The Photos application that has been with us for a while usually works perfectly but from time to time unexpected failures may occur ranging from not being able to access certain photos, failed photo imports, missing thumbnails ... even until the application freezes completely, having no choice but to close it and run it again, hoping that everything goes well.
If we find any of these bugs in library management issues, it can be activated manually repairing any photo library and that in most cases it will be enough to tackle the problem. However, although repairing the library is supposed to fix these aforementioned problems, it is a good idea to back up your Mac and its photo library to Time Machine or your usual program before beginning the repair.
To carry it out, we will simply exit photos if we have the application open and we will run it again but this time holding down the Cmd + Alt keys before clicking on the Photos icon. Once we run the program, a message will appear in the application itself to confirm that our photo library will be repaired.
Then we will click on Repair and we will see a progress bar at the bottom that will take more or lesss depending on the process speed of the equipment, the size of the library, and many other factors. If after this repair we see that we have not managed to solve the problem, we can use iPhoto again in its place and carry out this same operation to repair the library in said application before migrating the library back to Photos as we explained in this other entry.
I have a question, I have a similar problem with an Iphone 4, the library won't open, I don't know what to do
I have a problem, my library does not close, I get a message that says closing library but I wait a long time for it to close and nothing. I don't know what to do, the worst thing is that if it doesn't close I can't turn off my computer.
I have a problem, my library does not close, I get a message that says closing library but I wait a long time for it to close and nothing. I don't know what to do, the worst thing is that if it doesn't close I can't turn off my computer
I have a problem, my library does not close, I get a message that says closing library but I wait a long time for it to close and nothing. I don't know what to do, the worst thing is that if it doesn't close I can't turn off my computer
That happens to me too, I don't know what to do
Hello, the Photos application does not open, what to do in this case?
Thank you friends.
The photo application does not open either and I have taken it to several sites and they do not tell me what happens thanks
Excellent, it has served me. regards
hi, i have a big problem. Create a photo library, yesterday I took a file and today no file appears! It is not in the paperwork, I checked the Time Machine back up, I cannot access either. What I can do?? for now I suspect that they must be hidden out there and that I have not lost them. Help please!
Hello I get this poster »Photos must be closed because the library is no longer available or its data has been damaged» what can I do?
Hello, I already solved it if you want to pass me your email or something and I will help you solve it
Soy de Mac from years ago and I have several... but the photo library seems like garbage to me, sorry. Always locked. I have had to divide it into fragments (I have about 80 GB now) and after 20 it is a problem to manage it on any of my latest Macs. Rebuild, etc... I think it's better to just store the files and that's it.
I have problems with my iPhone 6, I have the photo library active and I no longer want to have it, it is a problem to be able to share my photos, why does a circle appear that says repairing and from there it does not happen, even if I do not have a Wi-Fi signal the photo is blurred and below a sign. I already restored it and I put the iCloud backup again why it does not appreciate all my photos, but it continues the same, better deactivate it and it says that in 30 days everything will be deleted and I do not want to delete the photos, I no longer know how to do the The photo library is a super mistake, I prefer not to have support for anything than to be struggling with this, what can I do?
Hello! At night I moved my photos from my cell phone to my macbook library, the photo library opened excellently. Then I wanted to move my 900 photos to a USB and they could not be loaded, I close the library with the idea of reopening to start the operation again but it freezes in "closing photo library" and now it does not open! What I need to do? I don't want to lose all the bad photos I have saved so far!
I can't leave the library either, please, what can I do?
I have a problem with the photo library; When trying to open it, it appears "closing the library", it has been several days and it does not work; it happened after updating the software to SIERRA, can you help me?
Thank you
Hi guys, I just screwed up a lot with the computer. I started deleting a lot of files since my storage in the "other" section used up almost all my memory. The fact is that now I cannot open the photos application, it tells me that I should reinstall the application. Can anybody help me?