The Apple Photo app cannot show photos from my iCloud on my iPhone even though I have stored some 40 GB photos. On my Mac it works fine. Anyone got a reason as to why this is?
It only shows the few photos that I have taken using the iPhone - not any other image from iCloud.
To compare Google iOS photo app works brillianty and show all the same images that are stored on my Google Drive.
If you don't have enough space in iCloud then the syncs won't work. Are you saying that you don't think you should be running out of iCloud space?
You can see what your iCloud storage is used for at Settings ➔ Apple ID(Top) ➔ iCloud ➔ Storage ➔ iCloud ➔ Manage Storage on your iOS device or System Preferences ➔ iCloud ➔ Manage...... on a Mac.
The photo app can display photos from the iCloud photo library (if that's what you are referring to). Your nomenclature is not easy to follow and makes it difficult to help. Photos backed up to the cloud can't be viewed anywhere, they are only there for restoration purposes should you lose the originals, however, I suspect you might mean synced to the iCloud Photo Library instead of backed up to the cloud.
What I'm thinking you might want to do is have all the photos visible on both the Mac and the phone. If that's so, the way to achieve this is by enabling iCloud photo library on both devices, which you can do at:
Photos ➔ Preferences ➔ iCloud➔ iCloud Photo Library (on a Mac)
Settings ➔ Photos & Camera ➔ iCloud Photo Library (on a mobile device)
Exactly - I want the all the photos to be visible. And the I have the setting set as you have suggested. But none of the many photos are displayed (expect a few hundred that a stored locally on my phone.
Still, I get reminders to expand my storage space of 50 Gb as the iCloud is running out of space.
I should probably have around 40-45 Gb worth of photos so yes, I am running low on storage. And yes the syncing has probaby stopped too. But how come I cannot see the photo library in the same manner as I can on my Mac?
If iCloud is full any new images you add on the Mac won't be able to sync to the cloud and therefore won't be able to sync to the phone, so won't be seen on the phone. Likewise, any photos you take on the phone will not be able to sync to the Mac.
But this should not make the entire
Library unaccessible should it? To me it feels more like a bug.
It is late in Denmark so I have to end the discussion for tonight. I look forward to any suggestions you might have. Thanks alot for your time and help.
But this should not make the entire
Library unaccessible should it?
It might do, depending on when you enabled iCloud photo library on each device.
Did you check how much space you have available on iCloud? If it's down to a few MB all sorts of strange things might be happening. If you need more space, it's best to get it before trying to troubleshoot whats wrong.
Be aware though when (if) you get real low on space fixing things are sometimes not quite as simple as just subscribing to more.
Post back when it's convenient.
So I have deleted some 5GB of photos from my iCloud yet the Photo app on my iPhone shows nothing but a few hundred pics from the previous two years. I am no closer to an explanation why this is. I have tried to restart my phone.
Surely the app should show all the photos located on the iCloud Drive rather than only the ones shot using the phone, right?
Also it should the photos in the cloud rather them storing them locally (which is not even possible given my iPhone 5S only has 16GB in total), right?
Did you also delete the photos from the deleted photo album? Are you sure you now have enough space?
Photos won't sync until you have enough space and even then it may take a while before they start again if you've completely used up all your space previously.
I deleted them on my iCloud account in the browser and each time got the message that the photos would be deleted on all devices. I'll check to see if there is a waste basket of sort in iCloud later tonight.
Never the less I can see my storage plan having increased available space of 5gb so it should be working. I check from both my cloud account and from my phone.
I'll check to see if there is a waste basket of sort in iCloud later tonight.
As mentioned there is a recently deleted photo album where deleted photos are kept for 30 days before being irrecoverably deleted, during which period the space they occupy is not recovered.
Never the less I can see my storage plan having increased available space of 5gb so it should be working. I check from both my cloud account and from my phone.
Again as mentioned, if you've gotten into a position where you have used every little bit of iCloud space, don't expect things to repair themselves and go back to normal immediately.
Yay - the Photos library is syncing again.
Lesson learned. Keep a minimum of 3-5 GB of unused storage to prevent syncronisation from breaking.
Thank you all for your help!
Have you considered increase your iCloud storage space for one month to see if that helped?
I'm guessing you may need an iDrive app for your phone. Otherwise, contact them for help since iDrive is not an Apple product.
What exactly do you mean by iDrive as there is no such thing in the Apple world of things. I suspect you either mean iCloud Drive or iCloud Photo Library. perhaps you could confirm which one.
Photos on iDrive don't show on Phone
