iCloud: Add photos to Photo Stream manually

Add photos to Photo Stream manually

You can manually add photos from iPhoto, Aperture, or the Windows desktop to your photo stream. You may want to do this if you’d like to add photos that don’t appear in your photo stream automatically.

Note:   On a Mac, you can manually add photos even if you selected Automatic Upload (when you set up Photo Stream in iPhoto or Aperture).

From iPhoto or Aperture

Visit iPhoto or Aperture Help:

Manually add photos from iPhoto.

Manually add photos from Aperture.

From your Windows desktop

From your Windows desktop, drag any photo to the Photo Stream Uploads folder you chose in the iCloud Control Panel.

Note:   Photos in Photo Stream appear in the order they were originally taken, not in the order they were added to Photo Stream. If you manually add photos, they appear throughout Photo Stream in the appropriate date order.

For a list of file types that can be added to Photo Stream, read “What photo formats does Photo Stream support” in the Photo Stream FAQ on the iCloud Support website.