Jenna Caplette migrated from California to Montana in the early 1970s, first living on the Crow Indian reservation. A Healing Arts Practitioner, she owns Bozeman BodyTalk & Integrative Healthcare. She says, " Health is resiliency, a zest for the journey. It’s about coming awake to the joy of being alive. As a practitioner, its a privilege to facilitate that healing process, to help weave new patterns of health & well-being. “ And by the way, healthier, happier people help create a healthier, happier world.

Its summertime in Montana and everywhere you look someone is on an iPhone talking, texting, and snapping photos. How many photos do you have stored on your iPhone? Your iPad? If you lose or break your phone, will you have any pictures left?

To protect your photographs you need an effective back up and sharing system. If you have one, keep using it. If not, turn on the iCloud Photo Library, Apple’s photo sharing and cloud storage solution for all of your pictures on all of your devices, all of the time.

If iCloud Photo Library is ‘On’ and 'Download & Keep’ is selected, there is no need to change it. Download and Keep retains your full size images on your phone, just as before. The album “All Photos” replaces “Camera Roll.” A full size copy of your images are also saved on iCloud.com. Your iCloud.com images can be accessed from any computer, any time with your iCloud log in and password. 5 Gb of storage is free, with paid storage available over 5 Gb.

Once the iCloud Photo Library is 'On’ and 'Optimize’ is selected, workflow changes. 'Optimize’ saves a full size copy of your pictures on iCloud.com, and only a small thumbnail is left on your iPhone. In order to edit, print, or share an Optimized image, the full size file must be downloaded from iCloud.com on a wifi connection first. Because this requires an internet connection with extra steps and extra time, we recommend switching to Download and Keep if you have enough space on your iPhone or iPad for all of your images. Never, never turn iCloud Photo Library off when Optimize is selected–you can change to Download and Keep any time, and you can safely turn off iCloud Photo Library after all images are downloaded to the iPhone or iPad.

To work with “Optimized” images:

Be sure to have a wifi internet connection available to edit, share or print Optimized photos.

Download images to your iPhone or iPad by opening them in Photos and tapping “Edit.”

Log in to iCloud.com to access your full size images from any computer.

Avoid the challenges presented by optimized images when you edit, share and print your photos right away. Besides, the bigger your backlog of images becomes, the more intimidating it is to dive in and work with them. In fact, when you edit right away, it doesn’t feel like work. it’s fun!

Once they are edited, the best way of all to enjoy your images is to print them. Upload them with Apps like the free F11 Photo Print & Share. Have questions? Stop by F-11 Photographic Supplies at 16 East Main in Downtown Bozeman and we’ll be glad to help.