EEEk,,, :-( Restarted Mac Mini. This got the upload moving again - yay.
"uploading 100 to go" "50 to go" looking good. "uploading 1 item" Success I’m thinking. Suddenly it is uploading 15,827 items - AGAIN! Sigh ….. I’ve quit Photos and will see what mood it is in tomorrow. Cheers Tim > On 23 Dec 2016, at 6:35 PM, Tim Law <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> wrote: > > Good evening, > > I am hoping to find out how to reset the sync data to force one computer to > reset the sync data for loading Photos to iCloud > > Two weeks, or more, ago, I turned on iCloud storage for Photos on four > devices. > All are logged into the same iCloud account, although some are @me.com and > some are @mac.com email address names. I understand this is insignificant. I > have checked at https://appleid.apple.com/ and found all four devices are > logged into the same Apple ID > > Mac Mini - 10.11.6 Cannot be upgraded to Sierra > Mac Book Pro macOS 10.12.1 > iPhone 6S iOS 10.1.1 > iPad Air 2 iOS 10.1.1 > > In order to keep a current back-up, I have turned on ‘Download originals to > this Mac’ on the Mac Mini which is my ‘main’ computer. Data is backed up > using Time Machine and Super Duper. > > All the mobile devices have the same number of photos and videos as each > other and as is https://www.icloud.com/#photos2 which is 15,003 > The Mac Mini registers it should have 14752. > > The Mac Mini is Stuck at uploading an extra 1878 photos and has been for over > 24 hours. This is the second time this has happened and it has taken a week > to upload the 55Gb of data a second time. Photo’s triggered itself into a > reload of all photos after I turned off iCloud Photo Library in an effort to > get the devices correctly syncing. > > When I delete, or add, a photo to any of the mobile devices, it is shared to > the other mobile devices quickly. > Photos on the Mac Mini has kept several photos that have been deleted for > days on the other devices. > > During the week I can see the CPU working hard on iCloud or Photos, then I > see the upload loading to iCloud. It varies between activity on both, but > once ‘stuck’ on 1878 to go, there is no activity showing. > > I have tried the Pause for One Day button in Photos but nothing forces the > reset and correction as I thought it would. > > I think I need to find a file that contains the sync data and remove it as I > suspect it has got corrupted somehow. > > Is there such a file and are my ideas sensible or is there another option. > > I’ve been patient for two or more weeks with Photos and iCloud - like the > forums suggest - now is the time for a hammer!! kidding > > > Ideas welcome. > > What about turning off iCloud Photo Library, deleting all the photos in the > Mac Mini library….. eeeek….. and then turning it back on again so all the > 55Gb will download. That sounds scary. > > Cheers > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
