'Photos was unable to make a copy of your library before preparing it. There were file system or hardware issues…”
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Jun 08, 2015 Yosemite OSX Macbook pro, iMac, macbook air, macbook, macbook retina display, macbook retina display 2, mac pro, iMac retina 5k display, mac mini,apple laptop. IMac 27 inch, iMac 21 inch. Apr 01, 2020 Designate a System Photo Library in Photos If you have multiple photo libraries on your Mac, you can choose one to be the System Photo Library. The System Photo Library is the only library that can be used with iCloud Photos, Shared Albums, and My Photo Stream. Mar 18, 2020 If your Photos library won't open, or if Photos behaves unexpectedly, the Photos library repair tool might resolve the issues. Follow these steps to use the Photos library repair tool: Hold down the Option and Command keys while you open Photos on your Mac. The first thing to do is ensure that Photos is NOT running. And if it is QUIT Then look in the Pictures folder in the home folder on the hard drive of your Mac (what you call the C drive) - check that there is still a file called 'Photos Library.photoslibrary' there also.
This alert usually means that there is a physical problem or data corruption in the disk where your photo library is located.
Try any of the following:
- Open the Disk Utility app and analyze and repair the disk. It's a good idea to make a backup of the disk before you make any repairs.
- Copy the library to a different disk (for example, an external drive).
- Recover the library from a reliable backup to a different disk.
To test if each potential solution worked, quit Photos, then hold down the Option key and open Photos. When Photos asks you to choose a library, select the library you repaired or recovered.
'Photos was unable to make a copy of your library before preparing it. Photos does not have the necessary permissions...'
This alert usually means there are incorrect permissions for the folder that contains your photo library.
If your photo library is in its default location in the Pictures folder, use this set of Terminal commands to set new permissions:
1. Open the Terminal app.
2. Type the following command and press Return. Substitute the name of your user account for your_username.
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3. When prompted, type your OS X user account password and press Return.
4. Type the following command and press Return. Substitute the name of your user account for your_username.
5. Quit Photos, then hold down the Option key and open Photos.
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6. When Photos asks you to choose a library, try to migrate the library again.
'The library could not be created. Photos does not have the necessary permissions...'
This alert usually means there are incorrect permissions for the folder where you are creating a new Photos library.
If your Photos library is in your Pictures folder, use this set of Terminal commands to set new permissions:
1. Open the Terminal app.
2.Type the following command and press Return. Substitute the name of your user account for your_username.
3. Type the following command and press Return. Substitute the name of your user account for your_username.
5. Quit Photos, then hold down the Option key and open Photos.
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6. When Photos asks you to choose a library, try to migrate the library again.