Question :
I have set up iCloud Photostream on my iPhone and/or iPad to automatically upload my pictures to iCloud, but my Mac is a Core Duo Intel-Mac, which can only run MacOSX 10.6 Snow Leopard…
…is there any way to get my photos ‘Photostream-like’ onto my Snow Leopard Mac automatically ?
Answer :
The requirement for iCloud Photostream-compatibility on a Mac is iPhoto 9.2.3 (from iLife ’11). But even though it is possible to install iPhoto 9.2.3 on a Mac running OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, iPhoto will only show the Photostream option if you are on a Mac running 10.7 Lion or 10.8 Mountain Lion.
At this moment your options are :
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1- use the workaround using the Eye-Fi app, as previously outlined here :
2- use the rather costly and time-consuming setup of iCloud Control Panel for Windows on a virtual Windows-installation on your Mac [ see below for details ]
3- turn the iCloud control Panel for Windows into a OSX-app by putting it inside a (Windows Vista-compatible) Wine-wrapper [ this is a programmer-only option, which needs some (a lot of ?) debugging ; I’ve done various attempts myself, but haven’t got it working yet… help is welcome ]
4- use Dropbox (or alike) to bypass Photo Stream completely
…and a few less satisfying options :
5- wait for Apple to upgrade iPhoto and MacOSX 10.6 with support for Photo Stream [ if ever… the long awaited – but not yet (if ever) – released MacOSX 10.6.9 is/was said to bring Photostream-compatibility to Snow Leopard… but chances on that are fading day-by-day…]
6- upgrade to a new Mac [ sounds like “you’re busted” right ? ]
—- UPDATE —–
some new options have emerged :
7- get iPhoto for iOS and create a Journal that you publish online (on an iCloud webpage), from there you can export to iTunes ; more info on this can be found here :
8- in the iOS Photos app, create a secondary Photo Stream (a.k.a. “Shared Photo Stream”) that you publish online (on an iCloud webpage), from there you can import them on your Mac ; more info on this can be found here :
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INFO ON SETTING UP THE iCloud Control Panel for Windows ON A MAC :
Apple has released an iCloud Control Panel 2.0 for Windows Vista and Windows 7 (iCloud Control Panel 1.0 was for Windows XP also).
And since MacOSX 10.6 Snow Leopard can run OSX and Windows side-by-side, using virtualization, it is possible to set Photostream up on a Snow Leopard Mac…
Like this :
– install virtualization software (on OSX)
– install Windows (on a virtual machine in the vritualization software)
– register Windows (else you won’t be able to run it in the long run)
– install iCloud Control Panel for Windows (on Windows)
– setup iCloud Control Panel to download iCloud’s Photostream to a shared Mac&Windows-folder (on Windows)
– setup iPhoto (on MacOSX) to auto-import photos from the shared Mac&Windows-folder
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…but it is both time-consuming and expensive, since you will need :
– at least 10GB of free harddisk space (on top of the 25% or more free hard disk space needed for MacOSX to run properly)
– virtualization software like Parallels, VM Ware Fusion (both rather expensive if you’ll only use it for iCloud Photostream) or Sun/Oracle’s FREE VirtualBox for OSX :
– Windows Vista or Windows 7 with an official registration ; which is NOT free, but you might have it lying around from an old unused PC…
(if you only have an official Windows XP lying around, you can either try to use the older WinXP-compatible version of iCloud Control Panel for Windows)
…or you can try upgrading to Windows 8, which is ‘relatively cheap’ until (‘only’ $40 or €30, but you will need a genuine Windows XP, Vista of & license…)
WARNING : iCloud Control Panel 2.0 for Windows is officially not supporting Windows 8 yet… (but it’s expected to run anyway…)
– and last but not least : iCloud Control Panel for Windows version 2 :
…or if you’re looking for the iCloud Control Panel that also runs on Windows XP :
…or you can try to make the latest iCloud Control Panel XP-compatible by :
– unRAR the iCloudSetup.exe using any un-archiver like RAR, UnArchiver or
– open iCloud.msi in Textedit (on OSX)
– search very occurrence of “Version>=600” and change it to “Version>=200”
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– save and make sure the file-extention is back to .msi (adjust it in the finder if needed)
– run the iCloud.msi in Windows XP
So… as mentioned before : it is possible to ‘tap’ (kind of) your iCloud Photostream to your OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac… but… it’s costly and time-consuming to set it up…
NOTE :
as mentioned before : I’ve tried to make an ‘OSX-app’ by putting the iCloud Control Panel for Windows in a stand-alone Wine-wrapper, but despite various attempts I haven’t got that one working yet… (any help on this is welcome)
The mac system is possibly one of the operating systems that have the versatility in terms of swiftness in performance. There are a lot of features that make the Mac operating systems a class apart from other standard operating systems that are available in the market. the most likable option with the Mac OS system is that it has a very user-friendly software that doesn’t take a lot of time to start working on it efficiently.
Now there are various other features such as the support of the application in Mac Operating systems that make them even more famous. The best part about the application in the Mac operating system is the easy operating feature of all the applications that are featured in the system. One such revolutionary application that made the Mac operating system liked by many is definitely the iPhoto 9 application.
License
Official Installer
File Size
730MB
Version
9.4.3
OS
Mac OS
Developer
Apple Inc.
Overview
As the name itself suggests, the iPhoto 9 is an image viewing software that comes along with the Mac operating systems to help you view your images stored in your Mac system. there are a lot of features with the application that makes it very much likable in terms of user interface and as well as adaptability.
The application is a full-fledged application that makes your photo viewing experience, one of a kind. Some of the features that added up to the impeccable usage of the application are listed below;
1. User Interface that is so attractive
Apple has always been the pioneer in designing application software as well as hardware that has improved reliability and credibility when it comes to using them. They have always tried to simplify the process and ensure that there are no hassles while you operate. The same goes for the iPhoto 9 application in the Mac Operating System platform with the user interface of the system tweaked to enable max performance and ensure that there are no hassles along the way.
The interactive option where you can delete unwanted photos by clicking and dragging them right into the trash, makes them look even more attractive in their stance. The usual way of right-clicking on the photo and selecting the delete option made the photos deleting process a tedious one. But with the new update of the iPhoto application, Apple ruled out the hassle.
2. Importing and Exporting is a fun thing to do now
With the updated version of the iPhoto 9 application, now the user is enabled to export all the photos that he/she has in the photo stream into the application using the export file command in the File menu. This cuts down on the usually hard to understand exporting process and makes the user export with delight.
There is also an additional feature where the photos that you add from the import are editable making sure that you don’t have to save them again to run the editing process. There is more to this with increased stability in the importing and exporting options of the iPhoto 9 application.
3. Viewing experience at its best
There were a lot of fundamental problems that were faced by the users at the beginning where they had to make sure that the photo to be in the correct viewing angle through manual adjustments, which was pretty painful to operate for many. Sometime the auto-rotate feature of the application wouldn’t work making the users have a hard time selecting the correct orientation to view their pictures.
All these were rectified in the new version of the iPhoto application with an enhanced software framework of the application.
4. Syncing Issues resolved
Now the biggest hassle the older versions of iPhoto faced was the usage of the application wasn’t so well responding in syncing to social media platforms to share your pictures. The application would close down without any trace making the users have a hard time sync photos and upload to their Facebook wall or any other social media stream.
The same was resolved with the new update of the iPhoto 9 and that made surer that there is more to make the system usable for uploading posts on social media.
6. Minor Bug improvements
There were minor bugs that were spread across the platform and that made the user experience a little patchy. But all those minor bugs of integrating the calendar and page number error were fixed as with the new rolled out update. There was more of a very user-friendly experience with the new upgrade and the users seem to be happy with the overall performance of the iPhoto 9 with the release of the new update.
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System requirements
The application is an in-built application that pretty much comes standard with all the Mac Operating systems. The only main thing is that the minimum operating system to support the new version of the iPhoto application was that you must be using Mac OS X 10.4 and above.
Download the iPhoto 9 for Mac OS
You can download the iPhoto 9 installer file from the below link and make sure that you have the latest operating system for the Mac to make sure that you don’t have any hassles in running the application after installation.