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What you oughta know
Apple will end support for My Photo Stream on June 26, 2023.
Our colleagues atiMorecovered the cutoff and iCloud Photos, the Apple-based alternative many users will switch to.
If you already have a Microsoft 365 account, you may prefer to back up your media through OneDrive.
Using OneDrive won’t replicate the functionality of My Photo Stream exactly.
One of the main benefits of My Photo Stream was that it was free.
If Microsoft OneDrive is your cloud storage provider of choice, you’re in luck.
OneDrive is available for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
The version of OneDrive for iPhones and iPads has a built-in feature for backing up all of your photos.
It’s also possible to back up images through macOS, though the method is a bit different.
Microsoft has a support document if you have more questions.
Here’s how to set it up.
That feature uploads files faster but requires your gear to be plugged in and connected to Wi-Fi.
As new images and videos are added to that folder, OneDrive will automatically sync them to the cloud.
