I got error messages both on iOS and Mac OS. Any suggestions as to what is going on?
I had the exacts same problem.
One thing I noticed on my computer is that the photos where I would get the "Photos cannot load adjustments for this image"
error message when trying to edit them were photos that had been edited (you can see that with he small three lines with dots in the upper right corner of the photo) a long time ago. It only occurred with photos of mine that had been taken and edited prior to 2016. After that no issue at all.
So I assumed the edited file was corrupted or something. So if you (1) right click on a open photo where you get the error message, then (2) you click "revert to original", and then you click ok if you have a confirmation menu).
It appears then that the old orignal file is ok and I could edit them normally. I had to do that to about 800 photos with edits which were not very important so I didn't lose anything valuable.
I hope it will work for you as well.
Same here. Can't go back to the original or revert to it. Either the option is grey or the result is a spinning beach ball (had it run for 48h on a single image).
I've 6,000 images affected. My feeling is that somehow Photos "lost the abilities to read adjustments" from Aperture images or third party images.
We could do with someone from Apple acknowledging this bug and reassuring us that an update is being worked on.
Apologies, you were actually correct: it is just metadata. But it generates a preview file each time with the edits burnt in.
Has there been any further development on this, please? I have recently imported some high quality JPEGs into Photos and get the same: cannot load adjustments for this image error in both Photos on my MacBook and iPhone. Other photos taken on the same day on my iPhone and another camera work okay.
Has a bug been introduced since the macOS 10.15.1 update?
I, too, am having this problem. Since I upgraded to Catalina. Some photos, when selecting edit, get this error message. Others are showing up in very low resolution, even though cmd-i information shows full file size. This is AWFUL.
I reported in this discussion, a week or so ago, odd Photos behavior (similar to that described by Spinnetti earlier today) after upgrading to Catalina. I've since downgraded to Mojave 10.14.6 and am still experiencing what Spinnetti reports. Now using a new MacBook Pro, so the problem for me exists independent of the hardware or OS version I'm using.
i have the same issue since update. it happens to select jpeg images where i get the message that "photos cannot load adjustments for this image", and some images have been corrupted by green lines running through them. i have completed the photo repair and the problems have not resolved.
That’s an interesting observation, JohnSmith582!! Most photos where the problem occurs are indeed edited images that are 4 years and older. Thing is, I’ve some 6,000 (!) of these and neither the time nor, in some cases, the photo-editing app that was used originally (for example, Aperture, Snapseed, Photo Éléments etc.). Also, reverting back to the original — even though I know the original is stored somewhere within Photos’ chaos of folder structures — doesn’t work as it results in the dreaded beachball spinning forever.
To me it looks as if Apple is unable to process and link older images within Photos. The question is whether an update will resolve the issue or not.
Following. I have the same problem and have tried the suggestions in this thread already. Older photos only, which is problematic as I am trying to make albums of older photos. I don't need to edit per se, but need to rotate some of these photos which can only be done in editing.
Getting a bad feeling about this. I just tried editing an image which I scanned and edited a couple of months ago and got the message described. I tried reverting to original, which worked, but I still can't edit it. Some scanned JPEGS seem OK, others have the same problem.
Now I'm afraid to go back and work on older pictures in my huge library, in case I damage something.
Is it possible that Catalina damaged something in my library during the 3 days it spent scanning it?
Cannot Start Editing
Photos cannot load adjustments. Please try again later.
Is the error message, the behavior is similar to what Spinnilli describes, and usually occurs after editing about 40 images. Sometimes much sooner.
It isn’t how I understand it but in either scenario the original is untouched and always available, unlike many other editors. The error message in this case I am sure refers to the metadata associated with the edits.
For me, all of the 1000 or so photos that the app places in the “unable to upload” folder it created, that I can not edit, will not allow me to revert to original. If I right click on a photo, the “revert” command is grayed out.
It happens to a small number of JPEG scanned images.
Executed the Repair/Restore option as directed. The result was the same. Photos cannot load adjustments for this image" error.
"Photos cannot load adjustments for this image" error since upgrading to Catalina
