Photos app shows syncing...

[mrgreeneyes]

Hello,

in the photos app i noticed it says syncing, and its been like that for a while. Is there a reason for it?

is there a way for me to have it stop?

 

[0128672]

That's a large amount of photos and videos, so I'm not surprised it's taking a while. Depending on when you started, it could take several days to upload all of those.

 

[mrgreeneyes]

That's a large amount of photos and videos, so I'm not surprised it's taking a while. Depending on when you started, it could take several days to upload all of those.

they should already all be in icloud.

 

[0128672]

they should already all be in icloud.

Ah, interesting then. In the All Photos view there should be a Pause option. Is that visible for you? If not, an option is to Reset All Settings to see that it clears it.

 

[mrgreeneyes]

Ah, interesting then. In the All Photos view there should be a Pause option. Is that visible for you? If not, an option is to Reset All Settings to see that it clears it.

reset all settings like delete all my data?

 

[0128672]

reset all settings like delete all my data?

No, that would be Erase All Content and Settings. I'm referring to only Reset All Settings.

Reset iPhone settings to their defaults

On iPhone, return settings to their defaults without erasing your content.

support.apple.com

 

[mrgreeneyes]

No, that would be Erase All Content and Settings. I'm referring to only Reset All Settings.

Reset iPhone settings to their defaults

On iPhone, return settings to their defaults without erasing your content.

support.apple.com

oh, I did turn off iCloud library as a test, and it mentioned that it had close to 40gb of photos that have not been downloaded. could that be the reason it shows syncing?

 

[0128672]

oh, I did turn off iCloud library as a test, and it mentioned that it had close to 40gb of photos that have not been downloaded. could that be the reason it shows syncing?

Downloaded to your device? Possibly that's why.

 

[mrgreeneyes]

Downloaded to your device? Possibly that's why.

but its weird I have my iPhone set to optimize my storage, so it should need to download all my photos and videos to my iPhone. on my iPad everything is fine.

 

[zorinlynx]

oh, I did turn off iCloud library as a test, and it mentioned that it had close to 40gb of photos that have not been downloaded. could that be the reason it shows syncing?

You just learned why needlessly turning off iCloud Photo Library is a bad idea.

It could take hours to resync everything, but it will eventually finish. My suggestion is leaving it plugged in overnight on WiFi.