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Do you have to have a mobile device for iCloud to work?
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Gankdawg
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Oct 16, 2011, 07:38 PM
 
Contacts and Address Book seem to be working but not Photostream. Directions from Apple indicate that you have to setup your mobile device with iOS5 first. Since my iPhone is jailbroken, I won't update to 5 until the untethered version is released.
     
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Oct 16, 2011, 07:43 PM
 
What good is Photostream w/o a iOS5 device ?

It's really useless, if you just have one Mac and no iOS5 devices.

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Oct 16, 2011, 07:57 PM
 
I can show pictures to friends anywhere I can access the internet with a normal web browser. That's the appeal to me. Or be able to give family members a link to look at pics. Is there a public area?
     
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Oct 16, 2011, 08:41 PM
 
Nope, PhotoStream doesn't work like that at the moment.
     
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Oct 16, 2011, 09:21 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
What good is Photostream w/o a iOS5 device ?

It's really useless, if you just have one Mac and no iOS5 devices.

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I also have a MacBook. Would be nice if everything would sync to it too.
     
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Oct 16, 2011, 09:53 PM
 
Originally Posted by Gankdawg View Post
I also have a MacBook. Would be nice if everything would sync to it too.
Well, the point of Photostream is to stream new photos taken.

You don't "take" pictures with your MacBook or iMac, therefore, it's not really intended to work that way. AT least not right now.

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