ICloud has never synced PHOTOS between two Macs.  Why?

I have an iCloud subscription.   A couple of thousand on a macBook.  And i have an iMac.  I am running the latest OSX on both.  I have set BOTH devices to sync photos to iCloud.  But it just doesn't do it.  It syncs other material [notes, calendar etc] perfectly happily.  What am i doing wrong?

Are you referring to new photos added to iPhoto or Aperture, or photos that were there before you turned on Photo Stream in the iCloud settings? Note the following quotation from iCloud: My Photo Stream FAQ
You can add older photos to Photo Stream by dragging them to the Shared - iCloud icon in the left side panel in iPhoto.
When do photos upload to My Photo Stream?
When you turn on My Photo Stream on your devices, all new photos you take or import to those devices will automatically push to your photo stream.
iOS devices: New photos that you take automatically upload to your photo stream when you leave the Camera app and connect to Wi-Fi. My Photo Stream doesn't push photos over cellular connections.
Macs: Any new photos you import to iPhoto or Aperture automatically upload when you connect to Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Or you can change your iPhoto or Aperture preferences so that only photos you manually add to My Photo Stream upload.

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