Q: Restored Photos Library wants to sync entire library to iCloud?
I recently backed up my user data via Carbon Copy Cloner and moved the user data to a brand new MacBook Pro.
My Photos library is about 134 GB. I have a 200 GB iCloud storage plan.
When I open Photos, all of my photos are there, but when I turn on iCloud library in Photos' preferences, it wants to sync the entire library (and thus asks me to upgrade my iCloud storage plan to 400 GB. Is there any way for Photos to just resume syncing... which would just download the latest fifty or so photos from iCloud?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11)
Posted on Oct 19, 2015 12:06 PM
Photos has to compare the restored library to the photos in iCloud, but it will only upload the photos that are not already in iCloud.
If you want to omit the comparing stage, start with a new empty iCloud Photo Library on your new mac. The all photos from iCloud will download to the new library. You will save the lengthy comparison, but you will lose all faces thumbnails, because they do not upload to iCloud, see: Use Photos and iCloud Photo Library on multiple Mac computers - Apple Support
Posted on Oct 19, 2015 12:12 PM
