gerenahum
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Q: Why are my photos disappearing and being replaced by some other photo totally unrelated?

I have been reorganizing my photos in Photos now that I have migrated from iPhoto.    I have recently noticed that on the thumbnail that a picture that has come from totally somewhere else has replaced it.  I have fixed the library with Command-option when I opened Photos.  Didn't have any effect.  So I restored from my Time Machine.  No help.  Went further back in time to where I was certain everything was OK.  Nothing. 

 

When I click on the thumbnail, the original picture is there, but doesn't show as a thumbnail correctly.  For the one picture I exported it to the desktop and then reimported it to Photos--but that will be a real time consumer. 

Why and what should I do?

iMac, iOS 10.0.2, El Capitan 10.11.6

Posted on Sep 30, 2016 9:16 AM

by Old Toad,Solvedanswer
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A:

Another possible fix with may retain the edited version is to rotate the thumbnail and then rotate it back.  Give it a try and let us know if it does.

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Posted on Sep 30, 2016 11:40 AM

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    gerenahum gerenahum Sep 30, 2016 9:46 AM in response to gerenahum
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    Sep 30, 2016 9:46 AM in response to gerenahum

    Now I have just discovered that if I "revert to Original" it fixes the thumbnail.  I had edited a long time ago by changing the orientation; that's all.  Still wonder why it is doing this.

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    gerenahum gerenahum Sep 30, 2016 10:03 AM in response to gerenahum
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    Sep 30, 2016 10:03 AM in response to gerenahum

    Only works part of the time.  Grrr.

  • by Old Toad,Solvedanswer

    Old Toad Old Toad Sep 30, 2016 11:40 AM in response to gerenahum
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    Sep 30, 2016 11:40 AM in response to gerenahum

    Another possible fix with may retain the edited version is to rotate the thumbnail and then rotate it back.  Give it a try and let us know if it does.

    OTsig.png

  • by gerenahum,

    gerenahum gerenahum Sep 30, 2016 11:45 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Sep 30, 2016 11:45 AM in response to Old Toad

    THANK YOU SO MUCH.  I just tried 10 pix and it worked. 

     

    Since I had posted this I have been trying all kinds of things.  I was exporting and importing and afraid that by doing that I would lose the picture "that was now" the thumbnail.  So had to find that in my folders/albums. (25,000 pix) Luckily I had narrowed it down with albums and memory!!!

     

    Any idea what causes this?  I noticed that it has done it a lot since last night. It's throughout the Photos. 

  • by Old Toad,Helpful

    Old Toad Old Toad Sep 30, 2016 11:58 AM in response to gerenahum
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    Sep 30, 2016 11:58 AM in response to gerenahum

    Sometimes the database gets corrupted during migration.  Why?  We don't know.

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    gerenahum gerenahum Sep 30, 2016 11:58 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Sep 30, 2016 11:58 AM in response to Old Toad

    Thanks.  Yep--who knows.  I always beat myself up thinking I did something. 

    I have been working on the pictures all week and the problem never appeared until last night.  I had been making folders, albums, moving stuff around and trying to figure out Photos.  Hmmmm.  Moving on.  Again, thank you so much.