I recently added several thousand old photos to my iCloud Photo Library. I can see them all on iCloud through my web browser and my iPhone.
When I open Photos on my Mac, iCloud Photo Library is turned on, but it has been stuck on "Updating..." for about 24 hours. Is this normal and should I just let it keep running to sync all the recently uploaded photos? Can this take several days or more?
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I recently added several thousand old photos to my iCloud Photo Library.
How did you do that? From the Photos.app on your Mac or from a different device?
Is your Photos Library on your Mac stored locally in your Pictures folddr or on an external drive?
Typical reasons for the Photos Library hangin on "Updting" could be a lack of iCloud Storage, lack of storage on your mac, or third -party security software interfering. are you using a VPN software or an antiVirus filter, for example?
I recently added several thousand old photos to my iCloud Photo Library.
How did you do that? From the Photos.app on your Mac or from a different device?
Is your Photos Library on your Mac stored locally in your Pictures folddr or on an external drive?
Typical reasons for the Photos Library hangin on "Updting" could be a lack of iCloud Storage, lack of storage on your mac, or third -party security software interfering. are you using a VPN software or an antiVirus filter, for example?
Thanks for the response. Here is the info:
1. Uploaded old photos to iCloud using Photos.app from a different Photos library stored on the same Mac.
2. Photos Library is stored locally in pictures folder.
3. Tons of extra iCloud space and storage on Mac, no VPNs or anti-virus running on host Mac.
If the photos have been uploaded from a different library, the "updating" can take a very long time.
The second library you have now open in Photos will first have to sync all photos from this library with iCloud, before it will start to download the photos, that are only in iCloud.
That's very helpful to know, thanks. I'll just let it keep running.
The part that had me concerned was that after 24 hours it hasn't even gotten to the "uploading x of y photos" stage yet, it's still on Updating...
You can check, if the library contains problematic files with a smart album with the rule "Photo is unable to upload to iCloud Photo Library". Is this album empty?
How many photos are in your library that is currently "updating"?
I created the smart album and its empty.
The size fo the Photos library I'm updating is about 12,000 photos, and the number of additional photos I uploaded to the cloud from the old library was about 7,000. If I log into iCloud in a browser I see all 19,000 photos, and also see all photos on my iPhone. It's just my Mac that is stuck on updating...
So I'm not sure if this was a solution, but I quit Photos and restarted it by double clicking on the Photos Library in Finder, not by starting the Photos app.
This ensures that Photos is opening the correct Photos Library. But usually Photos should remember, which library has most recently been used, unless there is a problem with the home folder permissions.
So I'm not sure if this was a solution, but I quit Photos and restarted it by double clicking on the Photos Library in Finder, not by starting the Photos app. That got it unstuck.
Mac Photos App Stuck on "Updating..."
