Staynavytom
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Q: Force photo download

How can I make Photos download on command?  Photos on my iPod takes 30 minutes or longer to upload to the cloud and download to my Photos on my Mac.

MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Sep 12, 2016 3:01 PM

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Q: Force photo download

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 12, 2016 3:09 PM in response to Staynavytom
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    Sep 12, 2016 3:09 PM in response to Staynavytom

    How are you uploading?  My Photo Stream? iCloud Photo Library?

     

    My Photo Stream is supposed to upload when the iPod is connected to power and properly charged, and connected to Wi-Fi. The Camera.app should be closed.

     

    Photos on your Mac will download new photos from iCloud, after it has synced all new photos imported to your Mac to iCloud.

  • by Staynavytom,

    Staynavytom Staynavytom Sep 12, 2016 3:16 PM in response to léonie
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    Sep 12, 2016 3:16 PM in response to léonie

    My iPod automatically uploads when connected to wi-fi.  That seems to happen quickly.  It's the downloading onto my Mac that is slow.  I've timed three photos I just took on my iPod and it's been 30 minutes and my Mac says it's just now starting to download.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 12, 2016 3:21 PM in response to Staynavytom
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    Sep 12, 2016 3:21 PM in response to Staynavytom

    Did you see any notices about "updating" before the download began? The mac will first sync all your edits and other changes, before it will start the download. It helps to keep the Mac running, so it can continually update and sync all changes whil you are not using Photos, and is ready to download, when you upload new photos to iCloud.

  • by Staynavytom,

    Staynavytom Staynavytom Sep 12, 2016 3:29 PM in response to léonie
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    Sep 12, 2016 3:29 PM in response to léonie

    All I saw and still see is three cloud boxes and "Downloading 3 items."  I don't have super fast internet but still fast enough for most stuff.  My iPod has finished uploading 30 minutes ago. 

  • by Staynavytom,

    Staynavytom Staynavytom Sep 12, 2016 3:58 PM in response to léonie
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    Sep 12, 2016 3:58 PM in response to léonie

    It's now been over an hour and still no download of my photos to my Mac.  Although I modified some photos on my Mac and they uploaded to the cloud and downloaded to my iPod/iPad almost instantly.  Maybe I've had too many bad words about Photo app and it's getting even with me?

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 12, 2016 6:05 PM in response to Staynavytom
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    Sep 12, 2016 6:05 PM in response to Staynavytom

    At the bottom of the Photos view what is the status (or in the Photos preferences ==> iCloud)?

     

    LN

  • by Staynavytom,

    Staynavytom Staynavytom Sep 12, 2016 8:35 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Sep 12, 2016 8:35 PM in response to LarryHN

    There is nothing showing now as status.  Just three clouds.  It's been six hours plus since I took the photos on my iPod and no download to my Mac.  The photos downloaded to my iPad just fine.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 12, 2016 8:43 PM in response to Staynavytom
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    Sep 12, 2016 8:43 PM in response to Staynavytom

    there sure is - it either says updated just now or uploading n items

     

    No idea what you mean by "three clouds" - that is never displayed in either of those tow locations

     

    On each device nothing is downloaded until every upload is complete - what happens on one device has no effect on another device

     

    LN

  • by Staynavytom,

    Staynavytom Staynavytom Sep 12, 2016 8:53 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Sep 12, 2016 8:53 PM in response to LarryHN

    I have three boxes that should have my photos in them.  Instead there is only a cloud.  Here's a screen shot from just now.

    Screen Shot 2016-09-12 at 8.52.13 PM.png

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 12, 2016 9:23 PM in response to Staynavytom
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    Sep 12, 2016 9:23 PM in response to Staynavytom

    So the status is "updating" - thanks for answering

     

    Nothing will down load until the update is finished

     

    LN

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 12, 2016 11:06 PM in response to Staynavytom
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    Sep 12, 2016 11:06 PM in response to Staynavytom

    Looking at your screenshot - how are you using Dropbox?  Has Dropbox been enabled to automatically import photos or screenshots?

    Your Mac is not fully charged. My Mac stops syncing with iCloud, if the battery is that low.

     

    I do not recognize the menulet in your main menu bar to the right of Dropbox, sorry. Which tool do you have installed, that is showing this menu extra in the main menu bar?

    Screen Shot 2016-09-13 at 07.46.59GMT.png

     

    Do you have any third party items installed, in addition to Evernote and Dropbox?

  • by Staynavytom,

    Staynavytom Staynavytom Sep 13, 2016 7:44 AM in response to léonie
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    Sep 13, 2016 7:44 AM in response to léonie

    Nothing goes into Dropbox unless I place it there.  The other icon is for CleanMyMac.  Photos is still "Updating..." as of this note.  I think I will reboot.  Seems like that was a suggestion from another posting for problems using the cloud.

  • by Staynavytom,

    Staynavytom Staynavytom Sep 13, 2016 8:01 AM in response to léonie
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    Sep 13, 2016 8:01 AM in response to léonie

    I rebooted and the photos showed up immediately.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 13, 2016 8:03 AM in response to Staynavytom
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    Sep 13, 2016 8:03 AM in response to Staynavytom
    The other icon is for CleanMyMac.

    Have you used CleanMyMac to remove duplicates from your Photos Library?  The trial version I tested damaged my iPhoto Library and the test Photos Library badly.

    If you let it clean your Photos Library, it will have deleted all high resolution originals, replaced them by the lesser quality edited versions, and may have relinked them incorrectly. Photos usually cannot repair this. 

     

    In that case restore your Photos Library from your last Time Machine backup you made before cleaning the library.