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photos library

  1. Z

    transferring photos

    What im trying to do is kinda complicated. There is an iPad, a MacbookPro and a Photos Library file. I want to transfer, in the photo library file, a few photos from iPad. That Photos library, opens flawlessly in Photos (by pressing the Option key, when Photos launches). In that library, i wish...
  2. Alvin777

    Photos Backup vs. Photo Library Backup?

    Hello this is concerning iCloud backup. What's the difference between Photos enabled vs. Photos Library enabled. Isn't all the photos and videos already in Photos app? What happens if I disable Photos but enable Photos Library or what happens if I disable both? Thank you, have a blessed weekend.
  3. B

    Unable to open the Photos app on Mac

    Hi, After many days of trying to figure this out, I'm coming here for some assistance.. The Photos app on my mac will not open at all. I have updated to macOS Monterey, I have tried the command-option to repair the app, but I still see the "Photos was unable to open the library "Photos...
  4. T

    Apple Photos: Not all photos available to import from iPhone

    I wanted to finally import all Photos from my iPhone to my Mac. I have 32 435 Photos and 659 videos on my iPhone = 33 094 items. However, when I connect my iPhone to my Mac, it only shows 33 127 items available to import. Where are the missing 33 items? 😧 Please help 🙃
  5. R

    Photos was unable to open the library “Photos Library”. (4302)

    MacOS Big Sur 11.5.1 update - Photos was unable to open the library “Photos Library”. (4302) So today i ran the MacOS Big Sur 11.5.1 update from the last as i always keep up to date. When i rebooted after the update i was unable to access my Photos library from my external hard drive. I got...
  6. J

    Live Photos - Moving from one library to another

    Hi! Is there any way, or what is the best way to move live photos from one Photos library to another? I have a load of old pictures from an older phone I had uploaded to a mac, forgot about and now want to move them -intact- into my main library. So far when I try to export them, they show as...
  7. L

    Resolved Photos library - repair, reformat, recover?

    Hello, I would appreciate some help. I was keeping my photolibrary on a WD 2Tb My Passport for Mac. The file is around 64gb. A few months ago the hard drive became sick and the photolibrary would no longer open. I got quoted around $500 to recover the files and get a new hard drive. (I...
  8. D

    Apple Photos - Library Size

    Hello, Just started to use Apple`s Photos, and i have now a library that is 39,79 GB big, this is both photos and videos. What is the maximum size i should not exceed? If there is not any answer to this, what are people here doing?:)
  9. OldSchoolMacGuy

    Backing Up Single File On Single Drive With Time Machine

    I've got Time Machine backing up my main drive but due to lack of storage space on it, I've had to move my Photos Library to one of the other internal drives on my Mac mini (180GB library). Any way to set Time Machine to backup just the Photos Library file on that drive, rather than the other...
  10. Wayniack

    Do you want to switch the current Photos Library...?

    I replaced the hard drive in a 2010 MacBook Pro and reinstalled Sierra. The Time Machine backup has an issue but I'm able to access the files and copy them manually. While moving the photos from the backup there is an (icon?) called 'Photos Library' that asks the following question when I try to...