Deleting photos taking forever

This has been going on for at least 20 minutes so far, and is still going ... to delete 19 photos.

I'm using macOS 13.0.1 (22A400) on an iMac M1 with 16GB memory.

iMac 24″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Nov 22, 2022 12:58 PM

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2 replies

ShannonM1

Community Specialist

Nov 24, 2022 9:11 AM in response to Tom H.

Hello Tom H.,

We see that you were clearing out some photos and it as taking longer than expected. Are you still having trouble? If so, provide us as many details as you can and we'll see how we can help.

Thanks!

léonie

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Nov 24, 2022 9:39 AM in response to Tom H.

Are the photos you are deleting in an iCloud Photos Library or in a shared iCloud Photos Library? Do you have many albums and shared albums?

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