iCloud: How to stop photos from syncing automatically

Some of you write to us quite often telling us that the photos you save on your devices double and sometimes even triple.

A lot of "fault" for all this is usually for having the iCloud Photo Stream function activated.

The purpose of activating this function is none other than being able to have those photos on any Apple device (if you have more than one), that is, you take a photo with your iPhone and it automatically appears on your iPad, iPod Touch or Mac.

We know that we are not discovering anything new, that those of you who have been using an Apple device for a long time are more than familiar with it, but since it is being put on sale on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, perhaps this issue of synchronization with iCloud and the You may not like duplication of photos, so from iPhoneA2 we explain how to disable the synchronization function of your photos with iCloud.

How to stop photos from syncing automatically

The first thing you have to do is open Settings on the iPhone, you know, the gray icon in the shape of a cogwheel.

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Swipe until you see iCloud.

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On the next screen, look for the Photos app.

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Once inside Photos, you need to uncheck the two options you see: My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing.

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When you try to disable one of the features, you'll see a notice telling you that turning that feature off will delete all the photos you had in Photo Stream from your iPhone.

Don't worry if you decide to tap Delete, your photos will still be in the Photos section (formerly Camera Roll) of the Photos app. They will all still be there.

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Of course, when you deactivate Photos in streaming and when you take a photo with one of your devices, you will not be able to see it automatically in the others you have, you must do it manually.

I don't know if you remember that not long ago there was talk of a possible iCloud hack to the devices of famous people, questioning the security of the iCloud storage service.

Apple assured that it was an attack on specific accounts and that its service is reliable, but as they say "prevention is better than cure", in this way, apart from avoiding the duplication of your photos, you also ensure your privacy.

I have to tell you that, personally, I trust iCloud one hundred percent, I have never had any problems, quite the contrary, it seems to me a service that works very well and that, at least for me, has saved me from losing all my data.

And you, do you trust iCloud? Does it bother you to have duplicate photos on your devices?


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