If you want your Mac's photos to wirelessly sync to all your other iOS devices and computers, you want to set up iCloud Photo Library: Apple's photo sync service lets you back up your images on all your devices, as well as access them — online or offline — on said devices. If you're willing to pay for the extra iCloud storage space, you can store an incredible amount of photos and videos, all accessible at the touch of a button or multi-touch screen.
Here's how to set it up on your Mac and get everything configured to your liking!
Sep 25, 2019 I've always had my original full-sized Photos & Music on my phone, which is why I buy a 256GB handset. I have 23,000+ images in my most recent Apple Photos Library synced to iCloud, and the number still to be downloaded is coming down very slowly since Friday night from 8,000 to 6,000 etc. Apr 13, 2015 My iCloud Photo Library upload from my mac has been stalled for about 24 hours. I upgraded to the 10.10.3 beta and imported my library into the new Photos.app and then turned on iCloud Photo Library (beta). All seemed well at first but after uploading about 100 photos it just stopped. And it hasn't uploaded any new photos in the last 24 hours.
How to set up iCloud Photo Library on your Mac
- Launch the Photos app on your Mac.
- Select the Photos menu in the upper left corner of your screen.
- Go to Preferences.
- Click on the iCloud tab.The library opens in a Finder window.To permanently show all hidden files:.Open the Applications Utilities folder, and then double-click Terminal.Source: iMore
- Check 'iCloud Photos.' This will begin uploading any and all images you have stored in the Photos app to iCloud.Source: iMore
How to optimize your photo and video storage
If you routinely shoot 4K video or high-quality images on your iPhone, iPad, or DSLR, you may run out of storage space fast. (I have a 1TB iMac, but also have almost a terabyte of 4K video stored in iCloud — it gets unwieldy, fast!) This is especially true if you have a Mac laptop with limited hard drive space: It's nice to look at your iPhone's gorgeous Portrait mode photos, but not necessarily always practical to store all of them locally.
Thankfully, Apple offers an Optimize Storage option, which lets you store full-resolution photos and videos of only your most recently shot and accessed imagery; all older photos and videos are available to download via iCloud and are stored as low-resolution previews on your device to save space. You can switch between optimizing your Mac's photos storage or storing your full library locally: Here's how!
Note: If you plan on using Optimize Storage, we suggest having at least one device that stores your entire library locally (usually a Mac with a large local or external hard drive), so you have multiple backups of your photographs and video.
- Launch the Photos app on your Mac.
- Click Photos in the App menu in the upper left corner of your screen.
- Select Preferences from the drop-down menu.Source: iMore
- Click the iCloud tab.
- Click Optimize Mac Storage.Source: iMore
Full-resolution versions of your photos and videos will be uploaded to iCloud.
How to share photos with iCloud Photo Library
Apple's photo service doesn't just provide online backups and sync for your images and video: The company also offers a free sharing service that allows you to send shared albums to friends and family (or create a publicly-shared website). Here's how to turn it on for your Mac.
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Unhide the Library Folder PermanentlyIf you don’t want to open “Go To Folder” every time you want to access the Library, you can unhide the folder for good. You can also skip all this clicking by pressing Command+Shift+G on your keyboard to access the Go to Folder menu.Type /Library in the box and hit Enter.The “” is the universal UNIX symbol for the current user’s home folder, and “Library” is the sub-folder you’re trying to open.When you hit enter, you will see the Library folder.From here you can make whatever changes you wanted to make. As you can see, the icon for the Library folder is faded, which means the folder itself is still hidden. Open Finder, or just click on the desktop. Then click “Go” in the menu bar, and select “Go to Folder”. How to open library on mac 2017.
Updated January 2020: Updated for macOS Catalina. Serenity Caldwell worked on a previous version of this post
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