Why the Restoring process for Photos taking so long to restore using a new Monterey install

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Why the Restoring process for Photos taking so long to restore using a new Monterey install

This question has been answered before in 2019, but the difference with me is that the progress bar never moves beyond 0% even if I leave it running for days. i do have 30,000 photos. but still something should happen. The photo library is sitting on my system drive.

When I start up photos in the new OSX Monterey, I get the following and it sits for hours without moving from 0%

I shut photos down, restarted and got the same.

I shut down the computer and restarted ... the same.

how can I fix this? thanks

iMac 27″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Dec 2, 2021 10:09 AM

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Answer 1

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TonyCollinet

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Dec 2, 2021 4:18 PM in response to hopewelwoodwork

OK - that is odd, and not what I expected.

Are you running any third party security or clean up apps (eg firewalls, anti virus, etc etc). If so, try disabling them.

In fact disable as much as possible that is running at start up. That is one of the things safe mode does.

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Answer 2

Dec 2, 2021 11:33 AM in response to TonyCollinet

Yes the pictures folder.

I tried starting in safe mode and it started right up and displayed my library.

the problem is as soon as I reboot out of safe mode, the photos goes back to "Restoring.... 0%.

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Answer 3

Dec 2, 2021 10:30 AM in response to hopewelwoodwork

When you say on your system drive, do you mean in your pictures folder?

Also - try restarting in safe mode and trying, then restarting normally, and trying again.

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Answer 4

Dec 2, 2021 4:36 PM in response to TonyCollinet

Ok I'll start turning off some startup apps. no third party apps that I know of.

thanks it gives me a place to start.

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Why the Restoring process for Photos taking so long to restore using a new Monterey install

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