I know that Apple places limits on how many photos you can upload/download in a given day. So why can I not download any of my pictures if I have not uploaded or downloaded any pictures in the last 24 hours?
That limit applies only to My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing, the free cloud services. iCloud: Photo Stream limits
There are no restrictions on your iCloud upload and downloads for the iCloud Photo Library.
Have you restarted your Mac?
There may be a problem with the process that is downloading from iCloud, the cloudphotosd.
Have you checked the Console window if there are any diagnostic messages, when you try to access your shared albums?
If you see any messages with respect to cloudphotosd, the process cloudphotosd may be hanging or having invalid cached data.
Then try the fix in this post: Re: Yosemite Photos iCloud photo sharing not working
LaCollisionMay 1, 2015 6:21 PM
Re: Yosemite Photos iCloud photo sharing not workingin response to pendlebumHelpful
VERY interesting, thank you!!
I had the same problem after a Time Machine backup.
I've found a solution :
1. Quit Photos
2. Remove the folder:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Application Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd
3. Restart
4. Launch Photos
… and everything works again!!
Your user library may still be hidden.
To reveal the hidden User Library:
- Bring the Finder forward by clicking on the Desktop or the Finder icon in the Dock.
- Select your user/home folder (with the house icon in the Finder sidebar)
- With that Finder window as the front window, press the key combination ⌘J to bring up the View options.
- In the View options panel enable ’Show Library Folder’. That will make your user library folder visible in your Home folder.
- Open your Home folder, then the Library folder, then Containers.
- Move the complete folder ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Application Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd to your desktop. Move the entire folder, not just the contents.
Now restart the Mac and try again. If all is well, delete the folder from the Desktop.