Export Logs

I'm on my Mac trying to export from Photos. I successfully exported roughly 2,000 pictures but there were about 118 that didn't export. There was a pop-up window that told me which ones failed to export but it closed. How can I find this information again? Is there an export log?

iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 13.1

Posted on Feb 1, 2023 8:43 AM

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Old Toad

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Feb 1, 2023 9:52 AM in response to Nonogo56

I've never seen a reference to an export log for Photos. On the chance that the "Copy Photos to Library" was accidentally turned off for those few photos, select all the photos in the library and see if the File ➙ Consolidate menu item is active or greyed out. If it's active don't select it yet but create a smart album with this criteria:

Then give them a unique keyword so you can find them after they've been consolidated so you can export them.

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