Q: Images in Photos disappearing but still in Library structure
I've just loaded up Photos this evening, only to see a load of greyed out Albums.
On checking, I cannot find any of the photos that were in those Albums at all, they have completely disappeared from the database. However, if I root around in the Library file (using 'Show Package Contents), I can find all the missing files in there (even a search for the file names finds nothing).
I have tried a few attempts at repairing the Library, to no avail, rebooting the Mac, and remounting the external drive. I also noted the Library size changed from 422GB (as viewed in Finder), which it has been for weeks, to 380GB, and now it's back at 422GB.
I can drag the images out of the Library (making a copy, rather than moving them), and I can reimport them, although it does warn they already exist! I can import anyway, and add them back to the Albums.
It seems to be specific to some camera models, and is relatively random throughout the collection. Specifically I have lost images from an iPhone 3GS, and some Fuji images that I'd converted from Raw to JPG.
Anyway ideas, I can root around to try and find the originals again, but that's quite tedious. If I'm looking at starting again here, I'll be dumping the whole shebang and going back to Lightroom.
Cheers.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
Posted on Mar 8, 2016 10:32 AM