Q: No photos after time machine restore
Accidentally deleted my photo library from the pictures folder (thought I was deleting a backup that failed on my external, then emptied the trash, I know I'm an idiot). Used time machine to restore pictures folder. First try failed, said not enough storage. Deleted some large movie/tv shows from other folders and tried again. This time it worked but...
I now have two photo libraries in the pictures folder (prior to my accidental deletion there was only one).
One ending in ".photoslibrary.photoslibrary" (iPhoto icon)and
One ending in ".photoslibrary.photolibrary" (Photos icon) both of them 73.73GB.
No photos show up when I attempt to open either in Photos or iPhoto. I tried the command + option launch to repair the library in Photos, which only gives one option to repair the library. Repair finishes, still nothing visible. I tried the same thing in iPhoto, which gives 4 options. First two options don't help. Repairing the library or rebuilding the library both freeze after a few seconds, both at 29% and then I get the color wheel, let it sit for two hours, nothing.
I have tried removing both of the ".photoslibrary.photoslibrary" extensions and reopening with iPhoto & Photos. iPhoto opens and shows nothing. Photos opens, prepares the library for about 30 seconds, then shows nothing... this also created another copy of the 73 GB photo library in the pictures folder. I figure this is how I ended up with two 73 GB photo libraries after the restore.
Any ideas??
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)
Posted on Nov 29, 2015 8:19 PM
