Q: Photos displays "Closing the Library" for a loooong time when quitting

Well if it is exactly the same problem then exactly the same solution will work - since that does not work then it is a different problem and needs a new thread with complete new information

not at all clear what part of that is not understandable -

and how you fail to understand the incongruence of you statement

it's the exact same problem.  Only difference

IN any case good luck

LN

Aaaannyhow....  Can somebody with something useful to add to this please comment? I've read many other threads on this, and some people report that it fixes itself automatically, and other people report that it never fixes itself. So there must be something else that can be done to make this problem permanently fix itself.  Does anyone even know what the application is doing when that dialogue comes up and it just sits there?

The OP asked "will this happen every time?"

I can also confirm that it is happening every time for me.

Thank you Daniel. This has helped!

After reading many of these post it's quite apparent that Apple's new Photo has a very serious issue, of which I have experienced two more not mentioned here.

(1) Not only does Photo say it's closing its library for way to long, but I've let my brand new 27" 5K iMac run for three days non-stop just to see if that message would ever go away and IT DID NOT.

(2) Force quite is a joke and does not work.

(3) So I tried to shut  down my computer only for Photo to BLOCK shutdown with NO OVER RIDE option to force my computer to shut down anyway like I could with older Macs.

(4) If all this does not already take the cake aside from Apple's original iPhoto which is a superior product to the very disappointing Photo, Photo repeatedly crashes!  Additionally Photo opens up the wrong photo to edit about half the time and when I delete a photo during Edit mode, it kicks my out of EDIT mode. But when I click on EDIT to resume, it kicks me all the way back to the very first image and does NOT even take me back into the EDIT mode. Now I have to search through hundreds of images to get back to the image I want to work on, and that's ONLY if Photo actually opens the correct image, otherwise Photo kicks my all the way back to the very first image once again!!  This program is full of fatal bugs.

I could go on as there are other serious problems as well.  Simply said, Apple Rolled out a new inferior photo program to replace Apple's original iPhoto which was a massive downgrade from the original iPhoto with tons of awesome features now removed. Sadly I bought Apple's mast advanced iMac just to use iPhoto only to learn that Apple has tossed their most advanced iPhoto processing software into the trash can!! Had I known this I would have NOT bought a new mac., Photo is only 1.0 which is the first version with no track record.

Had Apple pulled this same stunt with Logic Pro I would be looking at legal action to get my money back. Since Photo is Free, we get whatever bones Apple tosses our way, in this case a poorly thought out Photo program with lots of potential many years from now.

PS: I will now pull out the pig from my APPLE to FARCE shutdown. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE SUCH DRASTIC ACTION!!

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Has anyone heard from Apple when the next version to fix the bugs in Photos will be released?

Has anyone heard from Apple when the next version to fix the bugs in Photos will be released?

No

LN

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