richaae

Q: Matching two Photos libraries that are the same

I did a system reinstall and transferred my Photos library to an external hard drive. I've now put it back in the Pictures folder and it opens fine in Photos.

 

The trouble is when I ask it to sync using iCloud. It want to upload the whole library, even though all those images already exist in the cloud.

 

Is there a way to tell it that these are already there and it should just match the up?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Sep 30, 2016 6:49 PM

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Q: Matching two Photos libraries that are the same

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 30, 2016 7:27 PM in response to richaae
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    Sep 30, 2016 7:27 PM in response to richaae

    No - when you restore or repair a Photos library it will check the entire library (it does not really upload everything and is much faster than the original upload) - there is no way to bypass this

     

    LN