Timmmmahhhh
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Anyone use it?
How does it work?
Positives?
Negatives?
How does it work?
Positives?
Negatives?
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iPhone - Photostream
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Positives - Dead easy to send picstures to someone else (who uses an iDevice) on a shared photostream. And It keeps a copy of photos you take in the last 30days (I think) so even if you delete them from your camera roll you still have them.
Negatives - keeps a copy of any photo you take in the last 30 days (I think) so if you want to delete it you have to delete it twice!
Negatives - keeps a copy of any photo you take in the last 30 days (I think) so if you want to delete it you have to delete it twice!
Timmmmahhhh
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Another question - if I share a photostream with somebody else:
a) how the view it with out a iPhone/iPad etc?
2) will they get all the pictures I take or do I need to add certain pictures to a shared stream?
(I don't want to send pictures of my cock to my dad)
a) how the view it with out a iPhone/iPad etc?
2) will they get all the pictures I take or do I need to add certain pictures to a shared stream?
(I don't want to send pictures of my cock to my dad)
Timmmmahhhh said:Another question - if I share a photostream with somebody else:
a) how the view it with out a iPhone/iPad etc?
2) will they get all the pictures I take or do I need to add certain pictures to a shared stream?
(I don't want to send pictures of my cock to my dad)
a) don't think they can.
b) all photos you take will be added to YOUR photostream but you can selectively add them to a SHARED photostream. Dead easy.
Timmmmahhhh
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1an3 said:Timmmmahhhh said:Another question - if I share a photostream with somebody else:
a) how the view it with out a iPhone/iPad etc?
2) will they get all the pictures I take or do I need to add certain pictures to a shared stream?
(I don't want to send pictures of my cock to my dad)
a) don't think they can.
b) all photos you take will be added to YOUR photostream but you can selectively add them to a SHARED photostream. Dead easy.
Cool, so, without sounding (even more) simple, my photostream sends everything to my netbook (iPhone -> netbook) and the shared streams I select photos and who to share them with (with an iPhone/iPad etc)?
Kind of.
you take a picture with your phone, it goes into your camera roll.
It also goes in your photostream. For 30 days (I think). Your photostream exists on other devices such as iPads, Macs, or a Windows computer with iCloud control panel installed*, as long as you use the same AppleID.
From either your camera roll OR your photo stream, you can share a photo to a shared photostream. When you first create a shared photostream, it asks you for the email addresses of who can see it. When the photos are added to the shared photstream, the recipients get a notification on their phone (or iPad or wherever they're signed in with the AppleID).
NB. Photostream was new in iOS6 so unless they have iPhone 5 OR have updated to iOS6 on older devices, you/they won't see it.
Don't rely on photostream for backing up your photos. They are included in an iTunes backup of your phone, and in an iCloud backup (5GB Free). I would reccomend enabling iCloud backups of your device, as if you lose your phone/it breaks you will wish you had a later backup.
What I do, is have iCloud backups ON so that it backs up my phone every day. I also occasionally copy off my photos to my PC so I've got them all. Depends how many photos you take but you'll soon fill your 5GB.
Hope this helps...
* I haven't been able to get this to work, mind.
you take a picture with your phone, it goes into your camera roll.
It also goes in your photostream. For 30 days (I think). Your photostream exists on other devices such as iPads, Macs, or a Windows computer with iCloud control panel installed*, as long as you use the same AppleID.
From either your camera roll OR your photo stream, you can share a photo to a shared photostream. When you first create a shared photostream, it asks you for the email addresses of who can see it. When the photos are added to the shared photstream, the recipients get a notification on their phone (or iPad or wherever they're signed in with the AppleID).
NB. Photostream was new in iOS6 so unless they have iPhone 5 OR have updated to iOS6 on older devices, you/they won't see it.
Don't rely on photostream for backing up your photos. They are included in an iTunes backup of your phone, and in an iCloud backup (5GB Free). I would reccomend enabling iCloud backups of your device, as if you lose your phone/it breaks you will wish you had a later backup.
What I do, is have iCloud backups ON so that it backs up my phone every day. I also occasionally copy off my photos to my PC so I've got them all. Depends how many photos you take but you'll soon fill your 5GB.
Hope this helps...
* I haven't been able to get this to work, mind.
Timmmmahhhh
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1an3 said:Kind of.
you take a picture with your phone, it goes into your camera roll.
It also goes in your photostream. For 30 days (I think). Your photostream exists on other devices such as iPads, Macs, or a Windows computer with iCloud control panel installed*, as long as you use the same AppleID.
From either your camera roll OR your photo stream, you can share a photo to a shared photostream. When you first create a shared photostream, it asks you for the email addresses of who can see it. When the photos are added to the shared photstream, the recipients get a notification on their phone (or iPad or wherever they're signed in with the AppleID).
NB. Photostream was new in iOS6 so unless they have iPhone 5 OR have updated to iOS6 on older devices, you/they won't see it.
Don't rely on photostream for backing up your photos. They are included in an iTunes backup of your phone, and in an iCloud backup (5GB Free). I would reccomend enabling iCloud backups of your device, as if you lose your phone/it breaks you will wish you had a later backup.
What I do, is have iCloud backups ON so that it backs up my phone every day. I also occasionally copy off my photos to my PC so I've got them all. Depends how many photos you take but you'll soon fill your 5GB.
Hope this helps...
* I haven't been able to get this to work, mind.
Cheers, I think I'm sorted now.
I use iCloud and it backs up nightly, think I only have about 500MB left. I tend to delete older photos from my phone once I have transferred them to my PC so that I don't reach the 5GB limit.
I have installed the iCloud Control Panel and it seems to be working fine, what's the problem you are having with it?
It just sits there with the spinning thing when I enter my username/password. Never actually does anything. I kind of put it down to being on 64-bit Windows 7 but I haven't really troubleshooted (shot)? it much to be honest.
Incidentally my iPhone 4S backup is only 2.6GB , of which 1.8GB is photos so yours is pretty big at >4GB!
Incidentally my iPhone 4S backup is only 2.6GB , of which 1.8GB is photos so yours is pretty big at >4GB!
Timmmmahhhh
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1an3 said:It just sits there with the spinning thing when I enter my username/password. Never actually does anything. I kind of put it down to being on 64-bit Windows 7 but I haven't really troubleshooted (shot)? it much to be honest.
Incidentally my iPhone 4S backup is only 2.6GB , of which 1.8GB is photos so yours is pretty big at >4GB!
I've got 400+ photos/videos in the camera roll then I have a Photo Safe app that has photos and videos I don't want people to see that takes up a good chuck of it, plus it backs up all your apps.
Nothing I can suggest to that, mine just logs straight in, I think I'm using Windows 7 Lite (or something similar, the basic version for a netbook).
Not sure if you'll be interested, but I have my phone set up to automatically transfer my Photostream to by netbook when I am on WiFi (doesn't use the 3G), however shared Photostreams will use WiFi or 3G, whatever you are on when you add the photos to the folder. The 3G option (as far as I am aware and I have spoke to technical support at Apple) can not be turned off without turning off the shared Photostreams option. I imagine this would eat into any date allowance is sharing on 3G so probably best to do it when on WiFi.
Timmmmahhhh said:1an3 said:It just sits there with the spinning thing when I enter my username/password. Never actually does anything. I kind of put it down to being on 64-bit Windows 7 but I haven't really troubleshooted (shot)? it much to be honest.
Incidentally my iPhone 4S backup is only 2.6GB , of which 1.8GB is photos so yours is pretty big at >4GB!
I've got 400+ photos/videos in the camera roll then I have a Photo Safe app that has photos and videos I don't want people to see that takes up a good chuck of it, plus it backs up all your apps.
Nothing I can suggest to that, mine just logs straight in, I think I'm using Windows 7 Lite (or something similar, the basic version for a netbook).
Not sure if you'll be interested, but I have my phone set up to automatically transfer my Photostream to by netbook when I am on WiFi (doesn't use the 3G), however shared Photostreams will use WiFi or 3G, whatever you are on when you add the photos to the folder. The 3G option (as far as I am aware and I have spoke to technical support at Apple) can not be turned off without turning off the shared Photostreams option. I imagine this would eat into any date allowance is sharing on 3G so probably best to do it when on WiFi.
Yeah, you're right thats a slight flaw. Once your photo is in your own photostream there is zero(ish) data uploaded to add it to a shared one, cos it's already been uploaded (on Wifi, cos your own photostream only ues wifi). But if you add a photo to a shared photostream that only exists on your camera roll, it has to upload it.
Those photovault apps look pretty good. I remember my iCloud backups were getting mental big, until I realised I had included Spotify data in there, so it included all the tracks I'd make available offline.
I might spend a bit of time today trying to get the iCloud thinfg working on this PC. Something to tinker with on a Friday afternoon!
Timmmmahhhh
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1an3 said:Timmmmahhhh said:1an3 said:It just sits there with the spinning thing when I enter my username/password. Never actually does anything. I kind of put it down to being on 64-bit Windows 7 but I haven't really troubleshooted (shot)? it much to be honest.
Incidentally my iPhone 4S backup is only 2.6GB , of which 1.8GB is photos so yours is pretty big at >4GB!
I've got 400+ photos/videos in the camera roll then I have a Photo Safe app that has photos and videos I don't want people to see that takes up a good chuck of it, plus it backs up all your apps.
Nothing I can suggest to that, mine just logs straight in, I think I'm using Windows 7 Lite (or something similar, the basic version for a netbook).
Not sure if you'll be interested, but I have my phone set up to automatically transfer my Photostream to by netbook when I am on WiFi (doesn't use the 3G), however shared Photostreams will use WiFi or 3G, whatever you are on when you add the photos to the folder. The 3G option (as far as I am aware and I have spoke to technical support at Apple) can not be turned off without turning off the shared Photostreams option. I imagine this would eat into any date allowance is sharing on 3G so probably best to do it when on WiFi.
Yeah, you're right thats a slight flaw. Once your photo is in your own photostream there is zero(ish) data uploaded to add it to a shared one, cos it's already been uploaded (on Wifi, cos your own photostream only ues wifi). But if you add a photo to a shared photostream that only exists on your camera roll, it has to upload it.
Those photovault apps look pretty good. I remember my iCloud backups were getting mental big, until I realised I had included Spotify data in there, so it included all the tracks I'd make available offline.
I might spend a bit of time today trying to get the iCloud thinfg working on this PC. Something to tinker with on a Friday afternoon!
The one I use is just called "Photo Video" and has a gold safe picture as it's icon, I think it was about £1.50 but it doesn't have limits on how much you can store in it, you can store photos and videos (clever name ey?) and the password can be a combination of letters and numbers, however many you want, not just a 4 digit passcode.
The iCloud Control Panel doesn't do a great deal to be honest (unless I'm missing something), it just show's how much you storage you have left and gives you the option to select where your Photostream is to be downloaded.
Right well I've made some progress with the iCloud control panel. I know WHY it isn't working, just need to work out how to fix it.
The problem is caused by my account at work being a 'domain account' and having various parts of the windows profile (app data) redirected. iCloud is obviously shite and doesn't get that somehow. I logged in as a local user and all was well.
Like you say, not massively useful but it's irritating that it doesnt work!
in case anyone has the same issue: <a class="postlink" href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3376255?start=150&tstart=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/33 ... 0&tstart=0</a>
The problem is caused by my account at work being a 'domain account' and having various parts of the windows profile (app data) redirected. iCloud is obviously shite and doesn't get that somehow. I logged in as a local user and all was well.
Like you say, not massively useful but it's irritating that it doesnt work!
in case anyone has the same issue: <a class="postlink" href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3376255?start=150&tstart=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/33 ... 0&tstart=0</a>