I moved to a new Macbook, using Migration Assistant. All apps work fine, etc. It is just that Photos does not sync with iCloud. It says it "Synching with iCloud" but nothing happens. Photos on my iphone work fine, including sync-ing with iCloud. How can I solve this?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.2
How long has it been? Have you re-booted recently? (That can help.) It takes quite a long time, since Photos scans the pictures as they come in, and there's lots of work to be done organizing the scans. And this work can't be done when you're using Photos or when there's a danger of depleting the battery. So, if you leave the MacBook plugged in, turned on, with good internet and with Photos in the background overnight, you should see some results in the morning. You may need to go to System Settings and find Lock Screen to set it to not sleep. If the Mac says "Synching with iCloud" at the bottom of the Library view, then it looks like it's working.
If you don't get good progress overnight, they try a re-start in Safe Mode. This bypasses certain potentially disruptive processes, and it often helps. Safe Mode is different for different computers, so see this:
Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support
Let us know how it goes…
How long has it been? Have you re-booted recently? (That can help.) It takes quite a long time, since Photos scans the pictures as they come in, and there's lots of work to be done organizing the scans. And this work can't be done when you're using Photos or when there's a danger of depleting the battery. So, if you leave the MacBook plugged in, turned on, with good internet and with Photos in the background overnight, you should see some results in the morning. You may need to go to System Settings and find Lock Screen to set it to not sleep. If the Mac says "Synching with iCloud" at the bottom of the Library view, then it looks like it's working.
If you don't get good progress overnight, they try a re-start in Safe Mode. This bypasses certain potentially disruptive processes, and it often helps. Safe Mode is different for different computers, so see this:
Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support
Let us know how it goes…
I moved to the new computer before NY. All photos are in the Photos app on the new computer except what I shot in the last days with my phone. So sync-ing should not take long. But I will try what you suggested with giving it time.
I moved to a new Macbook and Photos does not sync with iCloud
