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Q: Photos not syncing between iPhone and laptop

Photos not syncing - I have only one library so it must be the system photos library.  I have it My Photo Stream checked correctly in system preferences.  Yet the photos on the phone do not show up on the laptop and vice versa. 

Posted on Jul 5, 2015 5:40 PM

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  • by JBell68,

    JBell68 JBell68 Jul 5, 2015 8:02 PM in response to august1229
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    Jul 5, 2015 8:02 PM in response to august1229

    I updated to iPhone iOS 8.4 on Friday, Photo Stream no longer syncing with my laptop--photos taken yesterday with my phone were not showing up on my laptop Photo Stream.  Checked settings, they all seemed ok.  Updated to OS X 10.10.4 today hoping this would solve the problem, to no avail.

     

    Solved problem by rebooting the iPhone after updating OS X, and restarted laptop for extra measure--photos showed up then.

    Hope that helps.

  • by august1229,

    august1229 august1229 Jul 8, 2015 11:27 AM in response to JBell68
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    Jul 8, 2015 11:27 AM in response to JBell68

    Unfortunately it did not.

     

    It says that iCloud features for photos are only available in the System Photo Library. 

     

    I click Learn More and I only have one Photo Library. 

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jul 8, 2015 12:01 PM in response to august1229
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    Jul 8, 2015 12:01 PM in response to august1229
    It says that iCloud features for photos are only available in the System Photo Library.

    Open Photos, then the Preferences > General.

     

    Your current  library is the System Photo Library, if the option "Use as System Photo Library" is grayed out.

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