Q: I cannot load my pictures on my imac

Ok maybe my frustration post wasn't clear. I'm an apple user for decades and know how these things work. The problem is that iCloud doesn't do it's job. Only half of my pictures got uploaded in icloud and than in iphoto. Since nothing helped to fix it, I switched of icloud in order to use the classic usb cable. But, not like in earlier days, my iphone doesn't appear on my mac anywhere. Back to switching on icloud, problem got worse. Now I have half of my pictures plus back all pictures once deleted...