Photos app won´t open

Photos app won't open in my Mac, what should i do?

iMac 27″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Jul 14, 2020 6:11 PM

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1 reply

Joseph_S.

Community Specialist

Jul 18, 2020 9:06 AM in response to dconteb

Hi dconteb,

Thanks for your post! We understand you are unable to open the Photos app on your iMac. If you haven't already, restart your iMac and perform any available macOS updates.

Next, if the issue is persisting, refer to the support articles below.

Let us know what you find out!

Take care!

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