They’ll be easily accessible anywhere there’s a Dropbox app and you can get much more free Dropbox storage than you can iCloud storage. Dropbox: Dropbox’s Camera Upload feature allows you to automatically upload the photos - and videos - you take to your Dropbox account.The solution here is a third-party app that does this for you, offering the automatic photo uploads with long-term storage. There are several good services with apps in the App Store: But what if you actually want to automatically back up your photos online without them being deleted automatically? So Photo Stream is actually pretty inconvenient - or, at least, it’s just a way to temporarily sync photos between your devices without storing them long-term. How to Actually Back Up All Your Photos Online Photo Stream temporarily backs up your photos to iCloud so iPhoto or iCloud Control Panel can download them to your Mac or PC and make a local backup before they’re deleted. You could also use iTunes to sync your photos from your device to your PC or Mac, but we don’t really recommend it - you should never have to use iTunes. Photo Stream is clearly designed to be used along with a desktop application. RELATED: How to Never Use iTunes With Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch You’ll want to back up your photos so you don’t lose them if your PC’s hard drive ever fails. Your photos will be automatically downloaded to this folder and stored in it. If you have a Windows PC, you can install the iCloud Control Panel, which will create a Photo Stream folder on your PC. You’ll then have to back up your photos manually so you don’t lose them if your Mac’s hard drive ever fails. Assuming your Mac is on and connected to the Internet, iPhoto will automatically download photos from your photo stream and make local backups of them on your hard drive. If you have a Mac, you can launch iPhoto and enable the Automatic Import option under Photo Stream in its preferences pane. ICloud’s Photo Stream is Designed for Desktop Backups It’s clear that iCloud’s Photo Stream isn’t designed as a long-term way to store your photos, just a convenient way to access recent photos on all your devices before you back them up for real.
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