Help Syncing Photos from Neo to iCloud

[ElPaso]

I bought the 200gb plan at iCloud and am trying to sync a little over 10k photos and videos from my MBN. The photos/videos are around 60gb total. The screenshot below is from the Photos app - but even though it says it is syncing, not one photo has moved in over 1 hour - I can monitor it from my iPhone. I can sync from my iphone, but not from the MacBook. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong here? Does it need to index these photos/videos before it sends them? Was'up?

 

[ignatius345]

It can take a while, sometimes overnight. What you’re seeing is not unusual for 60 GB worth of photos/videos. Once when I had to reset my (very large) Photos library I had to leave it for the better part of a week IIRC.

I’d suggest leaving it plugged in and awake overnight with a good wifi connection. You should see some movement after that. This will help in keeping your Neo awake: https://www.caffeine-app.net/

Oh, and if you want to check what’s been uploaded, iCloud.com has a Photos section that will show you that.

 

[ElPaso]

It can take a while, sometimes overnight. What you’re seeing is not unusual for 60 GB worth of photos/videos. Once when I had to reset my (very large) Photos library I had to leave it for the better part of a week IIRC.

I’d suggest leaving it plugged in and awake overnight with a good wifi connection. You should see some movement after that. This will help in keeping your Neo awake: https://www.caffeine-app.net/

Oh, and if you want to check what’s been uploaded, iCloud.com has a Photos section that will show you that.

Thanks for your response. It finally started, and sent 55 photos and videos (of the 10,000) in the first 4 hours or so; but then 100 more in the following hour - so it seems to be getting faster as it progresses. I should get some good progress overnight!

 

[ignatius345]

Yeah, I have no idea what exactly it’s doing, but it’s way slower than a straight upload would be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[ElPaso]

Lol overnight, MBN awake, approximately 550 images/videos uploaded for a total of 734. If overnight uploads are 550, it will take 18 days to complete -

But it's ok, the amount of time this backup takes is irrelevant - just as long as it completes and I have a backup in the cloud.

 

[ElPaso]

Yeah, I have no idea what exactly it’s doing, but it’s way slower than a straight upload would be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Google Photos would have had all these photos uploaded in less than an hour. However the Apple Photos app is far superior to Google Photo's presentation, especially on the MacBook - and that's the bottom line for me. Apple Photos is really well done. So, I'll tolerate the slow indexing/uploading since it's a one-time thing. Life goes on! 🙂

 

[ignatius345]

approximately 550 images/videos uploaded for a total of 734. If overnight uploads are 550, it will take 18 days to complete

I wouldn’t be surprised if it randomly picks up steam and goes a lot faster at some point. IIRC the last time I did this the progress was very much fits and starts. But who knows!