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    How to transfer photos from My Photo Stream to iCloud Photos before the deadline

    My sister has a 'My Photostream' with about 10,000 photos in it and she needs to put them into iCloud Photos before the deadline on July 26th. What is the easiest way to do this?
    • ToddJ
    • Thread
    • icloud photos photo stream photos photostream transaction
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
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    Alternatives to My Photo Stream?

    Today, Apple announced that My Photo Stream will be shutting down in July, 2023. Apple recommends purchasing additional storage on iCloud Photos. Does anyone have recommendations for alternatives to My Photo Stream that do not involve iCloud Photos.
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    Import 350gb of photos to iCloud

    Hey all - I am migrating my Google Photos to iCloud and have downloaded 350GB of photos from Google that are now stored on my external Hard Disc. Now, I want to upload those photos to iCloud however, I am a bit stuck as my internal HD only has 50GB of free space left. Are there any tools out...
  4. AstroRexaur

    Favorite photos unfavorited!

    My favorite photos were “deleted” from favorites album. Any solutions? I noticed because I’d favorite a bunch of photos after the last ones “favorite-d”, my last ones were from January and since that month I’ve added a lot more to that folder. And today when I was looking for a photo, they were...
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    Combine imovie slideshow with a few movies in funeral loop?

    Dear Community, I usually enjoy researching things myself, and I've done enough to know I can create a slide show in the new Photos. (I'm just up to Catalina on my laptop and HIgh Sierra on my iMac to be able to use some legacy software.) What I'd like is a continuous loop that combines...
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    Photos: "Download Originals to this Mac"

    HI there, I'm a long-time photographer and usually pretty savvy with DAMs (used Aperture for years), however I just cannot wrap my head around the way Apple Photos integrates with iCloud. I'm not an Apple Photos user, but my wife is. She has over 50,000 photos uploaded to iCloud photos, with...
    • swordio777
    • Thread
    • dam download originals icloud photos photos app photos backup
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Photography
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    Photos albums not appearing in Finder

    Hello all, I recently upgraded to a new MacBook Pro and have run into an issue. When I Open File (CMD+O) in any app, my Photos from Photos.app no longer appear organized and structures by each Album. For some reason my Movies and Music will appear organized like I'm used to but not Photos...
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    iCloud Ending iCloud

    This might be a funny question but im stuck in doing this... how can i download in a folder, the Photos that are in iCloud? Also how can i -then- stop the iCloud service with the monthly charge?
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    Photos - background analysis of photos by Apple on macOS Venture

    photolibraryd and photoanalysisd use much CPU Question 1: if you have multiple photo libraries, does Apple's analysis only work on the system photo library or on all photo libraries or only on the library that was last opened? Question 2: do these processes also analyze video clips in the...
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    How to import photos only in captured aspect ratio?

    When taking photos on an iPhone in a cropped format (Square or 16:9), does anyone know of a way to stop the native 4:3 images also being pulled through when importing? If I connect using USB and import with Preview, both the native 4:3 image and cropped images come through (as "IMG_...HEIC" and...
    • leeuk321
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    • aspect ratio heic image import iphone macos photos
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
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    Managing photos

    Hi, I recently moved from Windows to Mac and have brought over a lot of old photos. Currently if I open them from Finder it wants to open a single photo. I know I can import to Apple Photos. I use iphone and have photos on icloud. I don't want to put all these old pictures in the cloud. I'm...
  12. rjalex

    Huge photo library: how to best reduce iCloud and local space

    Wife has a 90GB photos library on her Macbook, her iPhone and on iCloud. Former is running out of space on its local SSD, and also her phone storage is burdened unnecessarily. I have almost ;) convinced her to keep only photos from 2020 onwards online and move the previous older pics and...
    • rjalex
    • Thread
    • photos
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
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    How to keep flash on while taking a photo?

    Is there any way to make the flashlight light up before taking a photo and not only after I click on the screen to make photo? On my Android phone I am able to turn on the flashlight without a problem, set the phone how I want it and take a picture with flash still on, but on the iPhone I can't...
  14. RhetTbull

    osxphotos command line tool for working with Apple Photos

    I'm the author of the free open source tool osxphotos which has been mentioned before in the MacRumors Forums. I've released a new version today that includes a couple of features members of this forum might find useful: batch-edit command to perform batch edits of metadata including...
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    Negative Video Thumbnails In Photos and Whiter Videos.

    More than a question I have a solution. A while ago I noticed that the videos I had in "Photos" on my iMac Pro had a negative / inverted thumbnail. This did not bother me at first. But then I noticed my videos looked whiter than usual when reproducing them! Thankfully Camila Eugenia an employee...
    • Being
    • Thread
    • hdr inverted negative photo photos video videos
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
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    Photos Vintage Prints Slideshow

    I am using this to make a slideshow of some old images. It has automatically grouped some together so that 2 show at once. Is there a way to change these so that only is shown and then choose manually which ones to group together?
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    Need Help, photos are gone after using iCareFone

    Iphone 13pro, IOS 16 .1.2 Hello everyone, I was using iCareFone software to export some of the videos from my phone, as I needed extra storage. I exported portions of the videos and deleted from iCareFone and it loads as usual. after a while my phone suddenly has no more photos in it no more...
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    Adobe Stock Photos Contributors

    Are there any Contributors for the AdobeStockPhotos website?
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • adobe contributors photos stock
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Photography
  19. Alvin777

    Photos Backup vs. Photo Library Backup?

    Hello this is concerning iCloud backup. What's the difference between Photos enabled vs. Photos Library enabled. Isn't all the photos and videos already in Photos app? What happens if I disable Photos but enable Photos Library or what happens if I disable both? Thank you, have a blessed weekend.
    • Alvin777
    • Thread
    • backup icloud ios photos photos library
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iOS 15
  20. ivanwi11iams

    Opening photos from iMessage on macOS

    When opening photos from iMessage on macOS, it shows a preview, then I have to click "Open With Preview" in the window that shows. Is there a way to merely have it when I open the photo from iMessage it just opens in 'full', i.e. in Preview? So many clicks. Clearly am doing something wrong...
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