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Hello,
whenever I try to open "Photos" application on my mac, the following message appears :Photos cannot find the System Photo Library named “Photos Library.photoslibrary”
Thank you very much.
PS: I have followed the following instructions in the below link but, unfortunately with no success:
What system and Photos versions are you running?
Did this begin after you performed an update or upgrade? If so what?
Normally by default the Photos library will be located in your Home/User/Pictures folder.
Launch Photos with the Option key held down and see if any libraries are listed in the Choose Library window.
Do you have Time Machine enabled? Do you have a backup of your hard drive made prior to this happening? If so restore the library in the Pictures folder from the latest backup that has a library in the Pictures folder (assuming that is where you normally had it located).
What system and Photos versions are you running?
Did this begin after you performed an update or upgrade? If so what?
Normally by default the Photos library will be located in your Home/User/Pictures folder.
Launch Photos with the Option key held down and see if any libraries are listed in the Choose Library window.
Do you have Time Machine enabled? Do you have a backup of your hard drive made prior to this happening? If so restore the library in the Pictures folder from the latest backup that has a library in the Pictures folder (assuming that is where you normally had it located).
Dear Old Toad,
I appreciate your time and efforts to answer my question,
now let me answer yours:
1- What system and Photos versions are you running?
MacOS Mojave , all the applications were updated according to this OS version.
2-Did this begin after you performed an update or upgrade? If so what?
it is not clear when exactly that happened , but it looks like it occurred after an update.
3- Normally by default the Photos library will be located in your Home/User/Pictures folder.
The folder was empty.
4- Launch Photos with the Option key held down and see if any libraries are listed in the Choose Library window.
There was no a single library existed there.
4- Do you have Time Machine enabled? Do you have a backup of your hard drive made prior to this happening? If so restore the library in the Pictures folder from the latest backup that has a library in the Pictures folder (assuming that is where you normally had it located).
Fortunately the answer is yes. I have followed your suggestion and it does work but sadly , I have managed to retrieve only the backed-up photos while the unbacked up ones have disappeared.
Thank you again Old Toad for your helpful answer
Photos application on Mac can't be open
