I cannot see my icloud pictures on my mac

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alrich Author

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I cannot see my icloud pictures on my mac

Here's my setup:

iPhone X ( iOS 13)

Macbook 12 ( macOS Catalina)

iPad Pro and iPad 5 (iPadOS)

iMAC 27 mid 2011 ( macOS HighSierra 10.13.6)

with an iCloud account & iCloud photo library ON on all the devices . Using the same iCloud profile on all my devices .

I have an issue with Photos : all my photo libraries are up to date on all my devices EXCEPT on my iMAC : the library is not longer updated ( it used to work by the last time was back in February) . I tried to turn Photo Stream Off, ON, etc... no results . What should I do to get my iCloud pictures sync'ed on my iMAC?

Thks - Alex

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 7:23 AM

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Eric Root

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Oct 10, 2019 11:50 AM in response to alrich

Try going to System Preferences/iCloud and stop Photos syncing by unchecking the box. Wait a couple of minutes, then check syncing. Allow time for the sync to complete.

Last resort - have you tried signing out of iCloud and then sign back in?

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tygb

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Oct 10, 2019 11:26 AM in response to alrich

See the articles https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205409

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchle1529919/mac

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alrich Author

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Nov 8, 2019 3:29 AM in response to Eric Root

Thanks Eric . Unchecking / Checking again did not work but signing out of iCloud and signing back in worked ( after some time as I have a pretty large photo library ( 80'000 images)

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Eric Root

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Nov 8, 2019 5:08 AM in response to alrich

You are welcome.

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