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iMore Question I am keen to use Photos but I do not want to have every photo I take on my iPhone or iPad sent to the cloud and duplicated across every device. Essentially I wan to be able to look at all the photos on every device but not upload photos from every device. Is this possible?
No, at least not that I'm aware of. iCloud will sync all of your connected devices, and any new photos taken will be synced as well. Disabling Photostream and iCloud Photo Library will prevent your devices from accessing the photos, especially new ones, taken and uploaded from one of your other devices.