What is a photo stream?

A feature of Apple’s iCloud service that synchronizes photos on Apple mobile devices, Macs, PCs and Apple TVs. When a photo is taken on an iPhone, iPad or iPod, it is uploaded to iCloud and automatically shared on the user’s other Photo Stream devices and desktops.

What is the point of photostream?

My Photo Stream is a great feature that allows you to keep all of your most recent pictures in sync across all of your devices. It saves you time transferring pictures back and forth, especially if you like to use your iPhone camera to take pics and then edit them on your computer.

Are photostream photos full resolution?

Uploads your last 30 days and up to 1000 photos. Downloads to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in a smaller resolution. On your Mac or PC, your photos download in full-resolution. Edits you make won’t update across your devices.

What’s the difference between iCloud photos and photo stream?

iCloud Photos stores all your photos as long as you have sufficient space. When you edit a photo while using My Photo Stream, the edits apply only to the photo you edited, not to versions synced with other devices. With iCloud Photos, all edits you make—on any of your devices—sync to all the rest of your devices.

Will turning off photo Stream delete my photos?

If you disable My Photo Stream, it will remove synced photos on the device you’re currently using. However, the platform won’t automatically delete those images. They’ll still be on the devices that uploaded them to My Photo Stream.

Does turning off photo Stream delete photos?

Does photo Stream take up space?

Photos in either of the two places will consume storage space on your device, since they are stored on your device regardless of location. To free the most amount of space, remove photos from both Photo Stream and your Camera Roll.

Why can’t I delete photos from my photo stream?

When you remove photos from My Photo Stream, the following types of photos won’t be deleted: Photos that you copied to the Library tab or Recents Album on your iOS device. Photos that you imported into the Photos app. Photos that you copied into a folder on your PC that aren’t part of My Photo Stream.