iphoto crashes with external hard drive

I have 15,000 photos on an external hard drive. When I try to organize or search for pictures using iphoto, iphoto crashes. Any suggestions on what I should do?

Heather

Posted on Jun 23, 2019 9:13 AM

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Old Toad

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Jun 23, 2019 9:23 AM in response to Heatherga

What system and Photos versions are you using?

What type of Mac do you have?

How is the external HD formatted and connected to your Mac? It should be as shown in this screenshot:

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