Q: Restore Photos Library from TimeMachine
Hi there. I could use a little help. I backed up my Photos Library to time machine and then re-installed Yosemite. After re-installing Yosemite, I restored my Photos Library. However, Photos is unable to open the library and gives an error "The library could not be opened. Photos attempted to repair the library "Photos Library" but is unable to open it."
Looking at the console I see this error message: "Error checking database version, Database folder doesn't exist, Recovery folder does exist but is not usable. Library Type Unsupported"
I opened the Photos Library file and cannot see the Database folder.
I attempted to have Photos repair the library but it errors out and doesn't complete. Any suggestions? I appreciate the help in advance.
Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Posted on May 24, 2015 9:59 PM
I figured it out. My photos library was pretty new, as I had recently migrated over from iPhotos. As such, I had both a iPhoto library and a Photos library. I had to restore both in order for my Photos library to work.
Posted on May 26, 2015 8:26 PM