Photos 5.0 (161.0.120) crashing repeatly

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Photos 5.0 (161.0.120) crashing repeatly

I have about 22k pictures and 1k videos in a 270GB Photos 5.0 library. Over the years, some of the photos were migrated from iPhotos and some from Aperture. Until now I have only occasionally used Photos, but now that I spend much more time geo and face tagging, I realize how often the application crashes.

Luckily, Photos has no problems starting up and accessing the database, but it often crashes after 10-15 minutes of my operating the database (moving folders, tagging, etc.). I successfully run the database repair tool after each crash. There is no distinct pattern leading to the crashes.

macOS Catalina 10.15.7

MacBook Pro 16GB RAM 1TB SSD (400GB free)

Is there a kind soul who could throw me a rope?

Thank you.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 22, 2020 4:27 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 22, 2020 5:01 AM in response to mrrav

Hi

I'd suggest trying the troubleshooting steps here - especially safe mode, trying a test library - and the same library with a different user account.

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250002687

Can you just confirm that your library is on your system SSD?

Thanks.

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léonie

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Oct 22, 2020 8:11 AM in response to mrrav

There is no distinct pattern leading to the crashes.

This suggests, that it might be a background process that is causing the crashes. Or a memory leak. Both could be caused by legacy media in library.

Are you working with large RAW files? Such files could be causing a memory leak.

Are videos on your library? While you have been working with Aperture and iPhoto you may have imported videos, audio files, or image files in a format, that Photos 5 on Catalina cannot process. These older legacy files may now be causing problems. See: How to Weed out Legacy Media in Photos for Mac - Apple Community

If there are no suspicious items in your library, try the general trouble shooting suggested by Tony.

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Photos 5.0 (161.0.120) crashing repeatly

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