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How to Repair Mac’s Photo Library

by Justin Barry
by Justin Barry

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How to Repair Mac’s Photo Library – Guide

These are a part of the normal protests from users of the Photos app. What could be more horrible than discovering that the images in your Photo Library on Mac are hard to reach, are missing, show the Photo Library error code 36, or the thumbnails as a dark triangle, and so on? You’ve saved a large number of photos in your library over time. You’ve got great minutes with your friends and family, and the lack of those valuable minutes is devastating.

You can recover your beloved photos. There are successful answers to fix the Photo Library on Mac and the images that have degenerated. In any case, before starting maintenance, be sure to back up your library, regardless of whether you’re using the iCloud Photo Library. You can use Time Machine or other external drives for the reason.

Methods to open and repair the photo library

If creating a new photo library did not resolve your issues and you are still seeing messages like the following when trying to open your photos, we may have to dig a little deeper to resolve the issue. Read on to learn about four effective methods for opening and repairing your photo library.

Use Photo Library Repair Tool on Mac

  • Apple provides a repair tool to fix a corrupted photo library. The repair tool examines the library database and repairs any conflicts detected.
  • Depending on the magnitude and size of your library, the entire process can take a while. When the process is complete, Photos opens the library again, with your files intact.
  • Here are the steps to use the photo library repair tool for your problems,
  • Locate the Photo Library (in the Users folder, in the Pictures folder)
  • CNTRL-click Photo Library and select “Show Package Contents”.
  • Open the folder called “Masters”. This folder contains your original image files, organized by year.
  • Start copying content to a new location, one folder at a time. Make sure you are actually copying the folders, not simply moving the originals by holding the Option key while dragging the folder to the new location.
  • If the copy fails, it means you hit a corrupted image file in the folder – which is probably the problem, or part of it (there could be more than one corrupted file).
  • In that case, copy failure might be a good thing, because now we’re hoping to find a corrupt file. In case the copy fails, start again by copying the folder where you came across the problem, but when the time is right, copy a few files at a time until you find the corrupted one(s).
  • You will need to manually create a folder in the new location with exactly the same name to copy these files. Ignore all corrupted files – however, remove them from their original folders – and continue copying.
  • Continue this process until you copy all Masters folders. Damaged image files are likely lost, but can be recovered using third-party tools.
  • After copying all the files, you know they are in good condition.
  • Start Photos and run the repair tool again.
  • The repair application will repair your library eliminating inconsistencies and discrepancies.

    • Repair library with disk utility on Mac

    Found in the utility folder, Mac Disk Utility is essentially first aid feature is used to check a disk for damage and to initiate a repair. It can also be beneficial when dealing with a corrupted photo library.

    Typically, the signs to look for are:

  • Your Photos app is unexpectedly closing.
  • You have a corrupt file in your library.

    • Update Mac OS to repair corrupt library

  • Before proceeding with this step, make sure you have backed up up your data.
  • You can fix many issues related to a corrupted library by running the most up-to-date macOS upversion.
  • Go to Software Update in System Preferences to locate the macOS Catalina update.
  • Click Update Now and follow the onscreen instructions to start the update.

    • Rebuild photo library on Mac

  • To rebuild an iPhoto library, simply hold down the option and the command key and click iPhoto to launch the application. iPhoto will appear with the following dialog box.
  • Depending on what’s wrong with your iPhoto library, choose one of these options.
  • Repair Permissions: This is probably the best option to get started. If, for example, your computer didn’t shut down properly, there might be files that might have been left open at the time. The ‘Repair Permission’ option fixes this issue.
  • Rebuild Thumbnails iPhoto may have missing or damaged temporary images that it needs. Using this option creates these images again.
  • Repair database if photos in your library don’t match up according to what iPhoto thinks it should be, this option will solve the problem. iPhoto checks which photos are in your library and updates your records accordingly.
  • Rebuild database If nothing else works, use this option. However, it can take a long time and you risk losing information about the photos or albums. It makes sense to try all other options before using this one.

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    Justin Barry

    Justin Barry has been writing about technology as a career for more than a decade at this point. The majority of that time was spent as a freelance writer covering a wide variety of topics, some examples of which include mobile phones, wearables, tablets, smart home devices, laptops, augmented reality, virtual reality, mobile payments, and fintech.

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