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My iCloud is not backing up Mac photos.

I purchased 50gb of iCloud to make a backup of photos from my Mac.I have checked everything every iCloud setting to make sure they are all good but again my photo are not being backed-up.Can anyone one help me how to get rid of this problem. to iCloud


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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jun 2, 2020 9:40 AM

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You don't back up photos on your MAC to icloud, you're syncing photos to icloud as outlined here Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support please read the part of backing up your photos.

Posted on Jun 2, 2020 2:15 PM

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Jun 6, 2020 11:00 PM in response to ajaysaini11

As per the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/icloud/mm68e65fcb20/icloud

Note: When iCloud Photos and My Photo Stream are both turned on, recent photos are uploaded to iCloud and appear in All Photos in the Photos app on your iOS device, iPadOS device or Mac.

And as per this article https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201317

What happens to your photos if you turn off My Photo Stream

Before you turn off My Photo Stream, save any photos that you want to keep on your device. If you sign out of iCloud or turn off My Photo Stream on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, all of the photos in the My Photo Stream album are removed from that device.

The photos from My Photo Stream on your other devices aren't affected. Photos from My Photo Stream stay on the iCloud server for 30 days from the date you upload them to My Photo Stream. If you sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID and turn on My Photo Stream on another device, the photos automatically download.

See the article https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-my-photo-stream-iphbfeb468fc/ios

In your screen shot photo stream is turned as on , so save to device and then turn it off , then set up iCloud photo library and its preferences https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204264

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht5156cc968/4.0/mac/10.14

These settings are to be followed in the screen shot , the old photos from past date will start syncing with high network speed on Mac .




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Jun 6, 2020 11:00 PM in response to ajaysaini11

As per the article https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/icloud/mm68e65fcb20/icloud

Note: When iCloud Photos and My Photo Stream are both turned on, recent photos are uploaded to iCloud and appear in All Photos in the Photos app on your iOS device, iPadOS device or Mac.

And as per this article https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201317

What happens to your photos if you turn off My Photo Stream

Before you turn off My Photo Stream, save any photos that you want to keep on your device. If you sign out of iCloud or turn off My Photo Stream on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, all of the photos in the My Photo Stream album are removed from that device.

The photos from My Photo Stream on your other devices aren't affected. Photos from My Photo Stream stay on the iCloud server for 30 days from the date you upload them to My Photo Stream. If you sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID and turn on My Photo Stream on another device, the photos automatically download.

See the article https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-my-photo-stream-iphbfeb468fc/ios

In your screen shot photo stream is turned as on , so save to device and then turn it off , then set up iCloud photo library and its preferences https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204264

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/photos/pht5156cc968/4.0/mac/10.14

These settings are to be followed in the screen shot , the old photos from past date will start syncing with high network speed on Mac .




My iCloud is not backing up Mac photos.

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