Q: Photos was unable to repair permissions on your library
We have a MBP with multiple logins. We would like to merge all of our photos from each login in a shared folder. Currently there is a Photo Library for each user in the shared folder, but it's only accessible by the login that created it. With Photos, we get an error:
An error occurred while repairing permissions. Photos was unable to repair permissions on your library.
The shared folders/files have the correct permissions and other media types in folders with similar permissions can be accessed by all logins. Please advise.
Posted on Jun 5, 2015 4:30 PM
If each of you are accessing both libraries in the Shared folder that's why you're having problems. Some time ago, before Mavericks, using the Shared folder with iPhoto (and now Photos) for sharing a library was discontinued. Each time one accesses the library the permissions on the new or modified files are changed and locks out the other user.
The only solution is to put both of the libraries on an external HD that is formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with Ownership set to be ignored and connected via Firewire, USB or Thunderbolt:
This will let both of you use each of the libraries without access problems.
Posted on Jun 5, 2015 4:39 PM
