How do I recover photos disappearing from MacBook Air after flash drive import?

Mac is the device from which my photos have disappeared. I imported photos from a flash drive now all my photos in my Mac have disappeared. They are on my phone and airmac but not on the desktop computer.


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MacBook Air, macOS 15.1

Posted on Jan 21, 2025 11:02 AM

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Posted on Jan 21, 2025 12:16 PM

If you're looking at an empty Photos Library, it's possible that you have accidentally made a new one and switched to it instead of the one that has the pictures in it.


To find libraries, close Photos, and then option-click on the photos icon. You should get something like this:

I have several Libraries. The path to each Library is shown below the list. The System Library is the one that connects to iCloud, and that's probably the one that has your pictures. Choose each Library on the list to see if one of them has your pictures.


Let us know how it goes…

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Jan 21, 2025 12:16 PM in response to millie193

If you're looking at an empty Photos Library, it's possible that you have accidentally made a new one and switched to it instead of the one that has the pictures in it.


To find libraries, close Photos, and then option-click on the photos icon. You should get something like this:

I have several Libraries. The path to each Library is shown below the list. The System Library is the one that connects to iCloud, and that's probably the one that has your pictures. Choose each Library on the list to see if one of them has your pictures.


Let us know how it goes…

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