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missing photos library.

..After migrating to new iMac via Time machine I was unable find the System photo library named" Photos Library.photoslibrary" I upgraded from Catalina to Big Sur hoping the update would install the photo library but it did not. I have 30,000 photos in the Cloud but have not been able to download any without the library app. thanks in advance for advice.

iMac Pro

Posted on Feb 9, 2021 5:31 PM

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Posted on Feb 11, 2021 12:07 AM

OK - For clarification of terminology, "photos library" normally refers to the data structure containg all your photos that the Photos App opens. (Like the difference between the pages app and a pages document)


But not having the app - that is very strange indeed, since that is installed as part of MacOS. Are you absolutely sure you don't have it? It won't be called "photos library.photoslibrary" it will be called Photos.app (and you normally won't see the .app)


What happens if you go into finder, and do a search for "Photos.app" selecting "this mac"


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Feb 11, 2021 12:07 AM in response to wolfman090

OK - For clarification of terminology, "photos library" normally refers to the data structure containg all your photos that the Photos App opens. (Like the difference between the pages app and a pages document)


But not having the app - that is very strange indeed, since that is installed as part of MacOS. Are you absolutely sure you don't have it? It won't be called "photos library.photoslibrary" it will be called Photos.app (and you normally won't see the .app)


What happens if you go into finder, and do a search for "Photos.app" selecting "this mac"


missing photos library.

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