Recent content by scott_nelson

I have Desktop and Documents turned on and up until recently everything was working fine. Now my Desktop states "Waiting to Update." There currently no files or folders on the desktop. I can't seem to get this notification to go away. This morning I booted into SAFE mode and it happened there as...

I have had an iPhone for a while and always utilized Google Photos. I recently purchased a MacBook and am using the Photos app and love it. I have uploaded everything to iCloud and wish to start using iCloud Photos on my iPhone. I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this so I don't delete...

I am working on a project where I have to catalog a number of graves in a large cemetery. I have a list of GPS coordinates that I am adding to Apple Maps. I then mark them as favorites. My issue is if two or more graves are close together (within a hundred yards or so). It wants to treat these...

I figured it out a solution so I figured I'd stop back with the solution incase anyone else encounters this issue. I knew all my photos were in iCloud by the number showing. My albums were just taking painfully long to sync. I simply went into the Photos app and deleted the albums that weren't...

My Photos app, iCloud.com, and the iCloud setting in System preferences all list 10,641 photos. But the albums on iCloud.com don't seem to be updating very fast. For instance one album has 339 photos and the same album on iCloud.com website shows 5. Another has 615 and the iCloud.com has 79. I...

I'm new to Mac. I was using a Windows machine and syncing with Dropbox for years. I just bought my first ever Mac (M1 Air). I've left Dropbox and am now on the 200GB iCloud plan. I recently transferred all my photos from an external hard drive to the photo library, around 10,000 or so. In the...

I have had several iPhones and am now purchasing my first Macbook. My question deals with photos. I have around 20,000 photos that I have painstakingly added tags/keywords to using Picasa, Windows, and other Windows based software. Those keywords/tags have been available no matter the computer...