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I have moved my photos in external drive and when I try to open the photo or video it says "photos cannot play this video vecause the resource is unavailable" what can I do?

I have moved my photos in external drive and when I try to open the photo or video it says "photos cannot play this video vecause the resource is unavailable" what can I do?

Posted on Aug 16, 2021 11:25 AM

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Posted on Aug 16, 2021 1:07 PM

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What format is the external drive. It needs to be APFS or MacOS extended (Journaled). If you've not formatted it it is probably ExFAT - which is NOT compatible with a photos library. You also need to be able to check the "ignore ownership" flag. (after unlocking the padlock.


Presumably you also backed up your library before moving it?


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Aug 16, 2021 1:07 PM in response to sjsim08

Hi


What format is the external drive. It needs to be APFS or MacOS extended (Journaled). If you've not formatted it it is probably ExFAT - which is NOT compatible with a photos library. You also need to be able to check the "ignore ownership" flag. (after unlocking the padlock.


Presumably you also backed up your library before moving it?


I have moved my photos in external drive and when I try to open the photo or video it says "photos cannot play this video vecause the resource is unavailable" what can I do?

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