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Repairing the Photo library from time machine back up

Hi, trying to access the Photos Library Back (from old desktop iMac) up from the time machine (Time Capsule). on a New Laptop. It says it needs a repair, and when repairing it just gets stuck and is showing this and counting...




Posted on Jun 5, 2020 12:44 PM

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Posted on Jun 5, 2020 1:30 PM

Did you restore the library from the TM backup to your hard drive before opening it and getting the repair function?


I'd force quit Photos and then launch it again.


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