"Photos cannot load adjustments for this image" error since upgrading to Catalina

So what am I supposed to do now?

I did. I could see the listing of "revert to original" but it was not highlighted as a viable option. Thank you, though. Good thought! I think I tried all the suggestions here.

@ Drmissbliss.

Sorry to hear it didn’t work with you.

I think it is not normal that such a major update completely break down many users’s photo library.

i hope Apple releases a fix very soon.

In a world where we're knowingly putting people on planes that aren't safe to fly everything is possible, because we can always fix it in beta, right?

I am having the same issue but with photos taken in 2019 and often Photos closes down. I have sent the report to Apple. they really need to address this issue and supply a fix asap!!

Yes, thanks. So, what was the solution they gave you?

Hi. Did they get back to you?

Apple? They never get back to anybody. Those days were in the 80s when the company was ein by smart people and not morons.

Thanks for reminding me - I have been thinking of other things. I have name and local phone number for my contact, and I will contact him for an update. he has been very communicative so far.

Thank for posting. Question. If you get the can’t edit message, as I do, how can you revert to original? Isn’t that an edit?

That's not entirely correct. I believe Aperture, and I think Photos too actually made an entire copy of the photo and applied the edits to that, leaving the source photo untouched.

Apologies, you were actually correct: it is just metadata. But it generates a preview file each time with the edits burnt in.