Apple Seeds iOS 5.1 Beta 2 to Developers, Enables Photo Stream Photo Deletion

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Apple has released iOS 5.1 Beta 2 to developers, with a build number of 9B5127c. The biggest change is the addition of a much-requested feature related to the management of photos in the Photo Stream:

NEW: Photos taken using iOS 5.1 can be deleted from Photo Stream on your device and will be removed automatically from Photo Stream on your other iOS 5.1 devices. Older photos can be manually deleted from your iOS 5.1 devices.

New versions of Xcode 4.3 and Apple TV software were also released. iOS 5.1 Beta 1 was seeded two weeks ago on November 28.

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Top Rated Comments

d4rkc4sm Avatar
165 months ago
nothing like worrying if those sex pictures you took with your gf will end up on the family's appletv photostream
Score: 28 Votes (Like | Disagree)
guzhogi Avatar
165 months ago
I'd like the photo deletion thing. I'm an IT guy at work & sometimes I need to take pictures of an error code or something with my phone & put the photo into a help desk ticket. I don't want nor need these pictures on my home computer.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jamesr19 Avatar
165 months ago
I'm sure this has been a much demanded feature..i'm surprised it wasn't included in the first version!!
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Small White Car Avatar
165 months ago
Probably the most-requested feature since the 'cut and paste' days.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JonyHolt Avatar
165 months ago
Its about time. I did not use PhotoStream because of this specifically. It was terrible to have to purge the entire photo database just to get rid of one or two photos.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
j_maddison Avatar
165 months ago
I haven't used a Beta since iOS 5 was released, but I'll be downloading this for the ability to delete photos from photostream

I can't wait to give this a whirl, a long awaited feature
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)