Time Machine Backups

Why does a Time machine back up fail if Photos is open?

Mac mini, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 31, 2022 3:00 AM

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Jan 31, 2022 6:42 AM in response to lllaass

A scheduled back up fails to complete giving the report that the back up can't be completed because a certain photo in the Photos App (a different one each time) can't be backed up. This only occurs if the Photos App is open, so I close Photos and tell Time Machine to Back Up Now and the back up completes no problem. So if Photos is open when when a scheduled backup runs it will fail. This only started happening since I installed Monterey.

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