I recently udgraded my iMac to macOSMonterey and cannot find my Photos Library, how can I recover them?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13
hold down the option key while starting photos, and see if your old library is listed then. If it is, open it.
Were you using iCloud to sync your photos (If you were, and all your photos are in iCloud then an alternative to the suggestions below is simply to let Icloud sync to a new empty Library - it will take some time, possibly days and you need to keep photos open while it does it)
If not:
Open finder, and look in your pictures folder. What libraries are in there? (Normally somthing.photoslibrary). If there is more than one of those, you probably need the largest. Open it from the "other library" button above.
3 - If that doesn't help then you are going to need to do a search in spotlight.
In finder, in the search bar, type "photoslibrary". Make sure it is searching "This Mac"
What does it find?
I can not find a PhotosArchive on my HD
There are the two different error messages, the last one was when I tried to open the external drive - ExFat.
When I try to open Photos from the iMac HD via User and OneDrive it is the Updating Library, 100% completed with the buttons Quit and Open Other buttons that appears.
Thank you very much.
Got all my photos back.
THANKS TO ALL WHO ASSISTED.
I recently udgraded my iMac to macOSMonterey and cannot find my Photos Library, how can I recover them?
