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Unable to change system photo library

I've recently moved to a late 2021 16" MacBook Pro (running Mac OS 12.5) and have moved my Photos library from an external hard drive to the computer's drive. But I can't seem to make the new library my system photo library – the option in preferences is greyed out, as below.



Would be very grateful for any suggestions.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Aug 9, 2022 8:43 AM

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Posted on Aug 9, 2022 9:07 AM

The fact that the System Photos Library is greyed out means it already is the System Photos Library:



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Aug 11, 2022 2:09 AM in response to TonyCollinet

Thanks a lot for your reply, and apologies for my late answer.

The iCloud preferences were set to iCloud photos "on" on my Mac, but to just "my photo stream" on the iPad and iPhone. I didn't think I'd have enough storage on iCloud for my whole library, but it looks like I do. :-)

So I've set all the devices to iCloud Photos "on". Let's see how that works!

Thanks again.

Unable to change system photo library

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