I can't open my photos library since I update my Mac OS to Catalina.
it says need to be update, but can't , so it goes to repair.then after repair, it shows :"the library could not be opened. photos was unable to open the library.(1000)
is there anyone know how to fix it?
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15
You need to move the Photos Library to a locally mounted volume. Plug an external volume directly into your Mac. As long as you keep the Photos Library on a drive with server software installed, the security measures in Catalina will prevent Photos from opening and upgrading your Photos Library.
You need to move the Photos Library to a locally mounted volume. Plug an external volume directly into your Mac. As long as you keep the Photos Library on a drive with server software installed, the security measures in Catalina will prevent Photos from opening and upgrading your Photos Library.
Just can’t open by iPhoto.
Is iPhoto a typo or are you still trying to open iPhoto and not Photos for Mac?
iPhoto will never again run after the upgrade to Catalina (Updating from iPhoto to Photos for OS X - Apple Support). The last system version where you could use iPhoto has been macOS 10.14.6 Mojave. iPhoto has not been updated by Apple for more than four years, after it has been replaced by Photos in 2015. On Catalina you can use the Photos for Mac application to open your iPhoto Libraries to get access to your photos. Catalina introduced more security measures and Photos is more restrictive about external volumes. It is not possible to upgrade a Photos Library or iPhoto Library with Photos 5.0 on Catalina, if the external volume with the library is unsupported. It needs to be locally mounted, not a NAS or another network share, not a synced cloud storage, and the format of the volume should be macOS Extended (Journaled) or APFS, the volume must not have been used for Time Machine backups. There must nor be any software for backups or similar installed on the volume, see: Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support
Some more hints: Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from… - Apple Community
external I think.
it's in my Synology DNS server. since the library is about 100GB large. I can't put it in my laptop's driver.but before update the Mac OS, it works good.
thanks a lot to reply, I have tried google but no answer.
any suggestion?
please forgive my describe mistake. before I update to Catalina ,I already use photos, not iPhoto. Cos I'm always update my OS X to the latest one. and this time, the photos library can't open since update to catalina.
Where is your Photos Library stored? Is it on an external volume? Or are you keeping it in your pictures folder?
Hello,
I updated my Macbook to Catalina and now I have the exact same problem. I also stored my photos library on an external volume. Have you found a solution?
Thank you!
Unfortunately nope.
but no worries, all the photos are there. Just can’t open by iPhoto. Our data it’s safe.
I’m waiting the next version of Catalina and hope the problem can be fixed.
thanks a lot. I copied the library to a mounted hard driver , then it can be opened.
You're welcome 😊
can't open photos since update my Mac OS to Catalina.
