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After I upgraded to Catalina Photos.app can no longer open my system .photoslibrary. It asks me to choose a different library but when I manually select my photos library it comes back with the same error. What can I do?
MacBook
Here is what solved it for me.
Here is what solved it for me.
So... Got a call from the amazing Support Team from Apple and they managed to fix it.
What we did:
(Worth mentioning in advance: All of my photos and videos are synced with iCloud on my other devices)
After this, the "check box" on System Preferences > iCloud > Photos was turned on.
Everything is working as aspected now
Note: My original Library file became unusable.
Same thing here. Can't turn on the iCloud Picture Sync. "Checking library..." appears but then nothing happens.
And the only way to open the Photo app is to create a new Library.
If I try to open my default one where I had everything I get this message:
The library could not be opened. Photos was unable to open the library "PhotosLibrary.photoslibrary". (3156)
and afterwards this one:
PHPhotosErrorMigrationLithiumInternal
I also notice that in settings the iCloud Picture sync is disabled. Clicking the checkbox asks for my password but it remains unchecked after I enter it.
Where is your system photo library stored? Is it on your system drive in your Pictures folder or is it on an external volume?
Are you using iCloud Photos?
Is is on my primary disk on my MBP in my Pictures folder. I am syncing them with iCloud.
Thank you! Feels better to not be alone. But frustrating that I can't access my images after the Catalina upgrade. I really hope Apple is working on a fix.
Photos.app can not open my system photoslibrary after Catalina update
