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Brian@Durban
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Q: Photo's and Icloud

i want to free up space on my macbook pro. i have too many photos. i signed up for i cloud and want to transfer all my photos onto the cloud. i have made all the necessary setting but only able to upload 60Gb. and the photos are still on my macbook. help

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jul 12, 2015 2:54 AM

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Brian@Durban

Q: Photo's and Icloud

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jul 12, 2015 3:11 AM in response to Brian@Durban
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    Jul 12, 2015 3:11 AM in response to Brian@Durban
    i signed up for i cloud and want to transfer all my photos onto the cloud.

    How much iCloud storage did you sign up for?  Is it sufficient to hold your photos?

     

    For a large Photos Library it may take a very long time to upload all photos to icloud. Sometimes more than a week.

    Does the progress bar change at all in the Photos > Preferences > iCloud  panel?

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    To save space on your Mac enable "Optimise Mac Storage". But that will only take effect, after all photos have been uploaded to iCloud.

     

    There are some items that cannot upload to iCloud at all:  Photos you imported as referenced (that are not stored in your Photos library but referenced in their original location) or media items in a graphics format that is not supported by Photos. Do you have items in the library that have not bee taken with a camera or iPhone but created with graphics programs?