Pardon me for asking this, but wouldn't have been faster and simpler to physically connect one computer to the other?
Michael Sent from my iPhone > On 31 Dec 2016, at 1:07 pm, Tim Law <[email protected]> wrote: > > Update. For the benefit of anyone else having similar problems with iCloud > syncing ‘stuck’. > > I now have a reasonable degree of confidence that Photos has been sorted and > will now correctly sync with iCloud over four devices. > This has not been the easy process I had expected. I discovered that > creating a new library I could keep the original library and not risk losing > data. Only one library can be the ‘system library’ and sync with iCloud. > > I have one computer that is ticked to download originals and that computer is > now showing ‘all up to date’ in Photos. Yay. > > My mobile devices have always synced well with iCloud and update any changes > immediately. > > My laptop had been refusing to sync correctly with iCloud and was stuck for a > week. After signing out of iCloud, restarting the computer in Safe Mode, then > restarting again in normal mode, rebuilding the Photo Library with no change, > I ended up creating a new Library, then turned iCloud syncing back on and it > is currently downloading the contents of my iCloud photo gallery, some 50Gb, > so will take a while. > > I lost track of how many times I found Photos trying to upload the entire > 15000 photos to iCloud, at least five, and am grateful to have a 1000Gb plan > with Bigpond on cable so had the capacity for such nonsense. > > I expect my problems are now on the way to being resolved. Looking forward to > happy Photos syncing in the New Year. > > Regards > > Tim > > >> On 23 Dec 2016, at 7:28 PM, Tim Law <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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. 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