![]() Do you want to access your photos from anywhere you have a web browser? - iCloud Photo Library is the only Apple Photos service that lets you view your entire photo library from anywhere you have internet access and a web browser through.If you keep your pics and videos in Dropbox or Google Photos, or some other storage app, you could stick with My Photo Stream and only use it on occasion for pics you've recently taken. Do you use another photo storage app that works just fine? - If you've already got your cloud-based storage needs taken care of, then you probably don't want to fill up your iCloud storage with another version of the same photos.My Photo Stream doesn't support video at all. ![]() Do you want to sync your videos across all devices? - You definitely need iCloud Library, then.In fact, you'll probably get a notification as soon as you try to switch asking you to upgrade your storage plan. Photos tend to take up a lot of space, and you can easily max out your 5GB of free storage space if you switch to iCloud Photo Library. It doesn't count against your iCloud storage capacity. Do you have the lowest tier iCloud storage? - If you're still using up less than 5GB of iCloud storage and don't ever want to pay even $0.99 per month for more, you should stick with My Photo Stream.My Photo Stream only gives you access to your most recent 1,000 photos (or the past 30 days) across your devices. Do you have a lot of photos that you want to access across your devices at any time? - You should use iCloud Photo Library to store and access your photos and videos.
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