I updated to Catalina 10.15.5 last night and now my photos library is messed up. I can't access "photos" anymore - only the "Memorys" (I have never created) or the places or favourits. Any idea how to make it user friendly again and find photos in the chronological order as before? thanks for any tipps
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
Which model is your Mac? You may have to revert to Mojave if your Mac does not support Photos 5.0 well. (Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version - Apple Atbalsts)
The "Photos" tab seems to require the advanced features of the graphics card, which may be missing on older Mac models, depending on their graphics card.
One of the things that Safe Mode is doing is disabling the advanced features.
What are you using to access "photos"? If you're using the Photos app, in the left sidebar directly above 'Memories' there is the name 'Photos'. Click on that and you should see all your pictures, with control buttons across the top from where you can choose 'Years', 'Months', 'Days' or 'All Photos', the latter sorted by capture date.
If you're looking into the file structure using Finder or similar, you risk irreparably damaging the Library, so avoid doing that.
Stephen
This happened to me when I was in Safe Boot mode, and apparently that's expected behaviour in that mode. Something to check?
Otherwise I can't help any more, sorry.
Thanks Stephen, I know, that's where the "photos" overview used to live for the past 10 years or so - now this list starts with Memories... I might have to delete and restore from back up...?
thank you - I think it was related to the Safe Mode Stephen mentioned. the "photos" tab showed up again after my last restart!
Catalina versus photos
