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Photos not syncing with iCloud

The photo app on my Mac has stopped syncing with iCloud. I have 1.6 TB of storage available, I'm signed in on the same Apple ID on both the phone and Mac, the photos are showing up in iCloud when I go directly to the website but they are not syncing with the photos app on my laptop like they used to always do. Any ideas on how to fix it?


Posted on Aug 21, 2023 12:45 PM

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Posted on Aug 21, 2023 7:48 PM

Check the status:

Open Photos

Go to library

Scroll to the bottom

You'll see the current picture/video count and the current iCloud status.


Check that iCloud is enabled on photos

Photos > Settings > icloud

And that the library is the system library

Photos > Settings > General


If nothing else, try restarting the Mac

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Aug 21, 2023 7:48 PM in response to helenmr

Check the status:

Open Photos

Go to library

Scroll to the bottom

You'll see the current picture/video count and the current iCloud status.


Check that iCloud is enabled on photos

Photos > Settings > icloud

And that the library is the system library

Photos > Settings > General


If nothing else, try restarting the Mac

Photos not syncing with iCloud

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