I Have just been migrating a large Aperture Library to the new Photos app. The import took many hours, and now just trying to quit, it is displaying the message "Closing the Library." This has been up for a couple of hours.
IS this a one-time saving of thumbnails, etc. or will this happen every time?
thank you,
Ross
I can't get closing the library to stop either, and my force quit button does not seem to exist. I initially tried syncing my 3000 some photos. It started the process, then stopped and did nothing. Then I quite the loading, and tried quitting Photos. After the closing library came up, I restarted, then shut down and started again. That was about 15 hours ago or so and it is still the same.
Have you tried repairing the library according to the instructions in this Apple document: Repair Your Library.
Warning: If you use iCloud Photo Library with Photos, this action will cause Photos to upload all your pictures again (from Fix missing or incorrect thumbnails in Photos - Apple Support).
I agree with you, Photos has serious problems and iPhoto was a better product. Photos worked pretty well for me until my MacBook Pro suggested that I change preferences for photos to be stored in full mode in the cloud because the computer no longer had room for them. At that point is when I should have saved my photos to a hard drive instead of in the cloud. I set preferences on my computer and on my devices to allow that. My problem with the "Closing the library" sign started because I wanted to get the full resolutions of photos and movies onto an external hard drive and it was taking hours to download them a few at a time or even one at a time. I wanted to be able to download a lot of photos from the cloud to an external drive, but when I changed preferences again, it started downloading the entire library in the full resolution mode to my computer. There is no way to download photos from the cloud to an external drive without them first downloading full res to your computer. Then I got the message that I must go back to the preferences and save the photos full resolution in the cloud when the library on the computer was full. So I did that. I now get that message and it has been days and it hasn't finished. Photos won't quit or allow me to restart the computer. I am afraid to try to force quit because Force Quit Applications does not show that it is not responding.
Apple should create a way for users to download photos from the cloud onto an external hard drive without downloading the entire library to Photos first. It should also allow you to select certain photos from the cloud and download them to an external drive without downloading first to Photos. Right now, for me the problem is not so much Photos as it is how my photos disappear into the cloud at full resolution but to get them back, especially movies, it takes a very long time and causes problems.
Users cannot log on to their icloud account and see their photos while logged on there and select photos from there to download. You have to do it from the Photos app on the computer and devices. I would like to be able to see them and download the ones I want from my icloud account quickly.
several things
Since you are posting to a 9 month old thread I assume you are way out of date - there have been many, many bug fixes and new features in the 5 or 6 releases since this thread went dormant probbly because the releases fix peoples problems
and there is a way to download directly form iCloud.com to your desired location - log into iCloud.com, select the photos and download them anyplace you choose - Photos does not have to be involved with iCloud.com at all - you can use it strictly via a web browser
Rather than post to dormant threads with inaccurate information if you want help then start new threads, provide context and data without editorial and ask your questions
LN
No it is not a one time issue. I let mine go all night still did not close. I did the the repair library still dose not close. That closing library sign has never come up before. . My Mac is nine years old. It happen yesterday after loading a lot of Jpeg/raw photos from my camera. There must be a solution. Please Help.
I've patiently been waiting for 24 hours for Photos to close.
I have been trying to close this app for days. It won't and I can't close my Mac down all the way. Rebooting does nothing.
Just do a force quit of Photos with the ➙ Force Quit ➙ Photos menu option.
Just force quit out of Photos.
Press the power button for 10 or so seconds.
Apple menu ==> force quit - then reboot your Mac and try again
LN
Many thanks for the force quit suggestion. I did that and at long last I've got back into photos.
When I wants to open my photos the tell me it was closing the library why they tell my that The second thing when I want my computer to be shut down they tell me I have to wait one minute
Ok
this will not work. how can it be stopped?
Photos displays "Closing the Library" for a loooong time when quitting
