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December 30, 2013
Delete 'My Photo Stream' in iPhoto
So, if you've found this website, you're probably ready to hang yourself. "Get a Mac", your friends crowed. "It just works," they promised. Except when it doesn't, of course. At which point you want to kill yourself, your MacBook, and everyone within arm's reach.
The problems with Photostreams for me is that 1) they don't work and 2) I don't understand them, in that order.
So, first of all, if you're in iPhoto, and you see a photostream called "My Photostream" with 1,000 photos in it that you can't delete no matter how hard you try, I can explain what you're seeing.
The geniuses at Apple have it configured so that you can't delete it. At least not in the way you'd expect to.
1) Launch iPhoto on your MacBook. (I'm using iPhoto '11 - Version 9.4.3).
2) Hit Escape. This will cause the Left Side Menu to appear if you're in Full-Screen mode.
3) Look to the right of the word "Web" in the Left Side Menu. If it says "Show", click on the word "Show", so that it changes to "Hide" and displays the Photostream sub-category underneath the "Web" category in the Left Side Menu.
4) Click on "Photo Stream" underneath the "Web" category in the Left Side Menu.
5) You should now see all of your "Photo Streams" listed in the main (center) section of iPhoto.
6) You can delete any of your photostreams by selecting them (clicking on them), and then navigating to Photos - Delete Photo Stream. Note: This will work for all Photo Streams except for "My Photo Stream"
"My Photo Stream" is a horse of a different color. To delete this beast you have to go here instead:
1) Navigate to iPhoto - Preferences.
2) Un-check the check box by "My Photo Stream". Basically, this is automagically uploading all of your photos to iCloud, which is not something that I personally want. It only does it for 1,000 photos. It only saves them for 30 days. Thanks, but no thanks.
3) This will make the "My Photo Stream" go away.
4) You will need to reboot your MacBook at this point.
Posted by Rob Kiser on December 30, 2013 at 7:56 PM
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