Photos crashes when importing more than one photo

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pmg1975 Author

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Photos crashes when importing more than one photo

Trying to import old photos taken on a Nikon. They are JPEGs. I can import 1 with no problems, if I select more that one Photos crashes.

MacPro Sonoma 14.6.1

Photos 9.0

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.6

Posted on Sep 5, 2024 8:02 AM

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Answer 1

pmg1975 Author

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Sep 5, 2024 8:22 AM in response to pmg1975

If I open the CD/DVD I am import from and select the photos I want to add to the library it works if I open Photos first then select all the pictures to import and drag and drop them to the Library within the Photos App.

If I drag and drop them on the App Photos crashes. If I select import within Photos and select more than on photo it crashes.

I found away to add them to the library atleast.

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Answer 2

Yer_Man

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Sep 5, 2024 8:12 AM in response to pmg1975

Where is your Library stored? If it's on an external that needs to be formatted Mac OS X Extended, Journaled or apfs.

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Answer 3

Old Toad

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Sep 5, 2024 2:38 PM in response to pmg1975

Have you tried to repair/restore your library by launching it with the Option+Command keys held down?

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Answer 4

Old Toad

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Sep 5, 2024 9:32 AM in response to pmg1975

How much free space do you have on your boot drive?

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Answer 5

Sep 5, 2024 9:20 AM in response to pmg1975

I almost always drag pictures from external storage like an SD card or a DVD or a flash drive to a Finder folder first, then later I import them to Photos. I like being able to manipulate them in Finder before sending them to Photos.

So what you're doing sounds normal to me...

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