Our family photos are stored on our iMac which is several years old now. We upgraded to OS Catalina. I understand iPhoto is now gone. We are trying to get Photos to open the iPhoto library. The photos app is stuck "updating library" at 1% complete for several days. The photos should still be on the hard drive and they are backed up in time machine. Can anyone help?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Hey Westrichmark,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
I see from your post that your Photos library after updating to Catalina is stuck. I have a lot of photos on my Mac and know they're important to have. I'd like to help.
If you've been stuck at 1% for days, I would suggest force quitting the Photos app and trying again:
How to force an app to quit on your Mac - Apple Support
Providing the details below can also help isolate.
Cheers!
Update - photos us up and running with access to all the old photos from the iphoto library. I just had to let the conversion process run for many hours on my old machine and make sure I was pointed to the right library.
I am having the same issue and tried the recommended force quit with no luck.
Updated to OS Catalina. Need help converting iPhoto library to Photos.
