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Hi there! I'm having some issues. I opened photos while holding down the option key and selected my iPhotos albums as others with my problem were instructed to do. The photos transferred and everything appeared to be fine. I then reopened my photos app and now there's nothing there. I attempted to open the photos app again while holding down the option key to repeat the process but now it just directly opens the photos app. Can anyone help me??
The pictures are stored in a Photos Library (probably called migrated Photos library or something like that) If you had your iPhoto Library in the Pictures Folder, it should be there.
When you start Photos with the option key held down, you should always get the dialog to choose a library, since you can have multiple libraries.
The pictures are stored in a Photos Library (probably called migrated Photos library or something like that) If you had your iPhoto Library in the Pictures Folder, it should be there.
When you start Photos with the option key held down, you should always get the dialog to choose a library, since you can have multiple libraries.
I just installed Catalina after a very long time of not updating my OS.
My photos have always been stored in iPhoto but this OS does not support iPhoto and has changed to Photos. I followed the instructions given to other users to upload my iPhotos library to Photos and everything seemed to work fine. I chose the library, uploaded them, viewed them in the photos app and then closed it. Later (literally less than an hour), I went back into the Photos app and they were no longer there. During this time nothing happened to my computer. I didn't turn it off, it didn't restart. Nothing. I'm very confused!
Hello! I think I have a couple of potential solutions for you.
Hope this helps.
Thank you so much for replying. Unfortunately, neither worked. When I double click photos while holding down option, the app just opens and closes. When I held down option and opened photos initially, it it did bring up multiple libraries and that's how I was able to choose my photos. They uploaded and I physically saw them in my photos library, so I have no idea where they could be now. Makes no sense!
As for iCloud, I have not connected my Mac to my iCloud account so they would not be there either.
If you have any other ideas for me, I'm all ears!
Which system version is installed on your Mac?
Where have you been storing your Photos Libraries? In your Pictures folder or on an external volume? What has changed before you could longer see your photos? Did you just upgrade to a new system system version?
iPhoto to Photo app transfer issues
