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Amen. I'm right in the middle of figuring out how to set my mother up with an iPad - as her only computer. No mac, no iTunes sync.

The only problem? She's got an iPhoto library almost as large as the iPad drive, and there's currently no way to store her iPhoto library remotely.

I'm looking at Space Monkey - but it's not clear yet just how it works or if it will be a truly seamless experience. (People like my parents can't be bothered to manually move photos around - it just needs to work.)

NB: In my research, I've noticed that 99% of iPad users think iCloud backs up all their photos on all devices, which of course it does not.

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This is also a problem with movies. On my Apple TV it seems to stream movies, but if I want to watch the same movie on my iPad I have to have the correct amount of space left to download it first.

This is one thing I like about Android/Google+. All the photos I take are uploaded automatically and I can access them on any of my other Android devices.

> NB: In my research, I've noticed that 99% of iPad users think iCloud backs up all their photos on all devices, which of course it does not.

Another common misconception by family and friends iDevice users is that everything is automatically backed up.

They don't get that you have to set things up, specifically, and that you must not ignore the warning messages about iCloud storage.

Everpix is mentioned in another comment. I tried Everpix last year, and it looks like since then they've made it possible to basically store photos in the cloud (without keeping a local copy). Could be an option...

Don't want to keep banging on about it, but yeah Everpix is the solution. Install it on the desktop and Sync the iPhoto library. Install the Everpix app on the iPad, £3 a month, job done.

Last time I checked though Everpix doesn't do video. I have all sorts of little video clips and I desperately wish Everpix would handle them as well as my photos, I don't want to have to split them up or deal with them differently.

From their website, I see no mention of how much quota or space you get to store photos with them. Am I correct to assume that you have infinite space?

Yes

Wow, yeah, it looks like Everpix is exactly what he asked for, and more, including multi-platform support (not just iOS), and for exactly the price he specs -- $5/month.

He also said unlimited video.

Everpix doesn't support Android just yet I believe - someone correct me if i'm wrong!

Yes, I use Everpix and I've been really happy with it. However, I like the photo upload tools that come with Dropbox, so now I collect, sort, and edit photos in Dropbox, then I transfer them to a static(ish) Everpix library that distributes them back to my iPhone/iPad/browser. Seems kind of circular, but it works really well. And I have 170,000 photos in the cloud for less than the cost of a Dropbox upgrade.

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