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iPhotos library stored in my Time Capsule - not launching in my MacBook Air

I am facing this error message, while launching my iPhoto library of size 120GB in my Time Capsule. "Photos was unable to open the library "Photos Library.photoslibrary". (1000)"


Also getting the below error "The operation couldn’t be completed. (PHPhotosErrorDomain error 1000.)" My current OS version is MacOS Catalina 10.15.4

Kindly provide your inputs for me to access all my photos from iPhoto library (120GB)

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on May 9, 2020 2:11 AM

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User profile for user: léonie
léonie
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Posted on May 9, 2020 2:44 AM

The new security features in macOS 10.15 Catalina are preventing Photos from opening a library on a volume, that has been used for Time Machine backups. And neither can Photos 5 on Catalina open and upgrade a library over your local network.


To get again access to your Photos copy the Photos Library to a locally mounted volume. It needs to be prepared like this: Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support


. You can't move your library to a disk that's used for Time Machine backups.
....
To prevent data loss, Apple doesn't recommend storing photo libraries on external storage devices like SD cards and USB flash drives, or drives that are shared on a network.




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léonie
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May 9, 2020 2:44 AM in response to William_NL

The new security features in macOS 10.15 Catalina are preventing Photos from opening a library on a volume, that has been used for Time Machine backups. And neither can Photos 5 on Catalina open and upgrade a library over your local network.


To get again access to your Photos copy the Photos Library to a locally mounted volume. It needs to be prepared like this: Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support


. You can't move your library to a disk that's used for Time Machine backups.
....
To prevent data loss, Apple doesn't recommend storing photo libraries on external storage devices like SD cards and USB flash drives, or drives that are shared on a network.




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iPhotos library stored in my Time Capsule - not launching in my MacBook Air

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