Dysan72

Q: Can anyone explain how Photos works

Hi All;

 

So, I'm genuinely confused with how the Photos App (program) works.

 

I just returned from a vacation and have a combination of 325 photos and videos that I want to share (from my IMac) with friends and family.

The steps I followed are ...

1) From an album in Photos I selected all 325 items

2) From the "box with the up arrow" (top right on my IMac) I click and choose "ICloud Photo Sharing"

3) From there, I do (a) click Family Sharing ... and it automatically starts an upload or (b) click "New Shared Album" .. fill in a New Name for the shared album ...

    invite the folks I want (using either their phone number or ICloud email address)  and click Create. (I see the upload happening and complete with the circle on

    the left side.

 

Right so far ?

 

Results ...

 

Family Sharing .... the invitee received a combination of 1500 photos and videos

From the Newly Created Shared Album ... 1) 373 items 2) 323 items and 3) none

 

All the shared albums (including Family) have been chugging away for almost 4 hours now and were created from new.

 

Any help would be appreciated ...

 

Thanks Mark

Posted on Apr 10, 2016 2:48 PM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 10, 2016 3:01 PM in response to Dysan72
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    Apr 10, 2016 3:01 PM in response to Dysan72

    Family Sharing .... the invitee received a combination of 1500 photos and videos

    From the Newly Created Shared Album ... 1) 373 items 2) 323 items and 3) none

    It might be due to the upload limits for your shared albums. Because shared albums do not count against your free cloud storage there are limits, how much you can share at once, see this document: 

     

    My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing limits - Apple Support

     

    If you exceed a limit, the upload will pause and later be resumed.

  • by Dysan72,

    Dysan72 Dysan72 Apr 10, 2016 3:17 PM in response to léonie
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    Apr 10, 2016 3:17 PM in response to léonie

    Thanks very much for the response.

    I read that document while searching to understand why the photos were not coming across.

     

    I shared the Four albums including the Family over four hours now and so theoretically I should have space for 4,000 pictures.

    With 325 x 4 = 1,300 total for the albums I "should" be fine.

     

    I will continue to let it work away and just now the #2 from above has changed from 323 items to 241 ?

    And I guess curious as to why the Family share has received 1500 items when there is only 325 in the file ?

     

    Mark

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 10, 2016 3:23 PM in response to Dysan72
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    Apr 10, 2016 3:23 PM in response to Dysan72

    I have never tried the family sharing, I hope someone else can answer that part.

     

    The videos may be slowing down the upload. Shared albums do not upload at the original resolution and the upload converts them to a compressed format.

  • by Dysan72,

    Dysan72 Dysan72 Apr 10, 2016 4:02 PM in response to léonie
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    Photos for Mac
    Apr 10, 2016 4:02 PM in response to léonie

    Thanks for the input though, I appreciate the responses.

    I will just wait it out and see if it straightens itself out.

     

    Mark