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Learn what to practise if photos aren't showing upwards in My Photo Stream on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or Apple TV.

I don't come across photos from My Photo Stream on my iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or Apple TV

If you turned on My Photo Stream on all of your devices, your final 30 days of photos are available in the My Photo Stream album so that yous can view or add them to your library on each device.* If you recently created your Apple tree ID, My Photo Stream might not be available. Use iCloud Photos to keep your photos and videos in iCloud. Larn more near iCloud Photos and My Photo Stream.

If you can't find your My Photo Stream images in the Photos app, follow these steps on each of your devices:

iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Tap Settings > Wi-Fi on all of your devices. Check that Wi-Fi is on and you lot have an cyberspace connection.
  2. Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. Brand sure Upload to My Photograph Stream is turned on. If you don't meet this option, turn on iCloud Photos to go along your photos and videos in iCloud instead.
  3. On the device that captured the photo that you're looking for, close the Camera app. (Nothing uploads to My Photograph Stream until you do.)
  4. See if your iOS device is beneath 20% battery power. If it is, My Photo Stream disables itself temporarily to save battery life.

Mac

  1. Make sure that your Mac is continued to the cyberspace.
  2. From your Mac, cull Apple menu  > Arrangement Preferences, then click iCloud. Make sure that y'all're signed in with the same Apple ID on all of your supported devices.
  3. Open the Photos app. So cull Photos > Preferences. Click iCloud (or Photo Stream).
  4. Make sure that My Photo Stream is selected. If you lot don't see this choice, turn on iCloud Photos to keep your photos and videos in iCloud instead.
  5. On the device that captured the photo that yous're looking for, close the Photographic camera app. (Nothing uploads to My Photo Stream until yous do.)

Apple TV

  1. In Settings > Network > Wi-Fi, check that Wi-Fi is on and you have an net connexion.
  2. In Settings > Accounts > iCloud, check that My Photo Stream is on.
  3. On the device that captured the photo that you lot're looking for, shut the Photographic camera app. (Cipher uploads to My Photo Stream until yous exercise.) If you nevertheless don't see all of your My Photograph Stream photos, it might be due to storage capacity on your Apple Telly.

* For iCloud to share photos or videos with your other Apple devices, yous need to sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on every device.

I see different photos in the My Photo Stream anthology on each of my devices

Your device keeps up to one,000 photos, fifty-fifty if they're older than 30 days. Photos older than 30 days are removed from iCloud, and so depending on when you lot enabled My Photo Stream, your devices might non have the same photos. Due to chapters, your Apple Telly might brandish only your well-nigh recent photos.

Follow these steps to delete older photos from My Photo Stream and put your most electric current photos on all of your devices:

  1. If you have photos in the My Photo Stream album that you want to keep, save them to your device. Then save copies of your photos and other data.
  2. Plough off My Photo Stream. Here's how:
    • On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap Settings > [your proper noun] > iCloud > Photos and turn off Upload to My Photo Stream.
    • On your Mac with macOS Catalina or later, open the Photos app, and then in the card bar, choose Photos > Preferences. Click iCloud, and turn off My Photo Stream.
    • On your Apple tree Television set, go to Settings > Accounts > iCloud and turn off Upload to My Photo Stream.
  3. Confirm that you want to Delete Photos.
  4. Turn on My Photo Stream over again.
  5. Repeat these steps for each device.

I don't see my imported photos in My Photo Stream

  1. Make certain that your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac has an active internet connection.
  2. Check if you're using iCloud Photos in the Photos app. If you lot turned on iCloud Photos, photos from other devices using My Photo Stream won't appear on your device.

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