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Anusca Author

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can't see old photos library on mac

how to restore old photos library on Mac. I've opened a new library and I can't find the the old one on Mac. thanks

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Apr 20, 2023 5:11 AM

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Richard.Taylor

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Posted on Apr 20, 2023 7:53 AM

Anusca wrote: I've opened a new library and I can't find the the old one on Mac. thanks

Photos Libraries are usually found in the Pictures folder. If you don't find the missing one there, close Photos and option-click on the Photos icon to open a dialog that lists all the Photos Libraries that the app can find. If that doesn't work, use the find function in a Finder window to search for "photoslibrary" :

If it finds it, the path to its location will be shown at the bottom. You can open it by double clicking.

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