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I made a copy of my Photos library on an external HD. When I try to open them it says it can't open a migrated library. Why is that?

I made a copy of my Photos library on an external HD. When I try to open them it says it can't open a migrated library. Why is that?


iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 20, 2022 7:18 PM

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Posted on Mar 21, 2022 2:43 AM

If Photos won't open a library that you already migrated

Photos lets you know if you try to open an iPhoto or Aperture library that you already migrated. 


If you try to open an iPhoto or Aperture library after you've converted it to a Photos library, you'll see a message that Photos "Cannot open migrated library."

Click Open Photos to view the library in the Photos app. Or you can open the original library in iPhoto 9.6.1 or Aperture 3.6.

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Mar 21, 2022 2:43 AM in response to 7782abc

If Photos won't open a library that you already migrated

Photos lets you know if you try to open an iPhoto or Aperture library that you already migrated. 


If you try to open an iPhoto or Aperture library after you've converted it to a Photos library, you'll see a message that Photos "Cannot open migrated library."

Click Open Photos to view the library in the Photos app. Or you can open the original library in iPhoto 9.6.1 or Aperture 3.6.

I made a copy of my Photos library on an external HD. When I try to open them it says it can't open a migrated library. Why is that?

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