I got my new MacBook Pro last week and went about setting it all up. It's all good except for Photos. Once it synced up to the cloud, I was stuck with over 1,000 photos where it was stuck "Downloading x Originals". I went through this before in the past when I wiped my previous laptop and set it up as new again. It took 2-3 times of signing out of iCloud on the old laptop, then back in. Then things were rock solid.
On my new laptop, I got things in sync on the third try I believe. But if I delete a photo on any other device while the laptop is closed, I suddenly get right back to "Downloading x Originals". If I can find the photos it's unhappy with, I can undelete, let it download, re-delete and all is well. Until the next time something happens while my laptop is off. But it's not always a deleted photo causing the problems.
I've tried it a few more times, but either can't get the libraries in sync in the first place, or it refuses to stay in sync. Any suggestions? I suppose I could just throw Big Sur on there and see what happens. Working from home, I don't currently have a giant need for a laptop. I still have the desktop for real work. I just hate jumping in on beta 1.
I should also mention I have a fair sized library. Around 37,000 photos. So signing in and out of iCloud is like an 18 hour process.
On my new laptop, I got things in sync on the third try I believe. But if I delete a photo on any other device while the laptop is closed, I suddenly get right back to "Downloading x Originals". If I can find the photos it's unhappy with, I can undelete, let it download, re-delete and all is well. Until the next time something happens while my laptop is off. But it's not always a deleted photo causing the problems.
I've tried it a few more times, but either can't get the libraries in sync in the first place, or it refuses to stay in sync. Any suggestions? I suppose I could just throw Big Sur on there and see what happens. Working from home, I don't currently have a giant need for a laptop. I still have the desktop for real work. I just hate jumping in on beta 1.
I should also mention I have a fair sized library. Around 37,000 photos. So signing in and out of iCloud is like an 18 hour process.