Either way, I wanted to enable this, but it disappears when I enable "iCloud Photos". Since "Photo Stream" says that it only uses photos from the last 30 days, it is of limited value in my case as I dont necesarily have many photos in that range. The " My Photo Stream" option would seem to relate back to the AppleTV, as, although still unclear, this terminology is only seen in those 2 places.With " iCloud Photos" disabled, I don't see why the Photos app has anything at all but, hey ho - more mystery.The Photos app preferences has "iCloud Photos" and "My Photo Stream" disabled. These photos DO exist on the iPhone (where they were taken) and in iCloud. Looking into the Photos app on the Mac, which I almost never use, I am noticing photos taken in the past 45 days are NOT there. That makes sense also and is what I see.Īdditional interesting, and perhaps somehow related info: Activity = Ok - It does seem to be that the photos that are appearing here are shared photos from albums (either shared to me or from me).
The AppleTV is using the same account and I am definitely only seeing 2 photos, and interestingly these 2 photos are NOT in my iPhone, in iCloud or in the Photos app on the Mac. My Photo Stream = Looking at the photos in my iPhone and online in iCloud I can see all of my photos.(Please share if you find out.)ĭo a slideshow in the Photos app instead, to stream directly from iCloud.Īt 4 seconds per photo, you can’t show more than 900 photos per hour.Īt 4 seconds per photo, you can’t show more than 900 photos per Urquhart1244 - Thanks for the detailed reply! Neither is explained how any subset from too large collections is chosen. I do not know the exact limit, in number or in bytes. Screen saver photos are copied to the Apple TV as cached data, hence the amount is limited. What I want is that my screensaver choses, at random, pictures from the over 5000 that are stored in my phone and sync’d with iCloud. The whole library is not selectable, unless you create a special Album containing all that. ‘Albums’ shows your organization of your own photos into Albums.‘Shared’ shows albums that have been shared with you.It is not about photos that you didn’t share. If you have multiple albums shared with you, the Activity will contain photos from more than one album. If not viewed in random order, then it would be ordered by activity (additions to shared albums, comments, likes). It may be more clear in the Photos app on Mac. ‘Activity’ is photos that have been shared with you, or that you have shared with others, that have activity from the group.It is from your iCloud Photos collection, i.e. ‘My Photo Stream’ should contain images shot on any of your devices, and that have been automatically uploaded to iCloud in the last 30 days.