Apple discontinues free photo streaming service

My Photo Stream is a free alternative to iCloud. It will be discontinued at the end of July.

apple Stop free backup of photos and videos. with “my PhotoStream“or.”My photo streamUsers can save up to 1000 rounds the past 30 days Make it available on all devices.

The application appeared 2011 With iCloud. how Apple announces nowthe service will be started July 26th closed. Many newer devices can no longer use My Photo Stream.

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lower accuracy

Unlike iCloud, photos are deleted from the My Photo Stream app after 30 days if you don’t save them separately. The idea was to quickly make all recordings accessible on all Apple devices. So you will open iPhone, iPad And iPod the picture quality Reduced to save disk space. on mac And personal computers Available in full resolution.

The app is not suitable for Backups to take your own photos. To do this, you must save and upload the photos on the device separately to iCloud. Although “My Photo Stream” uses iCloud to distribute recordings to all devices, this isn’t personal available disk space settle.

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Back up your photos

Before turning off the functionality on July 26, you should separately back up the photos and videos stored there and switch to an alternative. Apple itself recommends the internal service iCloud. Recordings uploaded here are not deleted after a certain time, but storage space is limited.

of the most GB There is a need, a must one Subscription a lock. Instead there is eg Google Images (graphics in full resolution), Amazon Pictures (Free for Prime members) or OneDrive (Paid) To save his photos and videos and make them available on other devices.