iCloud: Set up Photo Stream

On your device’s Home screen, tap Settings, and then tap iCloud.

If you're asked to sign in with your Apple ID, then you haven’t set up iCloud on this iOS device. Sign in with your Apple ID to set up your iCloud account.

Tap to turn on Photo Stream.

Any new photos you take with your iOS device are uploaded to iCloud and added to your Photo Stream.

If you also set up a Mac to work with Photo Stream, by default any photos you take with your iOS device are also imported into your iPhoto or Aperture library. You can change this default setting when you set up iPhoto or Aperture (see below).

Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.

Select the Photo Stream checkbox.

Open iPhoto (in your Applications folder).

Select Photo Stream in the Source list on the left.

Click Turn On Photo Stream (on the right).

By default, iPhoto automatically imports all Photo Stream photos into your library so you can keep them permanently, and automatically uploads every photo you import to your Photo Stream.

To change when photos are uploaded to iCloud or imported into your iPhoto library, choose iPhoto > Preferences, click Photo Stream, and do any of the following:

• If you don’t want photos you take with your iOS device automatically imported into your iPhoto library, deselect the Automatic Import checkbox.

  

  You may want to do this if you’d rather choose which Photo Stream photos are imported into your library. If automatic import is off, your iPhoto Photo Stream displays the last 1,000 photos added to your Photo Stream. You can also drag photos from your Photo Stream to your library to keep them permanently.

• If you don’t want all the photos you import into your iPhoto library automatically uploaded to your Photo Stream, deselect the Automatic Upload checkbox.

  

  You can always add photos to your Photo Stream manually.

For more information about your Photo Stream settings, in iPhoto, choose Help > iPhoto Help.

Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.

Select the Photo Stream checkbox.

Open Aperture (in your Applications folder).

Choose Aperture > Preferences, then click Photo Stream.

Select the Enable Photo Stream checkbox.

By default, Aperture automatically imports all Photo Stream photos into your library so you can keep them permanently, and automatically uploads every photo you import to your Photo Stream.

If you don’t want photos taken with your iOS device automatically imported into your Aperture library, deselect the Automatic Import checkbox.

You may want to do this if you’d rather choose which Photo Stream photos are imported into your library. If automatic import is off, your Aperture Photo Stream displays the last 1,000 photos added to your Photo Stream. You can also drag photos from your Photo Stream to your library to keep them permanently.

If you don’t want photos you import into your Aperture library automatically added to your Photo Stream, deselect the Automatic Upload checkbox.

You can always add photos to your Photo Stream manually.

For more information about your Photo Stream settings, in Aperture, choose Help > Aperture Help.

Choose Start menu > Control Panel > “Network and Internet.”

Click iCloud.

Select the Photo Stream checkbox.

To change the default Photo Stream upload and download folders, click Options. Click Change to choose a folder, and then click OK.

By default, photos are automatically downloaded to the My Photo Stream folder inside the Photo Stream album in your Pictures library, and uploaded from the Uploads folder inside the Photo Stream album in your Pictures library.

Click Apply.

Any new photos you import from a digital camera to the upload folder you chose in the iCloud Control Panel on your computer are uploaded and added automatically to your Photo Stream.

You can also add photos to your Photo Stream manually.