Macbook pro Retina (mid) 2012
Version 10.10.5
OS X Yosemite
2.3 GHz Intel core i7
8 gig 1600 MHz DDR3
Hey Guys,
Not sure what happened but I when I opened up I photo I noticed I was missing three years of photographs. I looked to see if any family members accidentally deleted them but nothing turned up when I hit restore photos also nothing was in the trash barrel. They just disappeared. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
A.
Let's get some additional information that may help somebody help you:
When you said "nothing turned up when I hit restore photos also nothing was in the trash barrel," do you mean you selected "Show Recently Deleted" from the File menu and found nothing, then opened the system Trash and found nothing?
Do you know about when the loss occurred? Did anything else significant (software or hardware change, another problem with the system) happen around the same time?
Do you have backups from before the loss? If so, what kind (e.g., Time Machine, disk clone, or online)?
Less likely to help, but might be interesting:
Are the "three years of photographs" the earliest years? The latest years? Some years in between?
Are the "three years of photographs" complete calendar years, or just about 36 months not aligned with years?
The only thing I have ever done was the mac updates no new hardware. I am missing the last three calendar years. I opened both deleted from file menu and system trash both came up empty. I did save them on time machine on an external hard drive but not sure how to put them back on my mac book.
You may have multiple libraries - launch Photos while holding down the option and command keys and test each library in the select library window
LN
When I hold command and option together the first aid box dialog box doesn't come up only repair library box which did not do the trick. Not sure what to do now.
Thanks,
A.
Sorry my error - it is only the option key to get the select library window
LN
Thanks,
I will try now
Thank you guys,
Larry that worked I was able to get the pictures back!! Thanks!! Not to sound greedy but all 6,000 picture's dates are all out of order is there anything I can do for that.
Thanks,
A.
BeanTown15 wrote:
[...] all 6,000 picture's dates are all out of order [...]
Where are you seeing them out of order -- in the "Photos" view, in the "All Photos" automatic album, in some other album?
The only one of those that should necessarily be in date-taken order is the "Photos" view.
The "All Photos" automatic album is supposed to be in date-added order, but the migration from iPhoto doesn't seem to add pictures in any specific order.
Good - You are welcome
but to help we need details
where are these photos out of order? What is the source of the photos? What order do you expect them in?
LN
So...if i click on photos all the years for the corresponding photos are all wrong
and
What is the source of the photos?
right click on one that is out of order and get info - what are the dates there and do they match the "year" in Photos ?
LN
The only views i have to choose from are photos,shared albums and projects not sure where automatic is.
Thanks,
A.
You misread the post - Automatic is a descriptive work not an album you are looking for -
you want to be using Photos
All Photos is not useful for recent migrations - only for photos imported after migrating
LN
Open the sidebar with the Command+Option+S key combination and there you can find the Photos, All Photos and albums sections.
(Sorry. I should have mentioned enabling the sidebar.)
When you said "if i click on photos all the years for the corresponding photos are all wrong," are they all wrong in the same way? That is, are all the 2013 pictures filed under 2012, or are some in 2012, some in 2013, and some in 2014 (for example)?
Missing three years of photos
