Setting up a new Mac

[JamesMay82]

I'm just setting up a new Mac Studio and apple photos has synced the photos but it isn't downloading. its been stuck on the first file all day.

Anyone else having the issue today or had it?

I was also trying to fix an old 2015 MacBook Pro with a fresh install and it keeps saying recover server could be contacted.. I've tried the date change fix and that didn't help.. I'm just wondering if the photos issue and reinstall issue are related?

 

[MBAir2010]

How many photos?
mine icloud photos about 25 gb and videos uploading took a long time as well

 

[JamesMay82]

23k photos and 2.5k video but its not even moved all day which is frustrating. I've done this before and its slow but never like this.. It's not moved in 6 hrs.

 

[JamesMay82]

restarted the computer and tried again and its still not moving! My Lightroom library which is 130 gig has downloaded in 3 hours where this hasn't even budged at all! its driving me mad.

Any ideas?

 

[MBAir2010]

restarted the computer and tried again and its still not moving! My Lightroom library which is 130 gig has downloaded in 3 hours where this hasn't even budged at all! its driving me mad.

Any ideas?

surprised I an the only member responding here

I would sign out sign in
if that dopes not work, try checking the security options as a toggle might be set that could block data
also perhaps try importing several small files a s test.

also what are we moving the data from?
that can be a slower process as moving 136GB of files from a spinning drive
took 3 hours on a MacBook Pro 2012
even with a USB 3.2 chord.

if this does not work, then call, contact
they are wise in the ways of their merchandise.

 

[JamesMay82]

ha I know your my only hope! I'm just downloading from the cloud. The adobe Lightroom downloaded fine from the cloud but its just apple photos which isn't downloading.

I just started clicking on some of the Apple photos that have synced and it then downloads them to my Mac but only when I click on them instead of just downloading automatically like it normally should. I don't fancy clicking on 20k plus photos and videos.

its very bizarre! Maybe its a sign to cancel iCloud storage and go old school and just keep them local!

 

[Bigwaff]

Great write up of how iCloud drive now works in Sonoma -

iCloud Drive in Sonoma: FileProvider and eviction

iCloud Drive in Sonoma has changed beyond all recognition, and is now closely integrated with the FileProvider API. This has important effects, including how you can diagnose problems with the log.

eclecticlight.co

along with another for how to troubleshoot iCloud drive -

How to fix problems with iCloud and iCloud Drive

When should you turn iCloud off to try to solve syncing problems? What use is a Content Caching server? What tools can help diagnose and fix problems?

eclecticlight.co

Note the tools section in the above post.

 

[JamesMay82]

surprised I an the only member responding here

I would sign out sign in
if that dopes not work, try checking the security options as a toggle might be set that could block data
also perhaps try importing several small files a s test.

also what are we moving the data from?
that can be a slower process as moving 136GB of files from a spinning drive
took 3 hours on a MacBook Pro 2012
even with a USB 3.2 chord.

if this does not work, then call, contact
they are wise in the ways of their merchandise.

FYI just stumbled on this post and appears to be a Sonoma bug!

Downloading Originals iCloud Photo Library Stuck

I had this issue on my MacBook Pro M1 as I had to erase and setup as new due to an issue with my iCloud account (another issue unrelated to photos). I have my photos app set to download originals to my Mac and it was stuck at downloading 3k files (total number of all my photos in iCloud). I...

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