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Photos Library Mac Wont Open

I'm using Photos Version 2.0 (3161.4.140) on a MacBook Air running OS X version 10.12.6 (16G29).


Last time I opened the library successfully was in July or August. When I went to open it yesterday it said 'The library could not be opened'. Following instructions on the support forums I tried to repair it and got the message 'The library “Photos Library.photoslibrary” could not be recognized.' and it won't repair the library.

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You can convert them. Please see: ‘HEIC To JPEG or PGN’ or ‘JPEG or PNG to HEIC’, Convert Images On Mac. Try sending the photos or videos that you are unable to open to yourself via Messages. Then save these photos or videos again. Then try to open them. Please see: How To Share Photos, Videos, Or Voice Messages in Messages. Repair Photo Library. Your Mac system contains in-built repair functions to fix the version. Repair Photo library. Photos provides the repair functions to fix for the broken and version-incompatible photo library. If the Photos app on the Mac is open, choose Photos - Quit Photos. Hold down Option-Command and double-click the Photos icon in the Applications folder. In the Repair Library window, click Repair to rebuild your.


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Finder reports the file is 917 bytes...obviously empty. I use Time Machine to back up, but even going back before when the issue occurred, the file is 917 bytes. I've restored several versions anyway, on hope, and none will open and none can be repaired.


I also use Backblaze, and I've restored the oldest version they have, four weeks old, but it too is 917 bytes, can't be opened and can't be repaired.


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Any ideas of what else I can try? Any ideas what might have happened?

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

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Posted on Nov 15, 2017 4:19 AM