How do I recover my photo library?
The photos application quit. Now I cannot find my photo library.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15
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bruno75
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Hi there Himmelreich,
We'd like to help get back as many of your photos as possible.
Let's start with confirming some basics:
- You mentioned that before all of your photos went missing, the Photos app quit itself. Is the Photos app still quitting itself when you're using it?
- If you enabled iCloud Photos on your Mac, have you checked on the iCloud website to see if your missing photos show there?
- If you do use iCloud Photos, how much available iCloud storage do you have? You can check this on the iCloud website as well.
- How much available built-in storage do you have? You can check for this by clicking on the Apple logo near the top left corner of the screen, then on About This Mac > Storage.
Cheers!