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gordonf238

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Q: iCloud Photo Stream on iPhone 6 NOT syncing with Photos on iMac

Hi everyone,

I didn't have an issue with this until last week. I use iCloud on my iPhone 6 and iOS 9.1 and Photos on my iMac (OSX 10.10.5). Photos between my iMac and iPhone used to sync flawlessly until they didn't, for some strange reason. Signing out of iCloud on my iPhone and signing back in seems to remedy the issue, but doesn't that negate the whole point of having it "sync" automatically? I'm open to whatever suggestions you may have.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 3.4Ghz i7, 32GB RAM

Posted on Oct 28, 2015 7:28 AM

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by Old Toad,

Old Toad Oct 28, 2015 11:15 AM in response to gordonf238
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Oct 28, 2015 11:15 AM in response to gordonf238

What is not syncing: your My Photo Stream or your iCloud Photo Library?
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gordonf238 Oct 28, 2015 11:42 AM in response to Old Toad
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Oct 28, 2015 11:42 AM in response to Old Toad

Hi Old Toad, and thanks for your reply.

My iPhone isn't syncing with Photos on my iMac. The other way it seems to work fine.
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Old Toad Oct 28, 2015 11:48 AM in response to gordonf238
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Oct 28, 2015 11:48 AM in response to gordonf238

How are you trying to sync? With My Photo Stream or the iCloud Photo Library?

Post a screenshot of the Photos/iCloud preference pane:
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gordonf238 Oct 28, 2015 1:58 PM in response to Old Toad
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Oct 28, 2015 1:58 PM in response to Old Toad

Hi Old Toad, and thanks for posting the screenshot. Much obliged.

On my iMac, all three options are checked. On my iPhone, the first and the third options are checked.
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Old Toad Oct 28, 2015 2:13 PM in response to gordonf238
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Oct 28, 2015 2:13 PM in response to gordonf238

Post a screenshot of you preference pane.
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gordonf238 Oct 28, 2015 2:24 PM in response to Old Toad
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Oct 28, 2015 2:24 PM in response to Old Toad

Sure, here are the settings from my iMac:

Here are the settings on my iPhone:

Hope this helps!
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Old Toad Oct 28, 2015 2:31 PM in response to gordonf238
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Oct 28, 2015 2:31 PM in response to gordonf238

The following is designed to help jumpstart the MPS but I can't help with the iCloud Photo Library aspect:

Disable My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing in the System/iCloud preference pane

and in Photo's iCloud preference pane.

Reboot and reenable both respectively. That should jump start Photo Stream.
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