Error while repairing permissions

Getting the same permission error dialogue. Won't attempt a repair until we get some additional feedback on how safe this is to do.

Same here. This is actually garbage. I'm at least glad they didn't remove iPhoto completely but still ... fact I can open iPhoto just fine just means Apple didn't do enough testing for .0 release ... I'll try manually repairing permissions with iPhoto and see what happens ...

I tried repairing both permissions and the database (holding Option + Command when launching iPhoto app) of iPhoto, but the Photos repair permissions error still appears. Another great .0 app release by Apple.

That to me is not a fix. This is a work around for a flaw that Apple should have figured out how to deal with / fix when importing iPhoto library data. Regardless, thanks for sharing.

Just out of curiosity how many of these corrupted files did you find? Were they all *.psd file types?

This what my console tells me:

4/8/15 9:16:16.000 PM kernel[0]: /SourceCache/AppleFSCompression_kexts/AppleFSCompression-68.1.1/Common/ChunkCom pression.cpp:264: /Users/AP/Pictures/iPhoto Library/ThumbJPGSegment.data: invalid resource map

4/8/15 9:16:16.667 PM com.apple.library-repair.agent[620]: open() failed (22) on path "/Users/AP/Pictures/iPhoto Library/ThumbJPGSegment.data"

Seems it's getting stuck on the Thumbnail data. Trying a thumbnail rebuild and seeing if that fixes it. It's going to take a while ...

Rebuilding thumbnail didn't change anything - was still getting stuck on /Users/AP/Pictures/iPhoto Library/ThumbJPGSegment.data file ... not really sure what the file is even as it's a UNIX executable file. I moved it out of the iPhoto library package and sure enough, Photos now seems to be properly making the changes to my iPhoto Library without a hitch. I'm going to do some research on how the ~220MB file got there and what is, as it says it was created in June of 2012

Same problem for me not sure what it's failed on though?

09/04/2015 16:13:47.965 photolibraryd[304]: Failed to open library Photos Library.photoslibrary Error: Error Domain=com.apple.lithium Code=330 "Sandbox access error." UserInfo=0x7ffc50f2d390 {NSLocalizedDescription=Sandbox access error., NSFilePath=/Users/jamesbuckingham/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Database/BigBlobs.apdb, LiResolvedPath=/Users/jamesbuckingham/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Database/apdb/BigBlobs.apdb, NSLocalizedFailureReason=Operation 'read' not permitted.}

09/04/2015 16:13:47.965 Photos[1293]: Unable to repair permissions for library '/Users/jamesbuckingham/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary': Error Domain=com.apple.reddwarf Code=39 "RDErrorLibrarySandboxNoPermission" UserInfo=0x60000066a8c0 {NSURL=file:///Users/jamesbuckingham/Pictures/Photos%20Library.photoslibrary/, NSLocalizedDescription=RDErrorLibrarySandboxNoPermission, NSUnderlyingError=0x60800045c3e0 "Sandbox access error."} (Error Domain=com.apple.lithium Code=330 "Sandbox access error." UserInfo=0x6080002e1800 {NSLocalizedDescription=Sandbox access error., NSFilePath=/Users/jamesbuckingham/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Database/BigBlobs.apdb, LiResolvedPath=/Users/jamesbuckingham/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Database/apdb/BigBlobs.apdb, NSLocalizedFailureReason=Operation 'read' not permitted.})

09/04/2015 16:13:51.707 Photos[1293]: Failed to open/create library at: '/Users/jamesbuckingham/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary'

Yeah, that weird UNIX executable was the culprit ... Photos is now running just fine.

remedy005,

It looks like it's getting stuck on a Database file in the iPhoto library.

I'd recommend trying two things:

1. Repair your iPhoto permissions - hold down command + option and launch iPhoto. This will open the iPhoto repair / rebuild window.
2. Repair your disk permissions - Open Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities) and with your hard drive selected repair permissions.

Hoping one of these two things will repair the 'Operation 'read' not permitted' on the database file.

Then try and launch Photos and see if it works.

Hi All, For those of you who prefer a more hands-off approach that solved the permission repair problem for me I recommend using the highly reviewed application "iPhoto Library Manager." I'm not sure it's worth buying the application now that iPhoto is going the way of the Dodo Bird. But if you already own it, let the application rebuilt your iPhoto library. This rebuilt library, for me, went through the migration process to a Photos library with without a hitch.

Here's a short section of the documentation from iPhoto Library Manager that explains why its rebuilding of your iPhoto Library could be successful while using the native rebuilding in iPhoto won't work.

"iPhoto also has a built-in rebuild function that can be sometimes be used to repair a corrupted library database.You can find instructions on how to use that on Apple's website at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2638 (iPhoto 6 or later).

iPhoto Library Manager's rebuild works differently, in that instead of trying to repair the library in place, it creates a brand new library and tries to reimport the entire contents of the original library into the new one, including reconstructing albums, photo metadata, etc."

So, there you have it. Mr. Luigi

Sorry, I forgot that you can download a FREE trial of iPhoto Library Manager. So, if you don't have it, you can still use it to fix this issue without spending any money. Apologies, Mr. Luigi

Knowing that I had seen thumbnails corrupt in previous versions of iPhoto (I'm now using Photos in Yosemite), I found my Photos library under my user dir and the sub-dir called Pictures. I shift-clicked on it and chose Open Package Contents. This will show you all the files of the photo library "database". Then I found the thumbnails and deleted them. I then launched Photos with Option-Command pressed, and the repair went well.

You'll loose your thumbnails, but photos will detect they are missing and rebuild them. Be patient!