Force syncing for photos

Hello RonnieFrey78,

To confirm, your photos aren't syncing properly across your devices. Is this only happening with the edited files? Or does all syncing stop when the edit occurs?

As general troubleshooting, we recommend the steps from Get help with iCloud Photos - Apple Support. If you follow these steps, do you see the sync status?

1. "Open the Photos app.
2. Select the Library tab, then tap All Photos.
3. Scroll to the bottom to see the status bar."

Thanks!

Hey there RonnieFrey78,

Are any of your devices in Low Power Mode? This may prevent the syncing from going through immediately:

Use Low Power Mode to save battery life on your iPhone or iPad

Regards.

Ronnie, Ryan already asked about the status bar. What does the status of the iCloud syncing show on all your devices?

On nur Mac, your iPhone, your iPad you will usually see a status message below All Photos, for example on your Mac: Check the status of your library in Photos for macOS - Apple Support

The status message can show you, if there are problematic items in the Photos Library on one of your devices, that need to be removed or converted to a more compatible format, before the syncing can proceed.

While one of the devices is still uploading the local library to iCloud and merging it into the existing iCloud Photos Library, it will not be able to download new items or updated items. All devices need to be in sync and showing "Updated just now", before you can expect new items to be synced quickly between your devices. When you first set up iCloud Photos, it will take several days, before all devices are in sync, depending on the number of items in your iCloud Photos library. For my Macs I had to wait two weeks with a library size of 55000 photos and videos.