iCloud photos not complete

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Hi there, I’m hoping the forum might be able to help with an issue I’m having.

I recently updated my 6s+ to iOS12. All good and well, working fine. If anything, it’s quite snappy. I also decided to save on memory by turning on iCloud Photos. I upgraded my iCloud account to ensure I had enough capacity there, followed the instructions on the Apple website, and turned on the service.
My library (which was previously well over 12,000 images) uploaded in about 18hrs over a fibre service, with a couple of pauses during the process, leaving it to run overnight.
When I checked this morning, the upload had, much to my surprise, finished, but with only 6000 or so images having transferred to iCloud! A few folders that were created on my now deceased Mac have completely disappeared, along with a whole raft of images.

Thankfully I’ve got a backup in Google Photos, but that’s not the point. I’m completely bemused and very annoyed. I feel like I’ve upgraded my iCloud account and ended up with a far worse service than ever before.
Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!

 

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Bump. Really? Nobody?

 

[Chazzle]

Hi there, I’m hoping the forum might be able to help with an issue I’m having.

I recently updated my 6s+ to iOS12. All good and well, working fine. If anything, it’s quite snappy. I also decided to save on memory by turning on iCloud Photos. I upgraded my iCloud account to ensure I had enough capacity there, followed the instructions on the Apple website, and turned on the service.
My library (which was previously well over 12,000 images) uploaded in about 18hrs over a fibre service, with a couple of pauses during the process, leaving it to run overnight.
When I checked this morning, the upload had, much to my surprise, finished, but with only 6000 or so images having transferred to iCloud! A few folders that were created on my now deceased Mac have completely disappeared, along with a whole raft of images.

Thankfully I’ve got a backup in Google Photos, but that’s not the point. I’m completely bemused and very annoyed. I feel like I’ve upgraded my iCloud account and ended up with a far worse service than ever before.
Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!

I believe iCloud Photo Library only uploads photos you took with your iPhone and not photos that were synced from you Mac. You would have had to turn on iCloud Photo Library on your Mac before it died. However, the photos you synced with your Mac should still be on your phone, just not in iCloud.