I have just upgraded my Aperture Photo library to the photos app. I have a very large Photo Library (400GB, 63000 photos). It is taking forever just to do a few thousand photos. At the current rate I estimate it will take until Christmas. How do I speed it up? No happy.
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
The maximum amount you can have on iCloud seems to be 1 TB.
As for speeds, I don't have as huge of a Library (120GB) but huge enough. I noticed the upload speed is a lot higher during "powernap". I uploaded about 80GB in a day.
For my Macbook Pro that meant logging in, closing the lid and leaving the MBP plugged into the wall. You can't really see the upload progress. I knew it was uploading because the MBP felt slightly warm and photos were appearing on my iPhone. It does not upload during powernap when not plugged in.
What is the upload speed for your internet connection?
Most of the time it is between 3 and 5 mbps. I uploaded 150GB to Dropbox and it was much faster using the same connection so I don't understand the snail pace of this one. I have also backed up my files to sugar sync cloud server and while it took a couple of weekends for a similar size it worked much better.
400GB at 4Mb/s = 10 days, assuming all is perfect. Longer if it is not.
I think, it's not the internet speed. It's the slow connection to apple servers. I am not sure about this, but what else could be the reason?
What is your upload speed and how large is your library?
I have an 11mbps upload at home. Don't see more than 1.9mbps with my net meter. Definitely limited by servers.
Using this site: speedof.me take measurements of your current upload speed, take 3 successive measurements, then tell me the total size of your iPhoto library and we'll see how long it will take to upload
santscho wrote:
I think, it's not the internet speed.
It's the internet speed.
Same problem except I have (unfortunately) almost 1TB of photos (on a 1TB Mac) and about 100,000 of them. (I have another 3TB - on a separate disk- in Lightroom which is another problem...) I also unfortunately I live in an area where we have 10mb download and 0.75 upload. I guess its impossible to make it work. Apple should attach a health warning that it won't work unless you have 100MB+ .. At the moment with the current results I calculate it will take 26 years to upload..(it will finish one day in the Science Museum) . any suggestions anyone? So far talking to support (although helpful) hasn't given any solution. they don't seem to be prepared to say anyone else has a problem which clearly from this forum we all do - I will have to take my iMac under my arm to the office where we have 20mb each way and see how much difference that will make....The other frustration is Yosemite ignoring that I don't want it to log out or screensave - asking for password - stopping the upload process all the time. How do you reset this? - Yosemite seems to ignore all my requests to turn the logout off. I also think it's not just the internet speed but something else where the process simply doesn't work.
4TB at 0.75Mb/s will probably take longer than you will live. Actually somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 hours, minimum
Here's a link to an upload time calculator: http://www.meridianoutpost.com/resources/etools/calculators/calculator-file-down load-time.php
Set the overhead at 20%
Can I upload a 400GB Photo Library faster?
