"The End of My Photo Stream: Transition to iCloud Photos for Secure Photo Storage in iCloud"
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Apple has announced that its ‘My Photo Stream’ service will be shutting down on July 26, 2023. This means that users are encouraged to transition to iCloud Photos across all their Apple devices for secure photo storage in iCloud. My Photo Stream was introduced in 2011 as part of iCloud and offered a free solution to sync up to 1000 photos from the past 30 days across Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Before the shutdown of My Photo Stream, Apple will stop new photo uploads to My Photo Stream from users’ devices one month prior, which comes out to be June 26, 2023. Any photos uploaded to the service before this date will remain in iCloud for 30 days from the date of upload and will be available to any of your devices where My Photo Stream is currently enabled. However, users should be aware that photos within My Photo Stream are already stored on “at least one of your devices.” Therefore, if the original photos are present on a device, users won’t lose their photos.
It is recommended to save any photos not stored in your library (e.g., on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac) to avoid losing them. Going forward, users will need to rely on iCloud Photos for storing and syncing photos across their Apple devices. It’s important to note that once you exceed the 5GB free storage limit — additional storage will require a paid subscription.
To help users transition to iCloud Photos, Apple has provided a guide on how to move photos from My Photo Stream to iCloud Photos. This guide explains how to enable iCloud Photos on all your devices, how to move photos stored in My Photo Stream to iCloud Photos, and how to delete photos from My Photo Stream. Additionally, Apple has also provided an FAQ page for users who have questions about the transition.
The end of My Photo Stream is an important reminder to all Apple users to back up their photos and other data in case of any unexpected shutdowns or changes. iCloud Photos is a great way to securely store photos and other data in the cloud and keep them safe from any potential data loss.
