Apple will permanently delete your photos this month - here's how to protect them

Apple Inc AAPL recently revealed its decision to permanently discontinue the album "My Photo Stream" starting this month. The feature, which automatically stores photos taken within the last 30 days, will no longer be available.

"Uploads of new photos to My Photo Stream from your devices will stop one month prior, June 26, 2023. Any photos uploaded to the service before this date will remain on iCloud for 30 days from the date of download and will be available on all your devices that currently have "My Photo Stream" enabled. By July 26, 2023, there will be no more photos in "My Photo Stream" photos" and the service will be closed," according to the company's website.

To protect your photos, here are the steps to follow.

Go to your "My Photo Stream:" album in your camera roll and save your photos to your device or iCloud. According to Apple, the photos stored in "My Photo Stream" are already on at least one of the user's devices. Therefore, if a user has a device with the original photos, they will not experience any loss of photos during this transition. Second, if a specific photo isn't currently in your library on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, save it to that particular device's library.

Also read: Someone just paid more for a first-generation Apple iPhone than the price of the Tesla Model Y You can also back up your photos via the Amazon Photos app or your Google account. For those who already use iCloud, no further action is required. Currently, iCloud costs 99 cents for 50 GB of storage, $2.99 ​​for 200 GB, and $9.99 for two terabytes.

By bidding farewell to "My Photo Stream", Apple pointed out that iCloud is its optimal solution for securely storing and consolidating all photos and videos across multiple devices.

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