It works when you have a local hard drive that can hold your entire photo album. Otherwise, it doesn't. Honestly, I don't understand iCloud for photos. I under

It works when you have a local hard drive that can hold your entire photo album. Otherwise, it doesn't. Honestly, I don't understand iCloud for photos. I understand iCloud drive, it's a server. iPhoto's interaction with iCloud feels suspiciously like sync, so I actually have no confidence in it.