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agomezes
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Q: I cleaned my file of Photos in my iMac but my copy  in iCloud keeps all the photos how can I update iCloud?

I cleaned my file of Photos in my iMac but my copy  in iCloud keeps all the photos how can I update iCloud?

iMac (24-inch Early 2009), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Apr 4, 2016 2:42 PM

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Q: I cleaned my file of Photos in my iMac but my copy  in iCloud keeps all the photos how can I update iCloud?

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 4, 2016 2:46 PM in response to agomezes
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    Apr 4, 2016 2:46 PM in response to agomezes

    What do you mean by cleaned.

  • by agomezes,

    agomezes agomezes Apr 4, 2016 2:55 PM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 4, 2016 2:55 PM in response to Csound1

    I erased the photos that I don´t like so much

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 4, 2016 2:57 PM in response to agomezes
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    Apr 4, 2016 2:57 PM in response to agomezes

    The iCloud file is 30 days behind, for now the photos are in the recently deleted folder

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Apr 4, 2016 3:02 PM in response to agomezes
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    Apr 4, 2016 3:02 PM in response to agomezes

    Did you delete them according to the following:

     

    Deleting Photos from a Photos 1.5 Library

     

    1 - regardless of where you are in the library, i.e. Moments, Collections, albums, smart albums or projects, select the photo(s) you want to delete and use the key combination of Command+Delete to move the photos to the Recently Deleted smart album.

     

    2 - click on the Recently Deleted smart albums in the sidebar.

     

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    NOTE 1:  If you're using Photos 1.2 or earlier use the File ➙ Show Recently Deleted menu option.

     

    3 - in the Recently Deleted album you can opt to let the photo automatically delete after the 30 day waiting period is up, delete them immediately or restore them to the library.

     

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    NOTE 2: deleting a photo from an album, slideshow, book, etc., with the Delete key only deletes the photo from that item.  There is no key combination that will delete a photo from a project and move it directly to the Recently Deleted smart album.

     

    NOTE 3: Deleting a photo from a Moment or Collection (the Photos window) or the All Photos window deletes ALL occurences of that photo in the library.

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