Apple Photos High Sierra - Not sync without wifi

I have erectly the same issue. My MAC (with high sierra) is connected to internet through iPadPro cellular with unlimited data plan. But photo media library (or iCloud media library) is not syncing.

When i brining my mac home (once a week) and it is connected to wifi everything is syncing perfectly.

Our libraries seem to be very different, Gail. I'm still not sure if it are the deeply nested folders or the smart albums, that are causing the problem or the mixture of system versions. My iPad cannot be upgraded beyond iOS 9, but I stopped using it with iCloud Photo Library.

léonie wrote:

Our libraries seem to be very different, Gail. I'm still not sure if it are the deeply nested folders or the smart albums, that are causing the problem or the mixture of system versions. My iPad cannot be upgraded beyond iOS 9, but I stopped using it with iCloud Photo Library.

Hey léonie!

I'm confused about your post? I actually don't actively use iCloud Photo Library. For some unknown reason, Apple has decided to turn on iCloud Photo Library by default every time you sign out of iCloud and then back in again, so 2500 or so of my photos, and a dozen or so of my albums uploaded, but that's all that is up there. (I've sent the Photos team feedback about this).

Can you help me to understand what you were responding to above?

GB

I'm confused too, Gali, sorry. This reply has been meant for Foxfifth in a completely different discussion. I have been searching for my reply and could not find it again.

For some unknown reason, Apple has decided to turn on iCloud Photo Library by default every time you sign out of iCloud and then back in again, so 2500 or so of my photos, and a dozen or so of my albums uploaded, but that's all that is up there. (I've sent the Photos team feedback about this).

Yes, there is an abundance of posts by OPs who have been using iCloud Photo Library without knowing it. This default is ridiculous and dangerous. iCloud Photo Library should only be enabled, if the users are made aware of it and understand how it works.

And even worse is that "Optimize Storage" will be enabled by default on iOS devices. And this is deliberate. I could not believe it, when I saw it in the iPhone user guide.

http://help.apple.com/iphone/11/#/iph961b96c4d

Optimize your storage or keep all your photos and videos in full-resolution on iPhone. Optimize iPhone Storage is on by default. It manages space on your iPhone by automatically keeping your full-resolution photos and videos in iCloud and smaller versions optimized for iPhone, as needed. To keep the full-resolution originals on your iPhone, go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos, then select Download and Keep Originals. Your originals are always stored in iCloud.

Without alerting us, Photos may be removing gigabytes of data from our iPhone and we may not be able to restore them for a long time, if we are away from a decent Wi-Fi or do not want to pay roaming fees while traveling.

I just noticed the same behaviour and I'm sure before High Sierra my macOS did upload via a mobile hotspot from my phone. I used that a lot, because I'm on an unlimited data plan as well.

This really ***** - especially because there wasn't any mentioning of that in the release notes.

Thanks Apple, great work! /s

i had the same issue.

Made a mail to apple support...

its still not working, why is apple these days cutting our legs more and more.

as soon i mange to free my photos i will quit here.

any solutions?

cheers mike

How are you syncing? iClpud Photo Library? USB import? iTunes Sync?

LN

I did, but there is no any feedback from apple and i don't know if they are going to fix it.

Apple does not respond to feedback directly, but they do read it.

Cheers,

GB

Is there any movement on this? It's rather annoying to have to enable wifi just to sync photos.

I wish I could get photos to sync using ethernet never mind usb to my iDevice. It's ridiculous that have to turn on Wifi when I have perfectly good ethernet cable plugged in.