Photos seem to be not downloading from iCloud
Yesterday I created a new Photo Library on an external hard drive and set it as the System Photo Library so that it would sync with I could and download my photos to my MacBook.
It very quickly started loading thumbnails and at the bottom of the screen showed the number of photos and videos in iCloud. Under this a progress bar appeared with “updating”.
I left it alone but kept watch on it until I went to bed. At some point during the night it went from “updating” to “downloading originals” but progress bar and the downloading number haven’t changed around 7am (when I woke up). It is now nearly 5pm here.
I’ve tried Apple support but I’m having difficulties understanding the accents of the agents today - and likewise they are clearly not understanding me.
I restarted the MacBook earlier and the only difference is that the downloading number changed by one.
i restarted again a few minutes ago and now the photos library is taking ages to open.