums > My Photo Stream.

Apple tree TV

  • Apple Television set Hard disk: After you sign in to iCloud, go to Settings > Accounts > iCloud and turn on My Photo Stream.
  • Apple Tv (third and 2nd generation): After yous sign in to iCloud, go to Settings > iCloud > iCloud Photograph Settings > Turn On My Photograph Stream.

Windows PC

When you turn on Photos, iCloud for Windows creates a Photos folder in File Explorer called iCloud Photos. My Photo Stream automatically downloads any new photos that you take on your iOS devices to the Downloads binder.

View My Photo Stream on Windows

Y'all can also use these steps to see your photos on your PC:

  • Windows x: Enter iCloud Photos in the Search the web and Windows bar. When you see iCloud Photos - Desktop app in the search results, select it.
  • Windows 8.1: From the Showtime screen, clickDownload in the bottom-left corner, then click iCloud >iCloud Photos app.
  • Windows 8: From the Start screen, select iCloud Photos.
  • Windows 7: Click the Windows Start button, and then click Pictures. Click iCloud Photos under the Favorites menu in the panel on the left.

Photo formats that you tin utilize with My Photograph Stream

My Photo Stream supports JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and near RAW photo formats. My Photo Stream doesn't support video or Live Photos.

Delete photos from My Photograph Stream

Select one or more photos from My Photo Stream on your iOS device or Mac, and so tapTrash icon or click Delete.

On your PC, select the photos that you want to remove from My Photo Stream. Correct-click, so select Delete.

When you delete a photo from My Photo Stream on i device, the photograph is removed from Photos and iCloud. The photos that you import from My Photo Stream to your other devices won't be deleted.

Frequently asked questions near My Photo Stream

Find answers to your questions below.

Can I use My Photo Stream to back upward my photos instead of iCloud Backup or iTunes?

No. Photos in My Photo Stream are saved on the iCloud server for 30 days. After that, the photos are removed from iCloud. To save or support these photos, you must save them from My Photo Stream to your iOS device. Here's how: On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon, open Photos and tap Albums > My Photo Stream > Select. Tap the photos that you desire to save, then tapShare icon > Save Image. Then y'all can support your photos with iCloud or iTunes.

What resolution are My Photo Stream photos?

On a Mac or PC, your photos are downloaded and stored in total resolution. On iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple TV, your photos are delivered in a device-optimized resolution that speeds downloads and saves storage space.

Dimensions vary, but an optimized version of a photo taken by a standard bespeak-and-shoot camera will have a 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution when pushed to your devices. Panoramic photos can be up to 5400 pixels wide.

When do my photos upload to My Photo Stream?

Photos that you take on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch automatically upload to My Photo Stream when you leave the Camera app and connect to Wi-Fi. And new photos that yous import on your Mac to the Photos app automatically upload when you lot connect to Wi-Fi or Ethernet. You lot can modify your preferences so that only photos you manually add to My Photo Stream upload.

To upload photos to My Photo Stream on your PC, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Windows Start button, and so click Pictures.
  2. Select iCloud Photos under the Favorites menu in the panel on the left.
  3. Click Upload photos.
  4. Select the photos you desire to add together to My Photo Stream, then click Open.

You can also elevate and drop photos from your PC into the Uploads binder in iCloud Photos.

How many photos can My Photograph Stream store?

To save storage infinite, your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on keep your almost recent 1000 photos in the My Photo Stream album. From My Photo Stream, you can scan your photos or motility the ones y'all like to another album to keep them on your iOS device forever. And if your Apple tree TV has limited storage, yous'll come across only your most recent photos.

You tin choose to download all of your photos from My Photo Stream to your Mac and PC automatically.

Open Photos and go to Preferences > General. Select Re-create items to the Photos library.

Does My Photo Stream use my iCloud storage?

No. The photos y'all upload to My Photo Stream don't count against your iCloud storage.

Where are my outburst way photos in My Photo Stream?

When you take photos with burst mode, simply your favorite photos import to your device. You can cull to save all photos you take with flare-up style to My Photo Stream: tap Settings > [your proper noun] > iCloud > Photos and turn on Upload Burst Photos.

What happens to your photos if you lot turn off My Photo Stream

Before you plough off My Photograph Stream, save whatsoever photos that you want to go along on your device. If you sign out of iCloud or plough off My Photo Stream on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, all of the photos in the My Photo Stream album are removed from that device.

The photos from My Photograph Stream on your other devices aren't affected. Photos from My Photo Stream stay on the iCloud server for xxx days from the engagement you upload them to My Photo Stream. If you sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID and turn on My Photo Stream on another device, the photos automatically download.

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