Not Able To Create New Photo Library Mac

'Photos was unable to make a copy of your library before preparing it. There were file system or hardware issues…”

Jan 05, 2020  If you want your Mac's photos to wirelessly sync to all your other iOS devices and computers, you want to set up iCloud Photo Library: Apple's photo sync service lets you back up your images on all your devices, as well as access them — online or offline — on said devices.If you're willing to pay for the extra iCloud storage space, you can store an incredible amount of photos and videos. Feb 14, 2015 If you don't have the current version, you should get it (from the Mac's App Store). If you have the current version but it cannot locate your iPhoto library, hold the option key down while opening iPhoto from the dock and you will be able to specify the library's location. Oct 25, 2019 And you aren't able to create a second Photos Library that has iCloud Photo Library enabled on your Mac, so be wary. Launch a Finder window on your Mac. Click on the Mac hard drive (Macintosh HD) in the sidebar.

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  2. May 13, 2016 If Photos can’t copy or create a library If the Photos app shows any of these alert messages when you first open Photos or migrate an existing iPhoto or Aperture library, follow these instructions. 'Photos was unable to make a copy of your library before preparing it.

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:

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  • 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...'

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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.

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.

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...'

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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.

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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.

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