Photos App Issue!

Question

Level 1

4 points

Photos App Issue!

My photos that I edited using Photoshop Elements, and stored in the Photos app on my mac, just reverted back to the originals. Hours and hours of editing have disappeared! How do I recover the edited shots?

Mac mini, OS X 10.10

Posted on Mar 6, 2022 10:57 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Top-ranking reply

léonie

Level 10

200,531 points

Mar 7, 2022 6:52 AM in response to kimlink2

Photos may have opened another library than you had been using when you edited the photos, perhaps an older version on a backup volume.

You may want to quit photos, connect all recently used disks, then launch Photos again and check the other libraries from the Library Chooser dialog.

Reply

Answer 2

Old Toad

Level 10

215,346 points

Mar 9, 2022 9:09 AM in response to kimlink2

How are you accessing the editing by Photoshop Elements? Are you selecting a photo in your library and using one of these menus to open PSE and edit the photo:

or this menu when in the Edit mode:

If it's either of these methods you must flatten the edited image and save it with the exact same file name and extension or Photos will not know it's been edited.

Reply

Answer 3

Yer_Man

Level 10

165,912 points

Mar 6, 2022 10:59 AM in response to kimlink2

What version of Photos? What version of the OS?

Is this just the thumbnails in the Library view, or also at full size view?

Reply

Answer 4

kimlink2 Author

Level 1

4 points

Mar 7, 2022 6:43 AM in response to Yer_Man

I'm on Monterey 12.2.1, Photos version 7.0. Photos app seems to have bugs is my guess. I tried doing a restart and a full shut down, but the edited images are still showing as the original un-edited version. As a professional photographer I can'r risk losing hours and hours of work. I'm exploring other photo apps for storage and organization....

Reply

Answer 5

Yer_Man

Level 10

165,912 points

Mar 8, 2022 6:05 AM in response to kimlink2

As a professional photographer I can'r risk losing hours and hours of work. I'm exploring other photo apps for storage and organization....

I strongly agree. Photos is a consumer level app and not appropriate to a professional setting. There is a good range of professional apps available for the Mac including (but not limited to) Lightroom Classic, On1 Photo Raw, Exposure x7, CaptureOne...

Reply

Answer 6

kimlink2 Author

Level 1

4 points

Mar 9, 2022 10:05 AM in response to Old Toad

Thanks for your reply. I am using the process as in example 1. I am also saving as the exact same name and in the same location. This only happened in two of my most recent albums, and luckily did not effect any other albums or events. I have been using the same process for - well - years and years. But nothing like this has ever happened before.

Reply

Answer 7

kimlink2 Author

Level 1

4 points

Mar 8, 2022 5:52 AM in response to léonie

Appreciate your advice. However, I only have one photo library. This issue occurred in two of my most recent albums but did not effect older events and albums.

Reply