iphotoNetworkphoto-stream
When my wife's 2012 macbook pro is doing it's photostream sync, it slows my internet connection to a crawl and gives me 500+ pings in various video games.
If I knew the ports that Photostream uses, I could set up a QOS rule on my DD-WRT router- what ports does it use?
Another possible solution, is there a setting in IPhoto or the photostream agent to tell it to stop using all available bandwidth to sync?
Thanks!
Yes! A process called PhotoStreamAgent runs at login, and idles in the background, downloading new photos when they're uploaded to your Photo Stream.
There exist both /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app and /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app, indicating that this background-downloading behavior works no matter which application you use to manage your photo library.
(And as Asmus points out, photos are stored in ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets)
On a Windows system you can access Photo Stream by installing iCloud Control Panel for Windows.
Based on the description it allows you to access all the features within iCloud. Though this is only supported in Vista and Windows 7.
The iCloud Control Panel is required to use Photo Stream, Mail, Contacts and Calendars (Microsoft Outlook 2007 or later required) and Bookmarks (Safari 5.1.1 or Internet Explorer 8 or later required).
Best Answer
It uses port 443.
It is the default port for HTTPS, though, so it will affect a lot of other applications and services other than PhotoStream.