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Photo stream not working within photos on mac mini

I have recently upgraded from Yosemite to El Cap, I have an iPhone and iPad and am signed in to the iCloud on all devices. Photo stream works fine with i pad and i phone but the photo stream on my mac mini is empty. all the other elements of i cloud , i.e. notes, contacts, calendars etc all sync without problem. I had the same problem in Yosemite but was hoping the upgrade may have solved it. Sadly not. Any suggestions??

Mac mini (Late 2009), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Oct 7, 2015 10:44 AM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2015 2:15 PM

Here are a three possible fixes that worked for others:


Method #1 - posted by user Willis I Am:

Willis I Am

Re: photostream not working on my mac

Sep 9, 2013 2:05 PM (in response to gtbissell)

I do not know if anyone ever runs into this issue anymore, but the Apple Engineers helped me fix this recently.


They had me do the following:


Turn off Photo Stream in your user account:

Quit iPhoto

Goto System Preferences > iCloud > Uncheck Photo Stream.

Close System Preferences


Then deleting the entire ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/ directory.

Open Terminal and type in cd Library

then type open . (open space period)


navigate to Application Support and delete the iLifeAssetManagement folder.

quit terminal


Then turn photo stream back on in their photo library.

open iPhoto and click on Photo stream in the left column.

enable photo stream.


It will take some time to download the cached photos but this resolved my problem of having 0 display and no photos in the "My Photo Stream" area when any of my other devices showed new photo stream photos without any problems.

Method #2 - posted by user hang yong

hang yong

Jun 6, 2015 3:40 PM

Re: Shared albums won't show up on new Photos on Mac

in response to mwbaker210


Guys,


If you are still facing this issue after rebuilding, try this:


1. Close Photos

2. Go to System Preferences, iCloud, Photos and disable “My photo Stream” and “iCloud Photo Sharing”

3. Go to folder /Users/YourUser/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Applicati on Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd/services

4. Delete com.apple.photo.icloud.myphotostream and com.apple.photo.icloud.sharedstreams folders

5. Enable “My photo Stream” and “iCloud Photo Sharing” again.

6. Start Photos. After a while, the shared photos will start coming.

Method #3 - posted by user jmush1:

jmush1

Jul 29, 2015 8:45 PM

Re: Photostream not updating on Mac Photos

in response to leonfromearth

Helpful


I had this same issue. I fixed this by:


Closing Photos.

Opening Activity Monitor.

Killing the process titled "Photos Agent"


I opened up Photos again, and my Photo Stream immediately updated.

User uploaded file

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Question marked as Best reply

Oct 7, 2015 2:15 PM in response to jrsurman

Here are a three possible fixes that worked for others:


Method #1 - posted by user Willis I Am:

Willis I Am

Re: photostream not working on my mac

Sep 9, 2013 2:05 PM (in response to gtbissell)

I do not know if anyone ever runs into this issue anymore, but the Apple Engineers helped me fix this recently.


They had me do the following:


Turn off Photo Stream in your user account:

Quit iPhoto

Goto System Preferences > iCloud > Uncheck Photo Stream.

Close System Preferences


Then deleting the entire ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/ directory.

Open Terminal and type in cd Library

then type open . (open space period)


navigate to Application Support and delete the iLifeAssetManagement folder.

quit terminal


Then turn photo stream back on in their photo library.

open iPhoto and click on Photo stream in the left column.

enable photo stream.


It will take some time to download the cached photos but this resolved my problem of having 0 display and no photos in the "My Photo Stream" area when any of my other devices showed new photo stream photos without any problems.

Method #2 - posted by user hang yong

hang yong

Jun 6, 2015 3:40 PM

Re: Shared albums won't show up on new Photos on Mac

in response to mwbaker210


Guys,


If you are still facing this issue after rebuilding, try this:


1. Close Photos

2. Go to System Preferences, iCloud, Photos and disable “My photo Stream” and “iCloud Photo Sharing”

3. Go to folder /Users/YourUser/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Applicati on Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd/services

4. Delete com.apple.photo.icloud.myphotostream and com.apple.photo.icloud.sharedstreams folders

5. Enable “My photo Stream” and “iCloud Photo Sharing” again.

6. Start Photos. After a while, the shared photos will start coming.

Method #3 - posted by user jmush1:

jmush1

Jul 29, 2015 8:45 PM

Re: Photostream not updating on Mac Photos

in response to leonfromearth

Helpful


I had this same issue. I fixed this by:


Closing Photos.

Opening Activity Monitor.

Killing the process titled "Photos Agent"


I opened up Photos again, and my Photo Stream immediately updated.

User uploaded file

Photo stream not working within photos on mac mini

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