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Misslauram

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Q: photos keeps crashing

I have just updated to OS X Yosemite and when I open Photos it keeps closing.

Any ideas how I can solve this?

iMac, Yosemite

Posted on Aug 24, 2015 5:31 AM

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by lescornwell,

lescornwell Aug 24, 2015 5:57 AM in response to Misslauram
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Photos for Mac

Aug 24, 2015 5:57 AM in response to Misslauram

Have you tried launching the program with the Option (Alt) key depressed? It will give you several options, e.g., New Library... Try if that works.

Further, are you migrating from a previous version of iPhoto, or are you entirely new to photo images on Mac?
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by Misslauram,

Misslauram Aug 24, 2015 2:56 PM in response to lescornwell
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Aug 24, 2015 2:56 PM in response to lescornwell

Thanks for your message. Nothing happened when I tried this.... maybe I am doing something wrong?
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by Old Toad,

Old Toad Aug 24, 2015 3:50 PM in response to Misslauram
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Mac OS X

Aug 24, 2015 3:50 PM in response to Misslauram

The key combination to use is the Option+Command keys. That will give you this option:
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