Photos in icloud are not synced to my macbook pro from 2015, which has ios 12.7.6. Syncing to iphone and ipad works perfectly.
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Original Title: Syncing photos fro icloud to mac
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.7
If the hardware supports the software, then that's what counts-- and you're running Monterey, so that should be OK.
Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support
(I'm running out of ideas…)
In your Mac Photos, is the Library you are using designated as the System Library? If so, then at Photos' Settings>General,
"Use as System" will be grayed out, like above.
Is iCloud turned on at Photos' Settings>iCloud? Are you using "Download Originals" or "Optimize?"
Are you signed in to the same Apple ID as your phone and iPad?
Has the Mac ever synchronized with iCloud?
Thank you! There is only one library in my photos app, and yes, icloud is turned on with "optimize". And yes it is the same id on all devices, and syncing worked fine for a long time and then stopped doing so about two years ago, it synced then again for a last time when I installed the last operating system update I got. Unfortunately there are no more updates for this fairly old (but still reliable) machine.
Yes, the internet connection is strong and the library is in the pictures folder. However, most of the time I have less than 10% free and I have not tried restarting in safe mode. I'll move some of my stuff to an external drive and see whether that helps. Thanks again.
rainer246 wrote: …I'll move some of my stuff to an external drive and see whether that helps. Thanks again.
But keep your Photos Library in the Pictures folder.
The reason I asked about that is that having the Photos Library on an incompatibly formatted drive causes all kinds of problems. After Monterey, Photos began rejecting such Libraries outright, but in Monetary and earlier drives not formatted as APFS format or Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format just got people into trouble.
Have you turned on the Mac in the Find My app? (I'm not sure there is a connection but it might tell us something…)
Yes, it is turned on and working.
Can it be that icloud refuses to sync to a machine whose support has expired (which is the case for my mac)?
Indeed, the lack of storage was the reason, after moving part of my stuff to an external drive everything is OK. Thank you again!
rainer246 wrote: … Indeed, the lack of storage was the reason
That seems to affect so much! Glad you got it straight!
iCloud photos not syncing to Mac but works on iPhone and iPad
