All photos not syncing with iCloud photos

  • I wanted to move all my pictures from OnDrive to Icloud
  • So i downloaded them onto a external drive
  • Then I made the folder with all the stored pictures as the system folder with .photoslibrary file


However all the photos on that folder are not getting synced with iCloud. What could be the issue ?

MacBook Air 15″, macOS 26.2

Posted on Dec 23, 2025 10:09 PM

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Dec 24, 2025 7:17 AM in response to nikand

As Yer_Man says, you would need to do this:

Make a New System Library connected to iCloud… - Apple Community

to make a new Photos Library on the external drive. It will fill with what is already in your iCloud Photos at iCloud.com. And then you can use Photos' File>Import to import the new pictures.


If your picture files are in separate folders, then In the Import dialog, you can choose "Keep "Folder Organization"

to keep pictures in Albums made from the Finder folders.


All photos not syncing with iCloud photos

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