Q: photos library not recognized
With the new OSX Photos app (version 1.0.1) I started my main library on a (synology) NAS. This is not the system library (which is local) but the larger library (over many years using iPhoto) that doesn't sync with iCloud that I use to sync all photos from several devices and sources.
Now suddenly opening Photos - with the option key pressed to select the Photo library (± 70 GB) on the NAS, via the 'select another library' dialogue I receive the message that the library has inconsistencies and that it needs to recovery. This failed a couple of times - stopping the recovery progress ending up Photos showing an empty library (the get started screen). At several tries at some point it completed the recovery ± 40 % and then I received the message 'unexpected error occurred and that the library cannot be opened. After closing the application the next attempt to open the library gave the message that the library can not be opened because it is not recognized!! this made me worry!! The idea of loosing my photos is very disturbing.
Searching for possible answers come back with non-relevant iPhoto experiences. So if anybody can help me out - much appreciated.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
Posted on Aug 15, 2015 2:44 AM