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Thanks for letting me know. May I ask what macOS version you use?

Unfortunately, I'm unable to locate any button, status bar, or option to refresh or pull everything from iCloud in macOS Photos. There aren't even any details showing what percentage of iCloud is currently synchronized with macOS Photos. With nothing to debug, I can only conclude that for some reason the sync isn't working in my case.

It's great if this works for you and you don't need iCloud Photos Downloader, but for some reason I don't have that luxury.