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Getting this Message: "Photos cannot load edits for this image."

Getting this Message from PHOTOS on iCloud: "Photos cannot load edits for this image." I have read all of the previous posts and still not resolved. Looking for an equivalent to the previous versions where you could "reset the library"

Posted on Dec 29, 2022 3:39 PM

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Posted on Dec 30, 2022 9:37 AM

Without any information about your system and without a list of steps you've tried (much less what "all of the previous posts" could possibly mean), no one here can give you much help beyond listing the usual procedures:


  • Restart the computer (of course)
  • Rebuild your Photos Library--close Photos and re-launch by option-command-clicking the app icon.
  • Make a new user and see if the same problem recurs with it
  • Use another library if you have one, or make a small test Library with a few pictures in it and see if the same thing happens.
  • Start in Safe Mode (different for different computers) This bypasses certain potentially disruptive processes.

           Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support 


One of these steps may fix the problem, but their failure to work is also diagnostic.


If you ask for more help, try to include more information, like


In Photos>Preferences>General,

Is "Use as System Photo Library" grayed out (indicating it is) or solid (indicating this isn't your system library)?

Is "Copy Item to the Photos Library" checked? (This is the default, indicating a "Managed Library")


In Photos>Preferences>iCloud

Is "iCloud Photos" checked?

If it is, is "Optimize Mac Storage" check?


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Dec 30, 2022 9:37 AM in response to V Halyard

Without any information about your system and without a list of steps you've tried (much less what "all of the previous posts" could possibly mean), no one here can give you much help beyond listing the usual procedures:


  • Restart the computer (of course)
  • Rebuild your Photos Library--close Photos and re-launch by option-command-clicking the app icon.
  • Make a new user and see if the same problem recurs with it
  • Use another library if you have one, or make a small test Library with a few pictures in it and see if the same thing happens.
  • Start in Safe Mode (different for different computers) This bypasses certain potentially disruptive processes.

           Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support 


One of these steps may fix the problem, but their failure to work is also diagnostic.


If you ask for more help, try to include more information, like


In Photos>Preferences>General,

Is "Use as System Photo Library" grayed out (indicating it is) or solid (indicating this isn't your system library)?

Is "Copy Item to the Photos Library" checked? (This is the default, indicating a "Managed Library")


In Photos>Preferences>iCloud

Is "iCloud Photos" checked?

If it is, is "Optimize Mac Storage" check?


Getting this Message: "Photos cannot load edits for this image."

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