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Find out what to do if photos aren't appearing in My Photo Stream on your iPhone, iPad, iPod impact, Mac or Apple TV.

I can't see photos from My Photo Stream on my iPhone, iPad, iPod bear upon, Mac or Apple Goggle box

If you've turned on My Photo Stream on all of your devices, your photos from the last 30 days will be available in the My Photograph Stream album so you tin view or add them to your library on each device.* If you lot've recently created your Apple ID, My Photo Stream may non be available. Utilize iCloud Photos to keep your photos and videos in iCloud. Notice out more about 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 turned on and you have an Internet connection.
  2. Tap Settings > [your proper noun] > iCloud > Photos. Make sure Upload to My Photo Stream is turned on. If you can't run across this pick, plough on iCloud Photos to keep your photos and videos in iCloud instead.
  3. On the device that captured the photo you're looking for, shut the Camera app. (Nada volition be uploaded to My Photo Stream until you've done this.)
  4. See if your iOS device is below xx% battery power. If information technology is, My Photo Stream volition disable itself temporarily to save bombardment life.

Mac

  1. Make sure your Mac is continued to the Internet.
  2. From your Mac, cull Apple tree menu  > System Preferences, then click iCloud. Make sure you're signed in with the same Apple ID on all of your supported devices.
  3. Open up the Photos app. Then cull Photos > Preferences. Click iCloud (or Photograph Stream).
  4. Make sure My Photograph Stream is selected. If you lot can't see this selection, turn on iCloud Photos to keep your photos and videos in iCloud instead.
  5. On the device that captured the photo you're looking for, close the Camera app. (Nothing will exist uploaded to My Photo Stream until you've done this.)

Apple tree TV

  1. In Settings > Network > Wi-Fi, check that Wi-Fi is turned on and you lot have an Internet connectedness.
  2. In Settings > Accounts > iCloud, bank check that My Photo Stream is turned on.
  3. On the device that captured the photo y'all're looking for, shut the Camera app. (Naught will exist uploaded to My Photo Stream until you've done this.) If y'all even so tin can't come across all of your My Photo Stream photos, information technology may exist due to the storage chapters of your Apple Idiot box.

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

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

Your device will keep up to ane,000 photos, fifty-fifty if they're older than xxx days. Photos older than 30 days will exist removed from iCloud, so depending on when yous enabled My Photo Stream, your devices may not have the same photos. Due to capacity, your Apple Tv set may only display your nigh recent photos.

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

  1. If y'all have photos in the My Photo Stream album that you lot want to keep, save them to your device. And so save copies of your photos and other data.
  2. Turn off My Photo Stream. Here'southward how:
    • On your iPhone, iPad or iPod bear upon, tap Settings > [your proper name] > iCloud > Photos and plow off Upload to My Photo Stream.
    • On your Mac with macOS Catalina or after, open the Photos app, then in the menu bar, choose Photos > Preferences. Click iCloud, and turn off My Photo Stream.
    • On your Apple tree Tv, go to Settings > Accounts > iCloud and plough off Upload to My Photo Stream.
  3. Confirm that you want to delete photos.
  4. Turn on My Photo Stream again.
  5. Repeat these steps for each device.

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

  1. Brand certain your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac has an active Internet connexion.
  2. Cheque if yous're using iCloud Photos in the Photos app. If you've turned on iCloud Photos, photos from other devices using My Photo Stream won't appear on your device.

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