{"id":39308,"date":"2016-12-29T09:56:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T15:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=39308"},"modified":"2017-01-03T14:58:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T20:58:23","slug":"tech-tip-what-to-do-when-icloud-photo-library-isnt-the-solution-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/39308-tech-tip-what-to-do-when-icloud-photo-library-isnt-the-solution-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip: What To Do When iCloud Photo Library Isn&#8217;t The Solution For You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/39270-tech-tip-how-icloud-photo-library-and-the-photos-app-work\">last week&#8217;s article<\/a>, I discussed how iCloud Photo Library works to synchronize all of \u00a0your photos and videos on all of your devices &#8212; Mac, iOS, Apple TV, Windows PCs and so on &#8212; so that regardless of the storage available on any device, you have access to your entire visual media library. iCloud Photo Library provides a constant and thorough backup of all of your photos and video as well, without having to put any thought or effort into the process.<\/p>\n<p>But iCloud Photo Library does have some downsides. In order to store all of your imagery &#8212; particularly if you also use iCloud for document storage &#8212; you may need to have a rather pricey 1TB or 2TB iCloud plan at $9.99 or $19.99 per month. But probably the most frustrating downside for many users of iCloud Photo Library is that deleting an image or video on any device results in that being deleted from all of \u00a0your devices (see image below).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39309\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39309\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DeleteFromAll.jpg\" alt=\"Delete from one, delete from all\" width=\"640\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DeleteFromAll.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DeleteFromAll-284x88.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DeleteFromAll-190x59.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DeleteFromAll-284x88@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DeleteFromAll-190x59@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delete from one, delete from all<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In today&#8217;s post I&#8217;ll cover alternative ways to store a large photo library and show you a method by which you can still delete a photo from one device and keep it on the others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Photo Stream<\/strong><br \/>\nMy Photo Stream is a combination of a Photos\u00a0album and an Apple service that is designed to take your latest photos (it does NOT work with video) and make them available on all of your devices.\u00a0Enabling it is simple. On iOS devices, just go to Settings &gt; iCloud &gt; Photos and\u00a0tap the button\u00a0to &#8220;Upload to My Photo Stream&#8221; (see image below).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39310\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39310\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iphone6-ios9-settings-icloud-photos-my-photo-stream.jpg\" alt=\"Enable &quot;Upload to My Photo Stream&quot; to send new photos to all iCloud devices\" width=\"640\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iphone6-ios9-settings-icloud-photos-my-photo-stream.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iphone6-ios9-settings-icloud-photos-my-photo-stream-140x120.png 140w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iphone6-ios9-settings-icloud-photos-my-photo-stream-284x243.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iphone6-ios9-settings-icloud-photos-my-photo-stream-190x163.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iphone6-ios9-settings-icloud-photos-my-photo-stream-140x120@2x.png 280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iphone6-ios9-settings-icloud-photos-my-photo-stream-284x243@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iphone6-ios9-settings-icloud-photos-my-photo-stream-190x163@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>(Enable &#8220;Upload to My Photo Stream&#8221; to send new photos to all iCloud devices)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On macOS, the process is similar; launch System Preferences, select iCloud, select Photos, and then make sure My Photo Stream is turned on (see image below).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39311\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39311\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/yosemite-system_prefs-icloud-photos-on.jpg\" alt=\"Turning on My Photo Stream in macOS\" width=\"640\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/yosemite-system_prefs-icloud-photos-on.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/yosemite-system_prefs-icloud-photos-on-177x120.png 177w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/yosemite-system_prefs-icloud-photos-on-284x193.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/yosemite-system_prefs-icloud-photos-on-190x129.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/yosemite-system_prefs-icloud-photos-on-177x120@2x.png 354w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/yosemite-system_prefs-icloud-photos-on-284x193@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/yosemite-system_prefs-icloud-photos-on-190x129@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>(Turning on My Photo Stream in macOS)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As \u00a0you can see from the description of My Photo Stream in macOS, it allows you to &#8220;Import your recent photos from devices without iCloud Photo Library and send new photos to the My Photo Stream Album on those devices.&#8221; In other words, when you take photos on your iPhone or add them to a Mac from a DSLR or other source, My Photo Stream sends those images automatically to an album called My Photo Stream that appears on all devices.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll notice that iCloud Photo Library is turned off in the screenshot above. It doesn&#8217;t need to be &#8212; if you are using iCloud Photo Library you can also use My Photo Stream. So what&#8217;s the difference in how they work? My Photo Stream is designed to upload the most recent photos you&#8217;ve taken so that you can view and import them to all of your devices. <strong>Photos are only stored in My Photo Stream for 30 days<\/strong>, so\u00a0if iCloud Photo Library is shut off, you need to move items from My Photo Stream to other albums. If you use both iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream, photos added to My Photo Stream appear in the All Photos tab in the Photos app, where they&#8217;re then organized in Moments, Collections and Years.<\/p>\n<p>So how can you use My Photo Stream as an iCloud Photo Library alternative? Using My Photo Stream alone ensures that all new photos taken with iOS devices are moved <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-39324\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-29-at-9.58.56-AM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-29-at-9-58-56-am\" width=\"500\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-29-at-9.58.56-AM.png 575w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-29-at-9.58.56-AM-284x69.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-29-at-9.58.56-AM-190x46.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-29-at-9.58.56-AM-284x69@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-29-at-9.58.56-AM-190x46@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>to your Mac (or PC) where you can manually decide which ones you wish to keep and move them into separate albums. Note that your photos and videos are <strong>not<\/strong> backed up to the cloud with My Photo Stream, so you&#8217;ll need to manually back up your photos to an external drive. One other caveat &#8212; your photo library will not be synchronized across devices. My Photo Stream is essentially just a good method of making sure that new photos are distributed to other devices so you can determine what you wish to do with them.<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side, photos deleted from My Photo Stream on your iOS device or Mac (done by clicking the trash can button or clicking Delete) removes those from both Photos and iCloud. The photos imported from My Photo Stream to other devices aren&#8217;t deleted, so this is one way to get around that &#8220;Delete from all devices&#8221; message seen at the top of this post.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39316\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39316\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Photos from Amazon\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-214x120.png 214w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-284x159.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-190x107.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-548x308.png 548w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-364x204.png 364w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-230x129.png 230w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-214x120@2x.png 428w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-284x159@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/PrimePhotos-190x107@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Photos from Amazon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Prime Photos from Amazon<\/strong><br \/>\nAmazon Prime customers who shoot a lot of photos and video should look into the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/prime-photos-from-amazon\/id621574163?mt=8\">Prime Photos from Amazon<\/a> app (free) as an alternative to iCloud Photo Library. As part of the\u00a0Amazon Prime perks, users get unlimited photo and video storage and can even collect imagery from friends or family for inclusion in a &#8220;memory&#8221;. The app is highly rated (4+ with over 350 reviews for the most recent version) and like iCloud Photo Library, it automatically backs up every image you capture.<\/p>\n<p>The iOS app is fast and well-designed, and Mac and PC users can get work with their photo libraries in any web browser.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39315\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39315\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GooPhotos.jpg\" alt=\"Google Photos\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GooPhotos.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GooPhotos-281x120.png 281w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GooPhotos-284x121.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GooPhotos-190x81.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GooPhotos-281x120@2x.png 562w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GooPhotos-284x121@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GooPhotos-190x81@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Google Photos<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat free photos app has even a better rating than Prime Photos from Amazon? <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/google-photos-free-photo-video\/id962194608?mt=8\">Google Photos<\/a>, which is running a ridiculous 5-star rating with almost 2,300 reviews in the App Store. Like Prime Photos from Amazon, Google Photos can be used as an alternate &#8220;shoebox&#8221; in which to safely store all of your imagery.<\/p>\n<p>Images can be up to 16 megapixels in size, while video can be up to 1080p HD. Beyond that, you&#8217;re probably best off with a more professional solution, like storing everything locally on fast RAID drives (the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Thunderbolt\/\">ThunderBay 4 family<\/a> is perfect for this or any other number of <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/external-storage\">external solutions from MacSales.com<\/a>) and then using a cloud backup for an offsite solution.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>There are other third-party solutions, but watch out &#8212; over the years, a number of third-party photo storage\/syncing services have gone out of business, leaving customers to download their photo libraries in a hurry and then find another place to store all of those images. It&#8217;s probably a good idea\u00a0to stay with one of the &#8220;big three&#8221;: Apple, Amazon or Google.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In last week&#8217;s article, I discussed how iCloud Photo Library works to synchronize all of \u00a0your photos and videos on all of your devices &#8212; Mac, iOS, Apple TV, Windows PCs and so on &#8212; so that regardless of the storage available on any device, you have access to your entire visual media library. iCloud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":39310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"class_list":["post-39308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What to do when iCloud Photo Library isn&#039;t the solution for you<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"iCloud Photo Library has some downsides. 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