I uploaded 338gb of photos from my MacBook. It took most of the day so I left it running overnight. It appeared to be done in the morning but I looked for one of the photos and can't seem to find it. Also iCloud has only 248 gb in photos. I look on iCloud Drive on my Mac and the photos are there. What am I missing here.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.4
depends on how you uploaded. You won’t find photos in iCloud Drive in finder. Photos in the Photos app sync to iCloud.com/photos and to any connected device. A 338 GB photo library may take days to complete the initial sync. Check the status by selecting library view, scroll to the bottom for iCloud item count and upload status.
if instead you uploaded files to iCloud Drive, your files will display in finder.
you can check the cloud status by identifying the status icon.
depends on how you uploaded. You won’t find photos in iCloud Drive in finder. Photos in the Photos app sync to iCloud.com/photos and to any connected device. A 338 GB photo library may take days to complete the initial sync. Check the status by selecting library view, scroll to the bottom for iCloud item count and upload status.
if instead you uploaded files to iCloud Drive, your files will display in finder.
you can check the cloud status by identifying the status icon.
Great! Then you'll want to check your current cloud status. Open Photos. Select library. Scroll to the bottom to see the current status and item count.
You can synchronize your photos using the Photos App.
Open photos
Go to photos > settings > iCloud to enable iCloud photos
Photos > settings > general to ensure your library is the system library
Your photo library will then sync to your devices and iCloud. Changes you make, albums you create, etc. will propagate to your devices from any device.
So that could be my problem. I did a drag and drop into Icloud drive on my Mac. There are 38,000 items I was trying to upload to iCloud. There are only 22,000 items in photos on iCloud.com. I was assuming it would upload to the cloud. Isn't iCloud Drive backed up to the cloud? Ultimately I am trying to get access to all my photos on my phone and iPad. What do I need to do to accomplish this. Thanks so much for your help.
iCloud Photos was enabled. As for the system Library it seems that button is not selectable. Here's a screen shot.
OK. It's 22000 photos. My Mac has 38,000 photos I'm trying to put on the cloud. Status is synced.
If the status is synced, then the photos have finished syncing. Whatever item count you show is what is currently in the library. With few exceptions, those are the items synced to iCloud.
I'm not understanding the numbers but I did accomplish what I wanted. Access to my photos on all my devices. I checked it and I do.
can't find photos uploaded to icloud
