Cannot enable icloud photo's,?

i need to enable iCloud photo's to enable me to copy back to my computer after computer crash.

Okay, it appears that the photos seen in Photos aren't tied to iCloud photo library. It finally updated after an hour.

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3 questions: 1) I am unable on my Mac Book Pro to enable iCloud Photo sharing in iPhoto preferences, why not? I cannot see my iCloud drive contents.Why not?

Having a Macbook Pro i have taken and loaded in 569 photos from my cameras and want to share using iCloud. But I simply cannot get iPhoto to enable iCloud photo sharing. What could be the cause? what should I try other than the instructions which I followed three times already as outlined in the FAQ section of the help function?

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Thanks for the suggestion . As soon as they hand me my laptop at the store in 45 minutes time I shall try the disable and then re boot as you suggest.
so far they sent me this; Disk has no problem.They may have more to say to me re the flash drive and results of storage diagnostics and ASDs ( what is this? ) when I see them .
The case repair is redundant to the problem I am having but if they give me a new one worth $399 i will not complain,eh.
Problem Description/Diagnosis
Issue: MacBook Pro is running extremely slow. Specifically IPhoto
Steps to Reproduce: Attempted to repair disk, no issues found.
Cosmetic Condition: Scratches to enclosure and clamshell.
Proposed Resolution: Tighten MagSafe board. Run storage diagnostics and ASDs if no trouble found with flash drive.
Estimated Turn Around Time: We'll call you in 3 - 5 days
Mac OS Version: 10.10.x
Hard Drive Size: 251 GB
Memory Size: 8 GB
iLife Version: Unknown
Employee 1178255246
Repair Estimate
Item Number
Description
Price
Amount Due
Customer KBB
661-8154
Housing, Top Case with Battery
$ 399.00
$ 0.00
S1490LL/A
Hardware Repair Labor
$ 39.00
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Disabling & Re-enabling iCloud Photo Library

I had to disable iCloud Photo Library (as part of logging out of iCloud on my Mac) to troubleshoot an iCloud issue. When I logged back in to iCloud ad re-enabled iCloud Photo Library it says I don't have enough disk space to download the originals (300GB+). That's not true as all the originals already exist in the library. It was working find before I disabled iCloud Photo Library.
My only option is to option is to optimize storage but as a result that will remove all the originals from my Mac.
It seems Photos app doesn't check to see if the originals already exist before displaying this warning and therefore I can't proceed.
Anyone know of a fix?

For those also suffering with the same problem...
I spoke to Apple. The only way to get around this is to select 'Optimise Mac Storage' and upload everything again! The originals will stay on your device even with the setting enabled providing the library is complete.
Bottom line. If you sign out of iCloud or disable iCloud Photo Library on your Mac, you'll need to re-upload your photos.

HT6378 If I enable iCloud Photo Library beta on one device is it enable on all my devices?

If I enable iCloud Photo Library beta on one device is it enable on all my devices?

iCloud Photo Library beta FAQ - Apple Support
IF all your devices are using the same Apple id I belive it will.

ICloud Photos Disappeared after enabling iCloud Photo Library

Hi,
I have quite a complicated problem.
About two weeks ago I bought a new iPhone 5S (now running iOS 8), to replace my ageing iPhone 5.
All my photos were backed up on the iPhone 5, and then restored onto my 5S.
Recently, when I enabled iCloud photo library (Beta) on my 5S, all of my photos from a period of time (January to October this year) became grey thumbnails on my iPhone. When I looked at an individual photo, a message: 'loading' was where the photo should have been.
The loss of all of these photos is seriously troubling for me, and anyone who can give me a solution to this problem will receive huge respect from me.

Hi goblue123,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that some of your older photos appear to have been removed from your iPhone after turning on iCloud Photo Library beta. Please read over the attached article for why this may have happened. If the photos are still on your computer, you can sync them back to your iPhone.
iCloud Photo Library beta FAQ - Apple Support
What if some of my photos are missing after I turn on iCloud Photo Library?
iCloud Photo Library won't upload lower resolution photos and videos synced to your device from iTunes. You can use these steps to move the photos from your computer to your iOS device.
Best regards,
Joe

Can't re-enable iCloud Photo Library iPhone

After upgrading to iOS 8 on my iPhone 5s and iPad (4th Gen) I turned on the iCloud Photo Library (beta) on both devices. Since, I have bought an iPhone 6 and restored my backup to the iPhone 6 from the iPhone 5s backup. The problem is that my photos didn't show up... so I decided to switch iCloud Photo Library off and on again hoping that the photos will re-download... Now here is the problem I have, when I switch iCloud Photo Library back on, I get the message "iCloud Photo Library Not Yet Available", though it's on my iPad and if I go to iCloud storage settings, it shows that I have a library... so I'm stuck with what to do...
Any suggestions?

iCloud Photo Library is in beta (with good reason) and there are a limited number of slots open to users. When you turned off iCloud Photo Library on your iPhone, you opened up a slot for another user. There is nothing you can do other than check from time to time to see if there is now an open slot available for you to re-enable the feature. However, given the trouble many users are experiencing with the service, it's probably not a bad idea to wait until at least iOS 8.1 is released.

Can't enable iCloud photo sharing on my Mac

I recently had some problems with my computer where it would not turn on so I had to restore from a time machine backup. Ever since the backup, everything on the computer is working exactly as expected except for the fact that I cannot turn on iCloud photo sharing. I've tried to sign out of my iCloud account and sign back in... didn't help. I tried to delete iPhoto.... Didn't help. I have noticed that if I have the "Photos" checkbox under the iCloud menu in System Preferences checked that a process called "iCloud Photos" comes up in the Activity Monitor. This process takes up 100% of my CPU and never goes away. I'm pretty certain that this is the issue but I'm not sure what to do from here. If I try to end the process it just comes back up. The only way to get rid of it is to remove the checkmark in the iCloud preferences window. I have attached a few screenshots to help illustrate. Thanks in advance for your help!

I just tried with a different iCloud account and it worked! So the problem is with my iCould account... unfortunately, it might not be very easy to troubleshoot.
UPDATE: When I signed back in to my normal iCloud account it still worked! I'm not sure what signing in with the other account did but it obviously helped! Thank you so much for your help!
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London pictures disappear after enable iCloud Photo Library. It is any kind of problem with UK? =)

I have about 1000 pictures in my iPhone. (About 900 from Brazil, took with my Brazilian SimCard).
Last year, I went to London and took about 50 pictures there. In that time, my iPhone was a 4S, with iOS7. (With a UK Number from a UK SimCard, don't know if this is relevant).
2 Months after, I went to US and purchased a 5s. Took about 50 pictures too, (With a US number, from a US card).
Today, I did the update to iOS 8.1, but when I enabled the iCloud Photo Library, all pictures from London just disappear.
Before iOS 8, we had something like that in iOS 7 ( I guess it was iCloud sync), and every time I do enable this thing, all pictures from London disappear. I have to restore my backup and let the feature off to have my pictures.
Anyone have any hint about why this is happen, or how to solve this thing?

Well by luck I figured out.
Restored the backup that I had with all pictures.
Went to the photo Library and selected the photos that disappear.
By some reason, don't know why, a "save" option appeared to me. I clicked in save (don't know from where to where), and when I turned on the Library sync again. Tandam!! The photos didn't disappeared.
Anyone know how to explain this?

Photos on my Mac are not visible on my iPhone despite having enabled iCloud photo library.

I have iCloud Photo Library enabled on both my mac and my iphone. I have ~17k photos on my mac - many of which were not taken on my iphone. All 17k photos have been successfully uploaded to my iCloud Photo library (and are visible on icloud.com). However, when I open the Photos app on my iphone, instead of being able to access all 17k photos, I can only see the 80 or so that I recently took on my iPhone. The 80 photos on my phone are being uploaded to the iCloud photo library and are visible from my Mac - just not the other way around.
I am running iOS 8.3 and the latest Mac OS (which has the new photos app).
Any help is appreciated!

Don't know if it will help or not, but you might try going to Control Panel>Programs & Features>Uninstall, then right-click on "iCloud" and choose Repair, restart your PC and try photo stream again.
Also confirm that the photos are appearing in the my photo stream album on your phone (which will confirm that they are being added to photo stream).

Cannot enable iCloud backup?

Cannot enable iCoud Back up on my iphone, worked before.... Please help

Oh, I'm in the London UK. Do you think Apple store could help? Maybe you could also help me with an other issue. Apple ID Password required Box keep popping up all the time, such a pain in the neck....?

Running off NAS cannot use iCloud Photo Library

After re-loading 32000 (190gb) photos into a Clean new library running off my NAS, i decide to turn on iCloud
photo sharing.
I then get this awesome message
iCloud for Photo Library is only available on Mac OS Standard and Mac OS Extended formatted volumes.
What the !
Why would Apple care what format the HDD is where my Library is located ?
I don't have enough space on my internal SSD and it was not very safe running it off
a USB HDD
I'm running this off a Synology NAS i really hope they fix this.

Have a look at this Help page:
System Library Overview
Among other, it says:
By default, your System Photo Library is stored in the Pictures folder on your Mac, but you can move it to another location on your Mac or store it on an external storage device. However, to use iCloud services, the external storage device must be formatted using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format, also known as HFS+.

HT204478 Does Apple upload and preserve the metadata from my photographs, if I do NOT enable iCloud Photo Sharing?

Are the dates, physical locations and recognized faces uploaded to any Apple servers from Photos at ANY time when I have iCloud Photo Sharing turned off?
If so, does Apple preserve and use this data for any purpose?

I just tried with a different iCloud account and it worked! So the problem is with my iCould account... unfortunately, it might not be very easy to troubleshoot.
UPDATE: When I signed back in to my normal iCloud account it still worked! I'm not sure what signing in with the other account did but it obviously helped! Thank you so much for your help!
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I installed or updated to iCloud Control Panel 2.0 or later for Windows and signed in, but when I go to iCloud Photos I see a message that it's not enabled. I go to the iCloud Control Panel won't allow a ck mark to be put, pls help!

I went to the ICloud Control Panel 2.1 to enable iCloud photos, the area to put a ck mark is grayed out and won't let me enable it.
This is on my HP desktop Windows 7. I have iphone 5 and newset iPad that do fine on iCloud.
Please help me to get my iCloud photos enabled on my desktop.

Hello,
You might not have the plugin for Firefox installed. Adobe has two different versions of Flash - one for Internet Explorer and another for Firefox. Internet Explorer uses ActiveX. You can check if Firefox has the plugin by going to:
* Tools > Add-ons > Plugins, or
* [Image: New Fx Menu] > Add-ons > Plugins
In Firefox, go to this link and Adobe should give you right correct installer:
* https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
If for whatever reason it is not choosing the correct OS for you, you can manually select Windows Vista and "Other Browsers" here:
* https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/

I want to open my iCloud Photo Library but it keeps on saying "You must be logged in to iCloud to enable iClou Photo Library" i am logged in with my apple id so how else must I log in?

I want to open my iCloud Photo Library but it keeps on telling me "You must be logged in to iCloud to enable iCloud Photo Library" I am logged in with my Apple ID What other log in should I do?

No you should not continue to use iPhoto. You can't have an iPhoto Library on an NAS. The disk format is wrong and iPhoto is not designed for network access. End of story.
Neither should you use iPhoto in Referenced mode with the Photos on a NAS as that's just storing up problems.
For more on iPhoto and file management see this User Tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6361
That said, iPhoto is due to be replaced soon - in the coming months - by a new App, and this may not have that issue. For instance, there are no such reservations bout running referenced Aperture library - so who knows what may come with the new (that also replaces aperture.)
So, you might want to hold on making any big decisions until you see the options. Why? Because what you're describing as a workflow is moving to an entirely different kind of workflow. You're going from non-destructive with iPhoto, to lossy and destructive in your suggested replacement. Is that what you want?
What you export from iPhoto really depends on what you want: the original unedited image? Or a version of the edited one? What's for sure is the one thing you don't want is to export as Current - that's just a preview and missing loads of metadata.
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.

HT204486 I get an error that I must enable system library on the 2nd MAC when I attempt to turn on iCloud photo library.

I am attempting to configure Photo on two macs. My MacMini has the System library and has uploaded all my picture to my iCloud photo library. I am configuring Photo on my MBP and when I enable iCloud photo library I get an error stating that the iCloud photo library can only have one system library assigned to it then the option becomes grayed out. End result...only one MAC can run Photo against the same library. Please assist.
Thank You

You'll have to reinstall iPhoto in order to get the themes linked back to the application. To do so you'll have to delete the current application and all files with "iPhoto" in the file name with either a .PKG or .BOM extension that reside in the HD/Library/Receipts folder and from the /var/db/receipts/ folder,
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Then install iPhoto from the disk it came on originally.
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