Old Photo Booth Pictures Gone

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Old Photo Booth Pictures Gone

I started to make pictures with my new computer at new workplace around 3 years ago in Photo Booth. Now I was thinking it is a good time to make a compilation from them but most of them are GONE! 😱

I checked the User/Pictures/PhotoboothLibrary/Pictures but they are gone from there as well. Also not in the trash. I don't have time machine. Last pictures is barely older than a year.

Besides just confirming that I have to be okay with this and get over it. At least can anyone give a reason why did this need to happen??

I'm so sad. This might seem trivial. I'm a working professional doing complex stuff on this machine, but to be honest I have never been so disappointed by this OS before. These 3 years have been so important for me personally and I changed so much. I thought I found a lightweight, easy way to document it but i guess I was wrong.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 20, 2020 2:31 AM

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leroydouglas

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Apr 20, 2020 4:46 AM in response to senecaparis

senecaparis wrote:

Photo Booth. Now I was thinking it is a good time to make a compilation from them but most of them are GONE!

I checked the User/Pictures/PhotoboothLibrary/Pictures but they are gone from there as well. Also not in the trash.

I don't have time machine.

I'm a working professional doing complex stuff on this machine,

No back up?

I would stop what you are doing, and get a backup plan in place if you value your user data.

3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.

Boot clone https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081

How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250

Use DiskUtility Restore feature https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/restore-a-disk-dskutl14062/mac

note: >System Preferences>Security & Privacy >Privacy>Full Disk Access

unlock the padlock, press the + button and add Disk Utility

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From Applications/Photo Booth Library.app> Right (Control) click>"Show Package Contents".

Then navigate to the "Pictures" folder - you should see all your photos.

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