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There is nothing that I've read that describes what you said. That said, I have multiple photostreams with almost 1000 photos/videos per photostream, and none

by steven2012 11y ago

There is nothing that I've read that describes what you said. That said, I have multiple photostreams with almost 1000 photos/videos per photostream, and none have been deleted. So I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, if it is just a sync mechanism. As well, I do know that without an internet connection, the videos don't work, so I'm not sure what "sync" even means in this context.

stephenr 11y ago
> There is nothing that I've read that describes what you said. Literally the second (non-ad) result when I searched on DDG for "apple photostream": https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201317 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201317 From that page: The subheading says: "With My Photo Stream, you can access the recent photos that you take with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, on your Mac and PC." Under the instructions about setting it up is this: > My Photo Stream uploads your most recent photos so you can view and import them to all of your devices. Photos are stored in My Photo Stream for 30 days. I don't know what material you've been reading, but Photostream has always been marketed by Apple as a way to get photos from any of your devices, onto the others. Think of it like a delayed queue. Device A uploads the 5 photos you just took to the photostream. Devices B and C connect later (either because they were off, or had no Wifi, etc) and (depending on your settings) can download those 5 photos. After a month, the photos are automatically deleted from the photo stream. In the world of iCloud Photo Library, the only reason to keep the "Upload to My Photo Stream" option turned on, is if you have a device that can't use the new Photos app (e.g. older iOS/OSX). Based on what you're saying about "multiple PhotoStreams" I don't even know what you're doing. Are you sure what you're using is PhotoStreams, and not just regular shared albums? It doesn't sound anything like PhotoStream if you have multiple, long-lived collections.
- steven2012 11y ago
  This is funny. You're right. What I thought were Photostreams are actually iCloud Shared Albums. No wonder I've been so confused. However, they used to be called Photo Streams, I believe. Or at least, they used to be called "streams", which is probably why I conflated the terms. I know they were called streams because I just checked my iPhone 4, which is still on IOS 7.1.2, and it says distinctly "Create New Stream". On IOS 8, it says "Start Sharing". I just never noticed they got rid of the term stream and/or changed the meaning. I can honestly say at this point I don't know what a Photostream is anymore then.
  - stephenr 11y ago
    As I said, your Photostream is just the last 30 days of photos from any device said to upload to it. This allows automatic import into other devices, if you aren't using iCloud Photo Library (or if some devices can't use it) I've definitely had some issues with their iCloud related Photo systems, but the little messing around I've had to do has been worth it for the functionality when they work, IMO.

stephenr 11y ago

> There is nothing that I've read that describes what you said. Literally the second (non-ad) result when I searched on DDG for "apple photostream": https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201317 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201317 From that page: The subheading says: "With My Photo Stream, you can access the recent photos that you take with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, on your Mac and PC." Under the instructions about setting it up is this: > My Photo Stream uploads your most recent photos so you can view and import them to all of your devices. Photos are stored in My Photo Stream for 30 days. I don't know what material you've been reading, but Photostream has always been marketed by Apple as a way to get photos from any of your devices, onto the others. Think of it like a delayed queue. Device A uploads the 5 photos you just took to the photostream. Devices B and C connect later (either because they were off, or had no Wifi, etc) and (depending on your settings) can download those 5 photos. After a month, the photos are automatically deleted from the photo stream. In the world of iCloud Photo Library, the only reason to keep the "Upload to My Photo Stream" option turned on, is if you have a device that can't use the new Photos app (e.g. older iOS/OSX). Based on what you're saying about "multiple PhotoStreams" I don't even know what you're doing. Are you sure what you're using is PhotoStreams, and not just regular shared albums? It doesn't sound anything like PhotoStream if you have multiple, long-lived collections.

steven2012 11y ago
This is funny. You're right. What I thought were Photostreams are actually iCloud Shared Albums. No wonder I've been so confused. However, they used to be called Photo Streams, I believe. Or at least, they used to be called "streams", which is probably why I conflated the terms. I know they were called streams because I just checked my iPhone 4, which is still on IOS 7.1.2, and it says distinctly "Create New Stream". On IOS 8, it says "Start Sharing". I just never noticed they got rid of the term stream and/or changed the meaning. I can honestly say at this point I don't know what a Photostream is anymore then.
- stephenr 11y ago
  As I said, your Photostream is just the last 30 days of photos from any device said to upload to it. This allows automatic import into other devices, if you aren't using iCloud Photo Library (or if some devices can't use it) I've definitely had some issues with their iCloud related Photo systems, but the little messing around I've had to do has been worth it for the functionality when they work, IMO.