Photos wants re - download my entire library

I recently had my iMac HARD drive replaced under the recall and thought I was smart by backing up my library of Photos on a laptop HARD drive beforehand (so I didn't have to download all the 500 GB to restore). Now, I have my machine backward, I restored the library to its former location, selected photos, on iCloud Photos, set it to the library system and... he wants to download * the entire library to the cloud... even if it is exactly what is already there.

-A any who successfully restored a local backup of their library and re plugged on iCloud?

-Am I crazy to think that it should recognize the files on the iMac as what exists in the cloud? I used Dropbox, SugarSync and CrashPlan and they seem to manage it.

See you soon.

* I have an asymmetrical connection stupidly (100Mbs down, 2Mbs upward) and both up and down the County towards my quota for re - download isn't really an option. I could remove the library and have it re - download in the coming months, but really?

There is no help for it.  When you restore a library of Photos, move it to another drive, or even just fix it. Pictures download pictures again to merge with what is currently in iCloud. Must download files to iCloud and compare.

You can avoid the download to come away with a new library, which will download icloud.

But this way, you will lose all printing projects - books, calendars, cards.   Thumbnails of faces are not stored in iCloud, so you will need to name the thumbnails of faces again.

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

Similar Questions

  • How to download the entire library of music on iOS devices?

    Hello

    I have a few devices running iOS 9.2

    I'm now can download single song or playlist on these devices, but not any music library. I realized that keeping online list could consume too much data, so can just download entire library of music for listening offline?

    Hello Stark_Hu,

    Thank you for using communities of Apple Support.

    If I understand your post, you are a member of Apple's music, and you want to download all of your music on your iPhone for offline listening.  To get help this process, please follow the steps below.

    Download songs, albums and playlists to listen to offline

    You can download songs, albums, or playlists on your device so that you can listen to them when you are not connected to the Internet, you need to download tracks, albums or playlists on each device that you want to use for offline listening.

    * You can download music on up to 10 devices. These songs are only available during your membership of Apple's music.

    On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

    1. In the music application, find the element you want to download.
    2. Tap the More Options to the right of the name of the song, album, or playlist.
    3. Press the download icon to the right of the article work. If you see a instead of the download icon, the question is not in your iCloud music library. Press on the to add the item to my music, then press on the download icon to download the agenda on your device.

    Songs and albums appear under my music > library. Playlists appear under my music > playlists.

    On your Mac or PC

    1. In iTunes, find the item that you want to download in the tab my music or playlists. You cannot download items to listen to offline on the iTunes Store.
    2. Click the icon to the right of the name of the song, on the album cover, or cloud to the right of the name of the playlist.

    Songs and albums appear under the music of my Playlists tab appear in the tab reading lists, under the Playlists of music from Apple in the sidebar.

    Simply display songs, albums and playlists that you downloaded on your device

    • iPhone, iPad and iPod touch: In the Music my tab, click library. Then press one of the different points of view (artists, Albums, etc.) and only turn on offline music. A message that says "not showing music on this [device]. Display all the music. "at the top of the screen. Tap view all music to see all of your music.
    • Mac: In iTunes, on the bar menu at the top of your computer screen, choose View > only offline of the music. A message that says "not showing music on this computer. Display all the music. "at the top of the screen. Click on 'Show all music' to see all your music.
    • Windows: Press control and B on your keyboard to open the bar menu of iTunes. Choose View > music offline. A message that says "not showing music on this computer. Display all the music. "at the top of the screen. Click on 'Show all music' to see all your music.

    When you view an item that you have downloaded on your device, you will see an icon offline near it but its exact location varies. For example:

    • If you download a whole album or playlist, offline icon appears when you look at the album or playlist in my music. You will also see an icon in offline mode when you view a compilation, but not when you view specific genres, composers or artists.
    • If you download a song, the offline icon to the right of each title of the song.
    • If you download songs from the album, but not whole album, offline icon appears to the right of the just the songs you downloaded.

    Add music catalog to Apple's music to your library on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC

    See you soon.

  • Why did ask if I want to download the entire site rather than just the file that I have modified to PUT it?

    When I try to PUT the file on the server he asked ARE YOU SURE YOU WISH to PUT the SITE TOGETHER.

    I want to only download the specific file I edit.

    Previously, he asked if I want to put dependent files, but this option is not available?

    You must select the file that you want to download in the window files first, before, or while working on the file, press on save and then Ctrl + Maj + you to download immediately.

  • iCloud photos - how to see your entire library

    How can I see my entire iPhoto Library (all events, photos, etc.) on my iPhone 6s?  Everything I see is recent PhotoStream / Camera Roll and can not find a way to see all that (as I do on Amazon pictures)

    Turn on iCloud photo library on all your devices. You can choose a library optimized on iDevices yo save storage, but original space on your Mac.

    If you have a way in the great library, it could take days to download the images.

    https://help.Apple.com/photos/Mac/1.0/?lang=en

    http://www.IMore.com/how-use-icloud-photo-library-ultimate-guide

  • Download of my library of photos to and external

    Hi recently my 200 GB plan for icloud has expired and I get constantly the message saying that iCloud will synchronize is more your information so I'm trying to download the entire library on a hard drive and then delete them to icloud. I have a PC and I used the soft Panel control iCloud to indicate where to download the pictures, but for some reason any, that he feels like he needs to save it somewhere on my local hard drive also and I can't find it anywhere. All the storage on my local C drive its not taken during his summer by downloading it on another HD. Is anyone know where its been saving these pictures and whether or not he will free space on my Local disk C: once the download is complete?

    iPhoto - how to move the library to a DHM

  • iTunes - download my entire music library

    Original title: itunes

    ITunes installed on a laptop computer brand new and it won't download my entire library of music.  He transferred only a few albums. I have tried sync to my phone, I have uninstalled twice... doesn't always work.

    You can get better help for this https://www.apple.com/support/itunes

  • Download my iTunes library to a new Mac

    Hello

    I bought a new MacBook and want to download my entire iTunes library so that I can use it offline (in flight, etc.). Is it possible to do this without having to individually click each album, one by one?

    Thank you

    Is it possible to do this without having to individually click each album, one by one?

    So, it looks like you have a music to iCloud library, a subscription to Match iTunes or Apple music (or both).  Is this correct?

    If so, you can download a large selection of songs at the same time (instead of one by one).  Show your library iTunes music with the view of songs , so that you see a simple list with columns.  If you do not see the column download iCloud , make visible (right click on the header row in the list of songs to show/hide columns).  The column download iCloud is narrow, with a cloud symbol in its title.  The songs that are not currently stored on the local storage of your Mac have a symbol of the cloud with the arrow pointing down , which you can click to download this song.

    BUT, instead of clicking on the cloud next to each song, sort the list of songs by the iCloud download column (click on the header of the column download iCloud ).  All the songs with the symbol of the cloud are displayed together.  To select all at once, click the first song with cloud(), press on and hold the SHIFT key and click the last song with cloud.  Clicked both songs and all the songs in the meantime are selected at the same time.  Right-click on the selection and download.

  • Photos.app download of my entire library after backup time machine

    OS X El Capitan, Photos 1.5...

    I've restored my mac from a time machine backup. Now pictures downloading my photo library 63 GB (on my poor 1Mbit upload connection shared with a household of users).

    He had already done once before on my macbook, but I just discussed with him and took it to a place that had a speed of fast download for a few hours.

    This machine is an imac so I can only do :-(

    Why are the pictures reuploading my entire library if it is already in icloud? and how can I make it stop?

    Seems that it must have a mechanism like dropbox where it checks if the file already exists in the cloud and then puts a check mark next to indicate that it is synchronized...

    What makes it more problematic is the fact that the photos app is not download new content from my photo library until the download is finished... so I have about 5 days of photos in icloud which are not visible on my imac...

    I tried searching but the photos.app unfortunately vague name and a ton of articles vague time machine has proved to be an obstacle that cannot overcome my Googling skills.

    Thank you!

    Why are the pictures reuploading my entire library if it is already in icloud? and how can I make it stop?

    Photos have no way to know if the 'new' restored library is the same as what is stored in iCloud photo library, then it is control a single photo at a time...

    You can pause downloading pictures > Preferences > iCloud, and then resume it during the night when it is not slowing down your normal use.

  • If I bring in photos from Iphoto, I use more disk space on my hard drive. I don't want to replicate my entire file. I have 26000 photo photos in I.

    If I bring in photos from Iphoto, I use more disk space on my hard drive. I don't want to replicate my entire file. I have 26000 photo photos in I.

    You need to duplicate pictures unless you want to use the PSE as external editor for iphoto. In iphoto, your photos are stored in a library owner, which should never be marred with programs other than iphoto. Written to the iphoto library from outside iphoto is the best way to corrupt and lose all the photos it contains.

    So you can either set PSE as external editor and send the photos of in iphoto, or you export photos from iphoto to use them outside of this program.

  • Impossible to download entire library

    I tried to download my full photo/video library from my Mac for several hours now. I tried so many different ways that I can think of, but all have problems. I don't mind waiting a strong long download to occur. I want to just make sure that each of my photos/videos is downloaded.

    I tried to use the button Add Photos through the web application. I tried to drag / drop from iPhoto in the web application. I also tried to use the button on the Mac app +. In all cases, it will download a few pictures/videos, but not all. Sometimes it allows me to download 200 at a time, or both 2441, or 1 at a time. Can anyone give me ideas on how to download everything at once please. I'm even happy to download batch, if there is a uniform way to do. But having to guess how many pictures can go in each batch is super frustrating. Any ideas?

    All of my pictures/videos are currently in iPhoto on my Mac (10.8.5). I use the webapp in Safari. And I have the version 1.10 of the app Mac Revel.

    The recommended method for importing from iPhoto is:

    Open Adobe Revel on your Mac and click on the button +.

    In the Import Photos dialog box, click Photos in the area media from the list on the left. Choose iPhoto and select the photos you want to import.

    Click Import in the library.

    Please try this and let us know what errors you have found.

  • I have an ipod touch 128 GB... but I'm almost to reach its maximum.  I want to do is buy a new ipod touch 128 GB and add new music without synchronizing the entire library to it... I have 2 ipods in conjunction with other copies

    I have an ipod touch 128 GB... but I'm almost to reach its maximum.

    I want to do is buy a new ipod touch 128 GB and add new music without synchronizing the entire library to it... I have 2 ipods in conjunction with the other copies of the other.

    is this possible?

    What should I do?

    Matt

    When you get the new iPod, you can use iTunes on your computer to select and synchronize the music you want on it, in the same way that you synchronize your current iPod - your iTunes will recognize them as different devices and will remember your choice of synchronization for each, it will not (unless, for example, you restore the backup of your current on her iPod) put the same content on both.

    (I asked for your post be moved to the iPod Touch forum, where you have posted is the iPad forum use.)

  • I want to download an album of photos from my mac to my iPad.

    I want to download an album of photos from my mac to my iPad.

    Sync photos from your computer to your device iOS through iTunes

  • Always about 3000 photos do not download to the icloud library. It has nothing different in size or the type of photo as the once that have been downloaded. Any ideas?

    I downloaded my library of images (30000) together in icloud. However, about 3000 of them just won't download. I checked and they are nothing in the size or format, like the rest of the photos. All Jpeg with normal file sizes.

    I already posted this question with screenshots, but no answer yet, try another...

    Thank you.

    I looked at your previous questions, jrenders .

    iCloud library stop downloading after a certain time, ideas?

    Cannot determine why some photos download on icloud and others did not

    There are still a few missing facts to be able to help.

    Have you tried suggestion of Larry with the smart album? Link to this post

    A smart album with the rule "Photography is unable to download to iCloud library" contains all the photos?

    What is the Photos > Preferences panel show?  There is a progress bar?

    You have posted two screenshots:

    Thank you! I took a glance at the pictures that are not uploaded. I added two screenshots to this post. The first image IMG_6613 have download and the second an IMG_6614 did not download.

    No idea why, the news of the photo are in the screenshot. You have an idea why post an and the other not? First of all, I thought it was the extensions .jpg instead of the extension of ge.jp. However, I saw that much .jpg have download.

    Thanks again!

    Can you tell us more about the second photo, which does not download?   Can change you it? Can export you it?

    Try to identify the first photo that always must download and does not.  Most of your pictures will be perfectly okay, but a bad point could hide the progression. A video or a photo in a format not supported.

  • I have a lot of photos on my PC and want to download them to a DVD. What type of DVD that I need and how do I get this pleasae?

    I have a lot of photos on my PC and want to download them to a DVD. What type of DVD that I need and how do I get this pleasae?

    Good reading this guide - http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-copy-photos-to-a-cd-or-dvd-using-windows-7s.html which gives the basic idea.

    If you want to burn the permanent backup disks get cheaper discs of 'R '.  If you want to reuse the disks later get the disks 'RW '.

    It will be useful.

    PS - Its value in two copies as a double backup and store them in other places - just in case. Especially since the discs is not expensive.

  • When I try to download Photoshop Elements the system wants to download Premiere Elements. Where Photoshop (for photos, no videos).

    Work with the HP Envy laptop. Have serial numbers for first 13 and 13 Photoshop elements. When I try to download Photoshop Elements the system wants to download Premiere Elements. Could you please tell me where to Photoshop (for photos, no videos).

    PES 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 - https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/photoshop-elements-downloads.html

    You can also download the demo version of the software through the page linked below and then use your current serial number to activate it.

    Don't forget to follow the steps described in the Note: very important Instructions in the section on the pages of this site download and have cookies turned on in your browser, otherwise the download will not work correctly.

    Photoshop/Premiere Elements 13: http://prodesigntools.com/photoshop-elements-13-direct-download-links-premiere.html

Maybe you are looking for

  • I can edit more kinds of playlist is

    Well, here's my gripe with iTunes 12.4, and I hope that someone who thought of it can hint me.  Before this upgrade, I could change how my playlists have been sorted.  I could sorted them by Playlist, which is essentially the order they are added, or

  • W510: Huey Pro download link!

    Hello I reinstalled Windows on my laptop W510 newly received with my own personal copy of Windows 7 Ultimate x 64. I have installed all drivers and programs, but can't find Huey Pro program any where under section drivers Lenovo & downloads. Even the

  • WMP11 - using letters in the track number column

    I realize that the name of the column gives a bit average, but I have a few tracks that have numbers of beach named originally by the artist as A1, A2, B2... If I name them this way WMP11 removes the letter and displays tracks 1 set and then 2 tracks

  • Help function LabelField

    Hello I use many LabelField controls in the project do not wish to repeat the same code & would like help in creating a reusable function. Example: Import net.rim.blackberry.api.phone.Phone; LabelField lfOwner = new LabelField ("owner:" + OwnerInfo.g

  • I found a site that sells Windows 7 and 8 license for cheap keys, can someone check whether it is authentic or fake?

    Can anyone please help me determine if this site sells authentic windows 7 product keys, or is it a scam? I understand that this is a digital download only, but no other Web site is on sale for prices too low. Help, please! Microsoft Windows 7 Ultima