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Photos won't finish updating

Yesterday my photo library was stuck on Uploading, even though I wasn't trying to upload any photos. After trying a bunch of different fixes and then updating to Big Sur 11.5.1, I'm now stuck on "Updating..."

with no percentage indicated. In addition to this uploading/updating situation, my library has all my photos, but if I go to My Albums-All Photos, it only has one item in it.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Jul 26, 2021 6:24 PM

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Posted on Jul 26, 2021 10:49 PM

Hi - how large is your library?


In trying your bunch of different fixes, you have probably triggered a full resync of your library. This can take some time. Days, or even weeks for a large library. Some of that time the progress indication won't update for many hours, or even a day or two.


For reference my small 50GB 5000 image library took 48 hours full time.

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Jul 26, 2021 10:49 PM in response to Ecopixie

Hi - how large is your library?


In trying your bunch of different fixes, you have probably triggered a full resync of your library. This can take some time. Days, or even weeks for a large library. Some of that time the progress indication won't update for many hours, or even a day or two.


For reference my small 50GB 5000 image library took 48 hours full time.

Photos won't finish updating

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