Photos "Restoring from iCloud..." stuck

None of the listed items above work.

Repairing the library only put my MacOS Photos in a perpetual state of "Restoring from iCloud." And it has been four days of this.

I tried creating a new Photos library and assigning it as the system photos. But it just stays in the "Restoring from iCloud" mode endlessly too.

I cannot even access my photos from my MacBook because of this.

What is it restoring from iCloud?

Hi 5har0n,

If Photos is stuck on restoring from iCloud, here are some troubleshooting steps you can try if you haven't already:

1. Follow the steps in this article on this topic If your iCloud Photos aren't syncing to your device.
2. As your Photos app is not behaving as expected, you can try to repair the library by following How to use the Photos Repair Library tool on your Mac.
3. See if it is related to your network by connecting to a different Wi-Fi network.
4. To further check your network, if you have a VPN installed, follow Check VPN (Virtual Private Network) and third-party software to help resolve network connectivity issues to check your date and time as well as test by temporarily disabling it.
5. Try in Safe Mode to see if this is caused by software that loads when you start up your Mac Use safe mode on your Mac.

If it continues, you may want to Contact Apple Support or this Get Support link for assistance.

Take care.

I have a similar problem, too. In Ventura/Photos v8, attempting to open any Photslibrary starts Restoring ... and nothing further happens. Activities Monitor shows that indeed very very little is happening.