My new Macbook OS is 13.6.2. How do I access Time machine Photo backups on an external HD from my older Macbook (OS 10.11.6)? When I try to select the Photos library in the Photos program, the photos library on the external HD cannot be opened. There are approx 20 GB of photos I would like to access.
MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)
To access the photos in a Time Machine backup, you have to restore the Photos Library with Time Machine from the backup to a folder outside the Time Machine volume, for example on a different external drive. Then open the restored library in Photos to recover your Photos. Do not overwrite your current Photos Library when restoring from the backup. See: Photos for Mac: Restore a Photos library from a Time Machine backup
Time Machine volumes are having a special protection and Photos cannot open a library as a part of a backup.
To access the photos in a Time Machine backup, you have to restore the Photos Library with Time Machine from the backup to a folder outside the Time Machine volume, for example on a different external drive. Then open the restored library in Photos to recover your Photos. Do not overwrite your current Photos Library when restoring from the backup. See: Photos for Mac: Restore a Photos library from a Time Machine backup
Time Machine volumes are having a special protection and Photos cannot open a library as a part of a backup.
How do I access Time machine Photo backups on an external HD
