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I have an iMac with plenty of storage and ram etc = run Mojave still = other apps running fine but Photos won't open = it's beachballing. Not sure of the next steps. I can force quit but did that before and it's still beach balling ==
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 10.14
Hi
Where is your library stored? If on an external drive, what is the format?
If on the internal drive, try a library repair (hold down CMD and OPT while starting photos) - note the repair can take a long time, hours or even a day or two for a large library.
Hi
Where is your library stored? If on an external drive, what is the format?
If on the internal drive, try a library repair (hold down CMD and OPT while starting photos) - note the repair can take a long time, hours or even a day or two for a large library.
I did just try to open a new library [create a new one] - the dialog box came up listing libraries and I selected Create NEW == and now Photos is trapped == I can't quit it [a box comes up that says you can't quit Photos while it is creating or opening a library] - and it's not doing anything -- Photos is on my main machine [iMac] as was the one I was trying to open == it's 116G
I would first test, if Photos can run, if you launch it on a new, empty library. This will tell you, if the issue is with your current Photos Library.
Photos beachballs - on Mojave
