Photos in system library on iMac not fully syncing to iCloud - folders and albums only partly visible

Hi. In the end everything got uploaded! Took about 2 days and uploading to iCloud seem to have restarted after I rebooted the iMac. Not sure if that was the real reason but the sync with iCloud is now working perfectly.

thanks for the help!

Hi, thanks for your response!

iMac version is Ventura 13.4.1

iPad OS is 16.1

iPhone 12 is 16.5.1

I see the same folders and images on iCloud, iPad and iPhone.

The system library on the IMac has many more folders, albums, photos and videos then that have been uploaded to iCloud. Some folders have been sync’d with iCloud, but have remained empty. These empty folders are now also visible in my iPad and iPhone. Originally these were only present on the iMac, so there was some partial and very small upload.

I rebooted the iMac and started again, but that did not help. So far the Apple helpdesk has not been able to help.

Thanks for your quick reply again :-)

In the status bar, it indicated that the sync was completed with a timestamp and no activity going on with only a small portion uploaded. That was the situation for about 12 hours more or less.

I then rebooted the iMac and at first I had the same situation. Then after about an hour, the message changed to 'Syncing 25.395 Items to iCloud'. Which roughly is the volume of the missing items.

So I will let it run now and check in the morning if there has been any kind of movement. At the moment it is again in this status for about 2 - 3 hours. Guess I have to be very patient!

Thanks for your help!