Michal Ždanský In iOS 8, Apple launched the iCloud Photo Library (absent in the final version so far, rediscovered in the beta phase in iOS 8.0.2), which replaced the not-so-graspable Photo Stream. The service promises to back up all captured photos to the cloud within iCloud Drive, and at the same time will work as an ideal solution for accessing photos from any device, in full resolution. However, while iCloud Photo Library is integrated into the system's Pictures app on iOS, it lacks a counterpart on OS X, and we won't see it this year either. OS X Yosemite will be released in October, the promised Photos for Mac application will not reach Macs until 2015.
Not even iPhoto will work for viewing and editing these photos on a Mac, as Photos has this application replace (just like Aperture) and Apple probably won't update it because of iCloud Photo Library. Instead, another solution will apparently come. According to the server find 9to5Mac Apple is preparing a cloud version of the Photos application on the iCloud.com portal. The first clue is an image directly from Apple's support page, where the Photos application is also shown in the iCloud menu.
Of course, the image may just be the result of Apple's Photoshop, however, after visiting the site beta.iCloud.com/#Photos an error message appears that the photo could not be loaded and that there was a problem launching the application. At the same time, the notification is unique, it does not appear in any other part of iCloud.com, and its content is very specific. So it means that Apple is probably indeed preparing a web version of its Photos app.
It is not clear what will be possible to do in this web application, i.e. apart from viewing saved photos. It's not out of the question that similar customization options will appear as we can see in iOS 8, Apple has already proven that it can handle very functional web applications with the iWork office suite. Only recently, a web version also appeared in the iCloud menu iCloud Drive and general settings for services, the Photos app would thus be a logical candidate to complement the portfolio of cloud services on iCloud.com
The web version of Pictures is a poor substitute for the native app for OS X, offering plenty of sharing or extension integration in addition to regular editing, but it's still a better option than having users rely solely on iPhones and iPads for their photos in the cloud.
sorry, but the fact that for half a year I will not manage photos on the computer very sensibly (outside the web) is pretty big bullshit. As if my aspiration from the Aperture tip wasn't enough... Or did I just interpret it the wrong way?
I didn't think of it like that at all :-/
I think you can do everything as before. Aperture is functional, the data from the photostream will get there, and what you upload there will also get there. In the future, new software should replace it, but that is still a long way off.
So if I move the photos to iCloud with the arrival of Yosemite, will I be able to access them from Aperture?
I don't think so, they would have to make iDrive support for Aperture and as I understand it, it won't be there. You will get to the photos in the photo stream. But if I understood correctly what you are asking, before Photos for MAC, you can only use photos in the iCloud library as a supplement – you record a video with an iPhone and have it on the iPad, edit the photo on the iPad and edit it on the iPhone as well. When it's tightened, you'll be able to connect a mac to this wheel. And manage this library from the Mac with the Photos tool. At least that's how I understood it and that's how I'm looking forward to it. I would also like the feature to share the entire library with someone else. But it probably won't be..
it doesn't work like that yet. At least it annoys me terribly that I can't edit a photo taken with an iPhone on an iPad (it has to be duplicated = a terrible annoyance 'mess in photos')
If you turn on iCloud Photo Library, this is how it works. I tried it. And it even works with video :-)¨But you are not allowed to edit a photo that is shared in the tab.
where do i activate icloud photo library? when I installed iOS 8, it asked me if I wanted to convert, I mean iCloud Drive, but is that something else? Thank you
I already discovered :)
If only they had implemented iMessage in icloud.com... This way, when I am forced to work on a PC at work, there is no way to communicate through them. In the long run, it seems ill-conceived. And since I don't use iMessage at all, I had to replace it with Facebook Messenger.
So next year there will be again the features that were already in the cut MobileMe Gallery about 4 years ago? Oh no…
Can someone explain to me where My Photo Stream has gone and where I can find photos from it on an iPhone with iOS 8.0, or how can i manage them in iphone with ios 8.0?? I thought finding this collection wouldn't be a problem, but..
Normally all photos are in last added or in photos. And when you delete photos, they are automatically deleted from the photo stream, so you don't have to do it x times like before.
You are wrong. Photos are automatically deleted from iCloud only those that are not classified and sorted in albums. The 30 days are for this classification and classification. Once you have included them in albums, you can easily delete them from the iPhone - pictures - they remain on iCloud. You can't just delete them from Shared, but from Recently Added.
Oh, and if I want to delete them after a year, how?
I would also like to know where all the photos from Photostream are - I recently deleted everything from the camera folder so that I don't have duplicates, and after updating to iOS 8, Photostream disappeared and I don't have all its contents on my computer. In addition, I have now disabled all kinds of sharing, and what I have in Photos on iCloud anyway - My photo stream does not appear after turning on (and then turning off) iCloud Photo Library. I'm kind of confused about this…
If you sent those photos to iCloud and created albums from them here, then you have them in pictures - shared (formerly Photostream. It's the bottom line between Pictures and Albums. But if you didn't create those albums on Photostream, then you're out of luck. You had 30 days to create albums, then uncategorized photos are automatically deleted in iCloud.
iCloud Photo Library is defacto useless. It is part of iCloud Drive and is the defacto equivalent of Dropbox and similar storage. As soon as you put photos and or videos there, they will of course take up space from iCloud. Shared photos in the "shared" (formerly Photostream) folder are still OUTSIDE of iCloud and do NOT count towards iCloud size and capacity. But photos in iCloud Photo Library count towards iCloud capacity because they are part of iCloud Drive. Don't confuse iCloud and iCloud Drive!
I think the real reason for the end of Apperture is that they made a deal with Adobe in the back! And Apple will also direct Mac users to Adobe applications... But I must be wrong.