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Apple has announced that its 'My Photo Stream' service will shutdown on July 26, 2023 -- and going forward -- users are advised to transition to iCloud Photos across all their Apple devices for secure photo storage in iCloud. News 

Apple is ending “My Photo Stream” in July and says users will have to switch to iCloud Photos

Adriana Marais,

Apple announced the end of the “My Photo Stream” service on July 26, 2023 – and onward – users are encouraged to switch to iCloud Photos on all their Apple devices to securely store photos in iCloud. Introduced with iCloud in 2011, My Photo Stream offered a free solution for syncing up to 1,000 photos from the past 30 days across Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, and Mac. As part of the transition, Apple reports that uploading new photos to My Photo Stream from users’ devices will stop one…

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The instances follow the update to iOS 16.3 which made security changes to enable physical security keys to be used to secure accounts and expanding Advanced Data Protection outside of the US. News 

Apple users are reporting iCloud backup issues after iOS 16.3 update

Adriana Marais, ,

After upgrading to iOS 16.3, some iCloud users have reported problems uploading iCloud Drive, photos, and backups, and it appears to be related to the lack of two-factor authentication, reports AppleInsider. The instances follow the iOS 16.3 update, which made security changes to allow physical security keys to be used to protect accounts and extended additional data protection outside of the United States. According to user reports, they encounter a message that says “An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.” In most cases, two-factor authentication is not activated, a…

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Google Photos App Store sheet. (Hindustan Times) News 

Whats the cheapest way to save those phone photos now that Google Photos is going to get paid

Adriana Marais, , ,

If you’re used to storing your photos and videos in Google’s cloud for free, this week brought some bad news: the days of unlimited storage are numbered. As of June 2021, you’ll still get 15 gigabytes of free storage, but beyond that you’ll have to pay more. As the heady days of free data storage come to an end, what’s the most economical way to store photos or any file from your smartphone? Should you continue to upload your snapshots to the cloud or store them on a computer? Should…

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