Hello
My Photos app is acting all weird. Startup is very slow with beach ball rotating. Once it's finally up i can see that 351 photos (which is almost a month worth) is not uploading to icloud although i have 1,5 TB free space there.
All it shows me is the progress bar and option to press pause. When i press pause and hit resume, no change.
Any ideas how to fix this?
I'm using the 2017 21,5 retina iMac with all the system updates done.
I'm using the 2017 21,5 retina iMac with all the system updates done.
Which system version are you currently running. "All system updates done" does not necessarily imply that you have done the upgrades as well. just to be sure - is your current version macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra or did you not yet upgrade to High Sierra?
In addition to checking why your Mac is slow, as recommended by Asher, you may want to check, if you have items in your Photo Library, that are not compatible with iCloud. One bad apple in your library can hold up the show.
And how much free storage is on your Mac? A lack of storage on your Mac can also stop the upload.Is your Photos Library on your system drive or on an external drive?
Hey
I have 10.13.6 High Sierra with 739 gigs of free space.
The smart album of unable to upload files includes 0 images...
The photos are on system drive.
the bottom line of the Photos tab shows like this and it's been like that for a while
How can i check for photos that are incompatible?
Here's a trick i thought i'd try - what if i create a new library, set it as system photo library. i get the attached message.
If i accept this, would it mean that my current library stays as it is and the library i just created and set as system library downloads all the photos from icloud?
I've (probably) exported the original versions of files that have not been uploaded to icloud yet, so i can add them manually to the new library.
I suggest you try this:
If the entire Mac is acting slow and especially when the Loading icon shows up, go to:
Finder-> Applications-> Activity Monitor
Here there is CPU and Memory.
Under CPU see if any applications (In decreasing order of CPU%) you use show up at the TOP
Under Memory also see if any applications(In decreasing order of Memory) you use show up at the TOP
Those are Applications that may be causing your device to Slow Down
And you can choose to remove them or tweak their settings to prevent them from using System Resources
Photos has a cache, where it is storing images that need uploading.
Be very careful, when you check this cache. Just look, do not touch or modify any files. You may want to make a current backup, before you open the Library.
... Photos Library.photoslibrary/private/com.apple.cloudphotosd/CloudSync.noindex/Engine/f ilecache/
The "filecache" is holding many subfolders with images and other items that still need uploading. Click through these folders to find the first video or image that is waiting to be uploaded. Is there something suspicious about this item? The filename extension? Can you open it in Preview?
Hello diggy
May I understand what is your internet upload speed?
and also may I know what, if any other application are open in the background ? or are you doing anything else that is processor intensive?
Also have you tried shutting down and restarting ? (If the App is slow)
I have broadband with 10 mbps upload... i've done shutdowns and restarts, memory usage is at 70%, cpu is at 10-15%.
Just did the first aid disk utility - no issues found.
actually the whole mac is slow and beach ball appears very often.
thanks
thanks for your reply
Acitvity monitor shows CPU% topping at 5% for activity monitor itself...
For memory, kernel_task is at 957 megs with facebook.com following at 440 megs. photos, which is open and waiting for upload, is at 300 megs...
For more clarity a screenshot would be better, but from the information you have provided I can say that Facebook is using a lot of Memory causing the major part of the slow down.
Try quitting it and also shutdown the system, then turn it back on.
Hello diggy
Thank you for sharing
From what I can see is that you have enough of CPU and Memory.
So that's not an issue.
Only I would suggest you remove Apps from the background you are not using as that will uncessicerilly overload the system.
e.g. Adobe Desktop Service,Adobe CEF Helper, Creative Cloud.
I will try that later as the repair seems to have (as expected) to re-upload the entire library. let's see how that goes. Funny sidemark, there are 31 860 photos, 543 videos and total of 32 873 files to upload - how on earth did Photos calculcate the total 😝
Do you have RAW&JPEG pairs or Live Photos in your library? RAW&JPEG pairs and Live Photos need two files to upload, also photos you edited externally, because external editors and photo editing extensions are creating additional master files.
I would use the repair tool only, if I am sure that the Photos library has issues that need repairing. And only, if I have a working backup of the library. If a library is damaged, repairing it can make it worse. Use the repair tool only as a last resort, i.e. for an iCloud Photo Library.
Has the photo in question been uploaded to iCloud?
Can you see the photo at www.icloud.com, when you open the Photos.app there on your iCloud web page?
So i guess just to be sure i'd like to download what ever there is on icloud....
If you have enough free storage on your Mac, disable "Optimize storage" to get all photos back onto your Mac.
This will not reconnect the 351 ones, that did not upload.
Perhaps they have been missing from your Photos Library all along.
Look at the filenames and search your Mac for this file, for example with FindAnyFile. You can download atrial version here: http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.php
the files not uploaded to icloud can be edited in photos. i can not edit the ones whos original files are on icloud.. i think.
is there any point to restore photo library to pre-repair state? i've got a time machine backup
Photos not uploading to icloud, Photos very slow
