restoring my photos library

I am having trouble with a very long time elapsing to restore from icloud

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 16, 2022 05:06 AM

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TonyCollinet

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Posted on Jan 16, 2022 03:12 PM

Hi,

How large is your library? A long time is normal - for reference, my 50GB 5000 item library took a full 48 hours.

It can be slower if you are syncing a library on your mac which already holds a lot of photos.

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TonyCollinet

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24,014 points

Jan 16, 2022 03:12 PM in response to Stanley Sagov

Hi,

How large is your library? A long time is normal - for reference, my 50GB 5000 item library took a full 48 hours.

It can be slower if you are syncing a library on your mac which already holds a lot of photos.

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