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Q: Yosemite Photos iCloud photo sharing not working

So I bit the bullet, drank the kool-aid, and converted my primary iPhoto library to Photos with Yosemite 10.10.3.

 

Overall, fairly impressed, but the iPhoto Shared library has some issues.  I had (have) for shared photo streams from the iPhoto library.  Those still show up on all of the subscribers devices (mobile and desktop).

 

The first time I started Photos after the conversion, I went to the "Shared" tab and saw textual representation of the shared photo streams were there, but after a period of time, disappeared.  Now, each time I go to the shared tab, it "Scans for recent shared activity", but always comes back as if nothing is shared. and gives the button to "Start Sharing".

 

I've tried starting new shared streams, modifying one of the old streams from a different device, but absolutely nothing will show the shared streams, nor cal I share anything new.

 

I have no intention of using the iCloud Photo Library (too expensive for me and not sure I'm that trusting yet).

 

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?  Anyone else getting the shared photo streams working in Photos?

 

Thanks!

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Photos App

Posted on Apr 9, 2015 1:56 PM

by léonie,Solvedanswer
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A:

Have you tried to disable the shared streams in the System Preferences, then restart the Mac, and enable them again in the System Preferences and in Photos Preferences iCloud?

It may take a few hours for the streams to populate again after resetting them this way.

Posted on Apr 9, 2015 2:54 PM

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  • by JCC,

    JCC JCC May 1, 2015 10:47 AM in response to LaCollision
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    May 1, 2015 10:47 AM in response to LaCollision

    This solved my problem. Thank you!

  • by cleverfeets,

    cleverfeets cleverfeets May 1, 2015 10:50 AM in response to lwgray
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    May 1, 2015 10:50 AM in response to lwgray

    Now that I have the shared streams working again, I would like to add that I am still seeing an issue with quite a bit of 'white space' where the thumbnail images should be:

     

    Photos.jpg

    When I double-click anywhere in the white space I am taken to wherever that photo should be in it's album/date but still only see lots of white space and strangely, some black thumbnails:

     

    Photos-1.jpg

    If I double click on either a white, or a black thumbnail image the original image will load:

     

    Photos-2.jpgWhen I return to the previous album, I still see the same white and black thumbnails.

     

    I am unable to repair the library either - I used to be have that option when holding down the option (alt) & command keys but now, noting happens and Photos opens normally. I am also noticing that every time I open Photos it nags be about using iPhoto Photo Library even though each time I click on the "not now" option.

    Photos-3.jpg

    I'm not sure if others are experiencing this issue as well and/or  if it's related.

  • by cleverfeets,

    cleverfeets cleverfeets May 1, 2015 10:55 AM in response to LaCollision
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    May 1, 2015 10:55 AM in response to LaCollision

    LaCollision

     

    Thanks for the info.

     

    ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd

     

    I originally deleted this folder: "~/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Application Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd" (Granted,after deleted this folder I didn't uncheck the options for "My Photo Stream" & "iCloud Photo Sharing" in System Preferences> iCloud and then reenable these options.)

     

    It wasn't until I deleted "~/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd" (and then unchecked the options for "My Photo Stream" & "iCloud Photo Sharing" in System Preferences> iCloud and then reenabled these options.) that i was able to see my shared streams again.

  • by cleverfeets,

    cleverfeets cleverfeets May 1, 2015 11:35 AM in response to cleverfeets
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    May 1, 2015 11:35 AM in response to cleverfeets

    After trying a disk permissions repair, restarting my Mac and many more attempts to invoke the "repair library" while holding the opt & command keys, I finally got the option to repair:

     

    Photos-5.jpg

     

    And still, the issue with white and/or black thumbnails remains:

     

    Photos-1.jpg

  • by JaegerMann,

    JaegerMann JaegerMann May 1, 2015 12:18 PM in response to LaCollision
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    May 1, 2015 12:18 PM in response to LaCollision

    This worked for me. Thank you!

  • by JRumpleH ,

    JRumpleH JRumpleH May 4, 2015 7:57 PM in response to LaCollision
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    May 4, 2015 7:57 PM in response to LaCollision

    This worked for me. I'm not sure how you found yourself down that rabbit hole of a file path, but it worked. Thanks for diggin'!

     

    I should mention, this problem started after a time machine restore. Shared albums worked fine until then. I did gain 10GB on the ol' hard drive though. Yay, for me.

     

    Mac Mini 2009

    Yosemite

  • by brandonfromchelsea,

    brandonfromchelsea brandonfromchelsea May 8, 2015 4:32 AM in response to cleverfeets
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    May 8, 2015 4:32 AM in response to cleverfeets

    Cleverfeets, that did the trick for me too. I had to follow your instructions here and then it worked like a charm!

     

    It wasn't until I deleted "~/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd" (and then unchecked the options for "My Photo Stream" & "iCloud Photo Sharing" in System Preferences> iCloud and then reenabled these options.) that i was able to see my shared streams again.


    THIS WORKED for me, yay. iPhoto streams are back and syncing up!

  • by iphi,

    iphi iphi May 17, 2015 1:39 AM in response to lwgray
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    May 17, 2015 1:39 AM in response to lwgray

    I had the same problem on a few Macs I did a TM restore onto. I tried everything and only found one fix. Although I am going to try the ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd fix next time but for the record in case this fix does not work for everyone, I found deleting the profile and setting up a new one fixed it. This only works if you run multiple profiles and it is not particularly convenient as you need to re-tweek the profile to you liking but the shared streams at least start re-syncing.

  • by macreserve,

    macreserve macreserve May 17, 2015 10:16 AM in response to LaCollision
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    May 17, 2015 10:16 AM in response to LaCollision

    Thanks for this, it worked for me after MANY hours on the phone with apple tech support !!!

  • by Austf,

    Austf Austf May 23, 2015 5:16 AM in response to lwgray
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    May 23, 2015 5:16 AM in response to lwgray

    It’s taken 4 weeks for all my photos to upload to iCloud (15000+ of them: photography is my hobby....just done it overnight): needed to redo all my energy saver settings for the duration) NOW all my pics are "synching”  perfectly.....just a 4 week glitch...lol....

  • by Gerbert Goes,

    Gerbert Goes Gerbert Goes May 28, 2015 12:54 PM in response to cleverfeets
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    May 28, 2015 12:54 PM in response to cleverfeets

    I have the same issue. put a TimeMachine backup back after replacing the HD (I now have a SSHD). However, I cannot find the directory you're referring to. I searched all over my HD, but there is no /Users/gerbertgoes/Library/Containers...... directory. I also looked for any of the other folders inside that directory. Nothing...

     

    Any insights you might have to help me out? Thx!

  • by iphi,

    iphi iphi May 28, 2015 3:19 PM in response to Gerbert Goes
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    May 28, 2015 3:19 PM in response to Gerbert Goes

    Quote:


    I have the same issue. put a TimeMachine backup back after replacing the HD (I now have a SSHD). However, I cannot find the directory you're referring to. I searched all over my HD, but there is no /Users/gerbertgoes/Library/Containers...... directory. I also looked for any of the other folders inside that directory. Nothing...

     

    Any insights you might have to help me out? Thx!

     

    While you have Finder open on your desktop and it is the active window, click 'Go' on the Menu Bar and click 'Go to Folder' and paste in the link provided in the post above:

     

    ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Application Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd


    Make sure you have the '~' character at the beginning.


    Then click 'Go'.

  • by Gerbert Goes,

    Gerbert Goes Gerbert Goes May 29, 2015 3:12 AM in response to iphi
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    May 29, 2015 3:12 AM in response to iphi

    And I've learned something new... Every day is a schoolday! Thanks iphi, that worked like a charm!

  • by Max Beg,

    Max Beg Max Beg Jun 1, 2015 3:52 PM in response to LaCollision
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    Jun 1, 2015 3:52 PM in response to LaCollision

    Thanks, your suggestion worked for me first time

  • by Gotier,

    Gotier Gotier Jun 13, 2015 1:39 AM in response to thomasfromkleinmachnow
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    Jun 13, 2015 1:39 AM in response to thomasfromkleinmachnow

    After restore with Time Machine a 2nd time. Photos sharing not working (but the first time no problem) !

     

    But it's solved !!! All working after try this :

     

    Delete this folder : /Users/Gotier/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd


    ...After restart and enjoy !!

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