Apple has just released the second beta of iOS 5.1 to developers, and while we don't know yet if it will fix lingering battery issues the company failed to quash with 5.01, there's at least once new welcome feature here: If you're an iCloud user, you'll soon be able to delete individual photos from your Photo Stream. When reviewing the iPhone 4S, we were disappointed that Photo Stream was an "all or nothing" affair — if a photo was added to Photo Stream, there was no way to remove it unless you completely disabled the service — but it looks like Apple is reversing course. So if you prefer to carefully curate your Photo Stream rather than just let any old image you snap on your phone to be included, this is an update to look forward to. As for the battery life issue, we'll keep an eye out for any developers reporting on improvements.
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I hate to be ‘that guy’ but, seriously Apple shouldn’t consider the ability to delete an individual photo from your online storage a feature, it should be a given.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 4:48 PM EST reply Recommend (7) Flag actions
Maybe it’s a technical limitation of some kind? I agree, it should have been there from the start.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 4:51 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
i don’t think they consider it a feature.. i think they just liked it better the way they had it first, but too many users complained.. so they added the delete function..
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 5:05 PM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
i think that, in order to ship on time, they shelved some features—and yes, this is a feature—that were not high priority. we might think, it’s just a delete button, how hard can it be? the truth is it’s hard. sync is hard. just because dropbox does it so effortlessly doesn’t make it any easier.
iOS 5 is really a huge release and they are still hammering out the kinks. this is one of those kinks.
Posted on Dec 13, 2011 | 12:32 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Completely agreed, not because I have anything particularly risqué or embarrassing on my photo stream, but because I look vainer than a 16 year old girls Facebook page when I have sections of 50 self-portraits from the 1 or 2 times I decided I wanted a new profile picture.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 5:11 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
It’s a fix on a 0.1 software update…
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 9:42 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
So they made a mistake and now are fixing it. How outrageous.
Posted on Dec 13, 2011 | 2:59 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Wow this should have been in there at the start not that I take a lot of pics.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 4:49 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
Finally!
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 4:52 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
I was going to say the same thing, literally!
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 4:55 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Awesome. I use my iPhone as my main camera at work when I have to take a picture of pretty much anything. But it was always a bit of a bummer for them to then show up alongside all of my vacation pictures in my apple tv “screensaver” slideshow. I sell promotional products… so closeup pictures of keychains, T shirt printing and all that other stuff that I end up taking 4 to 5 pictures of each to get the right one was really clogging up my slideshow. I do like that they show up on every device and backup to my computer, but the ability to flush them out once a day is welcomed.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 4:58 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Finally I will be able to delete all my saucy photo sexts. God damn it, Apple.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 4:59 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
How about all the bugs and crashes on the iPad/iPhone since upgrading to iOS 5? The iPad has become downright flaky: native e-mail app crashes, browser crashes, etc. I have definitely noticed the poorer battery life on both devices as well. Wish I hadn’t upgraded.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 5:26 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I don’t think there was any philosophical issue here. I suspect deleting photos just wasn’t ready-to-go as a feature when 5.0 shipped, and now it is.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 6:36 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
It was simply a matter of time before they made this update. My guess is it was some type of technical issue or reasoning behind not allowing it anitially. I’m glad it’s on it’s way.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011 | 8:58 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Just a little anecdote: A few weeks ago we were at my grandfathers funeral, and a corner of the coffin lid wasn’t aligned well, so you could see some of the fabric inside…my mom took a picture of it to show it to the people responsible for that…
Needless to say, those pictures being brought up on the screen every time she turns on her AppleTV is kind of stupid, to say the least.
Looking forward to that update…
(Granted, that’s quite a harsh example, there are countless things you don’t necessarily want to have in your Photo Stream)
Posted on Dec 13, 2011 | 5:43 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
More important, I hope iOS 5.1 fixes the Invalid SIM problems hundreds (thousands?) of customers have been complaining about in the Apple forums and seem to be going unnoticed.
Posted on Dec 13, 2011 | 9:51 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
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