Photos App / iCloud storage

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Photos App / iCloud storage

I used the "optimize storage" option with my Photos library and iCloud. Now I switched back to "download originals" in order to keep my whole archive on my disk. It took some time until downloads were finished, but now it says it's done. However, the Photos library is around 35 GB, while iCloud shows around 110 GB of Photos & Videos. How is that possible and what can I do to make sure my whole library is stored on my disk (before I switched to "optimize storage" it used to be >35 GB, so I am quite sure the current library is not complete)?

Posted on Sep 5, 2016 8:15 AM

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Answer 1

zinacef

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Sep 5, 2016 10:37 AM in response to fab7col

See this -- iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support

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Eric Root

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Sep 5, 2016 11:44 AM in response to fab7col

Try going to System Preferences/iCloud and stop syncing. Wait a couple of minutes, then recheck syncing.

Have you tried signing out of iCloud and then sign back in?

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fab7col Author

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Sep 7, 2016 2:09 PM in response to Eric Root

I tried signing out and back in. The library is now 80 GB, while iCloud shows 115 GB, so still quite a difference. There is no synching process going on anymore. Still wonder where the difference comes from...?

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