IOS – safely delete from the iphone photos shared by friends

You can use iPhoto to add to a Photostream from your Mac.

I have Aperture using mine so I cannot fully test it with iPhoto without switching it off in Aperture. But is should work the same way by importing the images into iPhoto which also allows you to organise them.

And then using the Share feature to share to iCloud. ( photostream )

The share with iCloud startup dialogue in iPhoto:

You can have multiple iPhoto libraries and open any of them as the Library to use by holding down the option/alt ⌥ key when Launching iPhoto.

You should get a dialogue similar to this:

This means you should be able to import a SD card to it's own Library Although it maybe easier to just organise within iPhoto and a singe Library

When selecting an image in Finder. The Share contextual menu does not offer up iCloud. So it looks like no with Finder at the moment

What happens to my photos if I turn off My Photo Stream?

If you sign out of iCloud or turn off My Photo Stream on an iOS device, all the images in My Photo Stream are removed from that device. The images in My Photo Stream on your other devices are not affected. Images added to My Photo Stream are saved on the iCloud server for 30 days from the date you added them to My Photo Stream. If you sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID and turn on My Photo Stream on another device, those photos will automatically download to this device. Before turning off My Photo Stream, it's a good idea to save any photos that you'd like to keep to your Camera Roll. Learn more about saving your photos to your Camera Roll.

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