Hi, If you look way down this post, you should see the answers to your questions, but I'll paste them into here anyway.
>>>>>> If you're seeing your iCloud/PhotoStream photos when in iPhoto on your >>>>>> Mac, then they're likely already downloading automatically to your Mac. >>>>>> To confirm, go into iPhoto, press cmd-comma to get into iPhoto >>>>>> Preferences then select the iCloud pane in the Toolbar. The "My >>>>>> PhotoStream" should be checked and the "Automatic Import" should be >>>>>> checked as well. I don't check the "Automatic Upload" as it fills up my >>>>>> iPhone too quickly when photos get uploaded from other cameras into my >>>>>> PhotoStream. To answer your question about whether deleting photos from your iPhone deletes them from your Mac, read on... >>>> No, not really. What happens is that pictures taken on an iPhone are >>>> automatically uploaded to the PhotoStream if you have that enabled on the >>>> iPhone. Now, if your Mac uses the same Apple ID and you have photos >>>> turned on within the iCloud pane of System Preferences, then you're both >>>> accessing the same PhotoStream. So, when you set the iCloud Pref in >>>> iPhoto as I suggested in my last post, those pictures that were >>>> automatically uploaded to the iCloud PhotoStream will also be >>>> automatically downloaded to your Mac when you open iPhoto. They will >>>> actually appear in two places. They will be both in the PhotoStream area, >>>> which is up in the Cloud, and they will be placed into your Events area >>>> and named May 2014 PhotoStream or whatever month it happens to be. >>>> Therefore, if your Mom deletes them from her iPhone, they are actually >>>> only deleted from her iPhone, they will remain within the PhotoStream. If >>>> she deletes them from the PhotoStream, then they will be removed from the >>>> PhotoStream Library on your Mac too, but, since they are already moved >>>> over into the Events area of iPhoto on your Mac, then you will still have >>>> a copy of them on your Mac. Think of the PhotoStream as just a >>>> Cloud-based area for temporary storage of your photos. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 14, 2014, at 3:33 PM, Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I've been wondering about this too, so am asking another question. > So if my photos are on my Mac in photo stream, do I have to import them into > iPhoto in order for them not to be deleted when I delete a photo from my > phone's camera roll? I've been copying them to another pictures folder I made > just to be safe, but don't want duplicates if I absolutely know they will > remain in iPhoto even if I delete them from my phone. > Syncing is still something I struggle to fully understand the finer details > of. > On 15/05/2014, at 3:22 am, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Videos are not a part of the PhotoStream. Videos need to be transferred >> over via the USB connection. When you physically connect the iPhone to your >> Mac, those videos should automatically be transferred over to your Mac. You >> should not get duplicates either, things are normally checked prior to the >> transfer so that iPhoto will note those items already within the iPhoto >> Library and not transfer them over to your Mac a second time. After the >> transfer is complete, you can find the videos in the Last Import section of >> your iPhoto Library. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On May 14, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Dionipher Presas Herrera <dionip...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> thanks >>> Il giorno 14/mag/2014, alle ore 01:17 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> ha >>> scritto: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> No, not really. What happens is that pictures taken on an iPhone are >>>> automatically uploaded to the PhotoStream if you have that enabled on the >>>> iPhone. Now, thanks, how about those videos, i cant seem to see it,if >>>> your Mac uses the same Apple ID and you have photos turned on within the >>>> iCloud pane of System Preferences, then you're both accessing the same >>>> PhotoStream. So, when you set the iCloud Pref in iPhoto as I suggested in >>>> my last post, those pictures that were automatically uploaded to the >>>> iCloud PhotoStream will also be automatically downloaded to your Mac when >>>> you open iPhoto. They will actually appear in two places. They will be >>>> both in the PhotoStream area, which is up in the Cloud, and they will be >>>> placed into your Events area and named May 2014 PhotoStream or whatever >>>> month it happens to be. Therefore, if your Mom deletes them from her >>>> iPhone, they are actually only deleted from her iPhone, they will remain >>>> within the PhotoStream. If she deletes them from the PhotoStream, then >>>> they will be removed from the PhotoStream Library on your Mac too, but, >>>> since they are already moved over into the Events area of iPhoto on your >>>> Mac, then you will still have a copy of them on your Mac. Think of the >>>> PhotoStream as just a Cloud-based area for temporary storage of your >>>> photos. >>>> >>>> HTH. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On May 13, 2014, at 4:54 PM, Dionipher Presas Herrera >>>> <dionip...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> if my mom would delete it on her iphone would it be deleted on my mac? >>>>> Il giorno 14/mag/2014, alle ore 12:35 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> >>>>> ha scritto: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> If you're seeing your iCloud/PhotoStream photos when in iPhoto on your >>>>>> Mac, then they're likely already downloading automatically to your Mac. >>>>>> To confirm, go into iPhoto, press cmd-comma to get into iPhoto >>>>>> Preferences then select the iCloud pane in the Toolbar. The "My >>>>>> PhotoStream" should be checked and the "Automatic Import" should be >>>>>> checked as well. I don't check the "Automatic Upload" as it fills up my >>>>>> iPhone too quickly when photos get uploaded from other cameras into my >>>>>> PhotoStream. >>>>>> >>>>>> Later... >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>> >>>>>> On May 13, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Dionipher Presas Herrera >>>>>> <dionip...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> is there a way to transfer my iphotos on myiCluod going to my mac, i >>>>>>> see all my photos on my iCluod on my mac, but i can't drag them or is >>>>>>> it can i only copy them then delete it on iCluod? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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