Want to upload photos from Photos to iCloud

Open Photos

Select Library

Scroll to the bottom

You'll see a count of items in your library and the current iCloud status beneath that (updated just now, uploading xx of xxx, paused, etc.)

Depending on the size of your library and initial sync can take a log time (maybe even days). Uploads are throttled.

Some thoughts, feel free to ignore any:

If you have no other pictures in iCloud outside of those in your photo library, you may wish to turn off iCloud sync on your Mac and then delete the images in iCloud at iCloud.com to start again. Know that every time you turn on/off iCloud sync in Photos on your Mac, the entire upload process begins again. If you have a mix of photos from multiple devices that are also on your Mac, your computer is trying to process matches too ... which can add to the time.

You may initially wish to "download originals to this Mac." I'm convinced that this will make the sync faster as there is no image processing happening at the same time (I could be wrong).

Make sure your Mac is powered. Uploads happen as a background process. You may also want to restart your Mac to trigger the upload process again.

Hey blarblarblarblar,

It looks like you're having an issue syncing photos with iCloud. We can understand wanting to look into that further. We want to help.

It looks like the settings in your screenshot are correct for syncing photos with iCloud.

We'd recommend reviewing the information in this article: Set up and use iCloud Photos

Thanks!