change in Photo between uses

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change in Photo between uses

When I justopened Photos, it was stuck inside the "Folders" folder and I could get to the overall list. When I finally get it to show all the photos, it will not show the list of folders, etc., on the left of the thumbnails.

Also, more important, it does not show the metadata (by opening the "i") for each photo. Has it lost the titles, dates, etc? Or is this information hidden somewhere. Yargg!

I did not do anything between my last use of the app and today.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 2:30 PM

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Answer 1

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léonie

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Jan 21, 2022 12:20 AM in response to snapperblue

The sidebar with the folders and albums may be missing, if the Photos Window is too small.

If Photos is not full screen, try to drag the resize corners to make the window larger.
If Photos is in Full Screen mode, enable the option in the View menu "Always show toolbar and sidebar in Full Screen Mode".

If you have changed the resolution of the display switch it back to "More Space"

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Jan 20, 2022 3:49 PM in response to snapperblue

Restart the app.

Restart your mac

If that doesn't help, try restarting in safe mode.

Where is your library stored? If on an external drive, what is the format?

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snapperblue Author

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Jan 21, 2022 8:06 AM in response to léonie

Thanks! I don't know why things changed between uses, but this seems to have solved both my problems!

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