Q: El Capitan (10.11.5) Photos App suddenly has 24000 items it's adding to iCloud Photo Library
I import my iPhone photos regularly to the Photos app on my MacBook pro - maybe like 10 - 100 per week. This past week I noticed a major speed decrease on both computer and network speed.
Looked it up in Activity Monitor and Photos app is taking up a lot on both CPU and network. I opened up Photos > Preferences and saw it needed to load ~24,000 items.
What does this mean? Why is this happening? Should I be worried?
Device Details:
OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
Mac Book Pro (Retina, 15 in, Early 2013)
Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
Free Space on Macintosh HD: 12GB
Link to the Specs: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) - Technical Specifications
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
Posted on Jul 18, 2016 6:15 PM
