Mac photos app cannot download photo

How do I get Apple's Photos app to download recent photos from iCloud? Improve this question. Just to clarify, all your other devices that are signed-in to your Apple ID are getting updated photos?

Can you confirm that the device not getting the photos is signed-in with the correct Apple ID? Yes, and yes. Is there some trick to seeing if Photos is stuck updating, perhaps?

Do you have enough free space for the photos you're trying to download? I am having the same problem. My recent photos will not download to my Mac. They are syncing to my iPhone, iPad and iCloud. I have iCloud Photos library turned on for every device. I've rebooted. In the Repair Library window, click Repair to rebuild your photo library.

Create a new Photo library. In the pop-up window, click Create New If you can't repair the old photo library, you can choose to import the saved photos into this new photo library. Use Photo Exifer. Photo Exifer is a photo metadata editing application that supports photo libraries. It can not only edit photo library metadata, but also export all photos and photo metadata in the photo library to other parts of the computer or external hard drives.

Click the General button at the top of the Preferences window. Click Use as System Photo Library. Create a new Photos library and see if your issues persist: Quit Photos.

Press and hold the Option key while you open Photos. In the dialog that appears, click Create New. Give your new library a name, then click OK. In the dialogs that follow, click Export, then choose a save location and click Export Originals. Click Delete, then click OK. Select the Referenced album in the sidebar. Sign in Sign in Sign in corporate. Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: theonlytomah theonlytomah. When I drag the photos into Apple Photos on my MacBook Pro, I'm being told: Cannot Import Items Some items cannot be added to your Photo library because they may be an unrecognizable file format or the file may not contain valid data.

I'm running a maxed out Late 15" MBP on More Less. Reply I have this question too I have this question too Me too Me too. Question marked as Solved User profile for user: sschrein sschrein. Answer: A: Answer: A: Hi! View answer in context. All replies Drop Down menu. Loading page content. Dec 8, AM in response to theonlytomah In response to theonlytomah what format are the photos?

Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. They open in preview, and I've tried importing from the menu. Dec 8, AM in response to theonlytomah In response to theonlytomah Image Capture can import directly into Photos or you can import to disk and then use the Photos import capability to import into Photos LN.