I recently had an issue with my photos on my MacBook Pro where I could see them, but couldn't export them. I later figured out that my friend had messed things up and now the original photos are gone. I would still like to get the thumbnails, but I have no clue how to transfer them to a usb drive. Any ideas?
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
I have a problem with thumb nails that may not be all grouped in a thumbnail folder. Photos corrupted a library of mine when i first updated. So instead of having photos automatically import my images i dragged and dropped what i thought were all master images into Photos. Seemed to work but now trying to create an album for deceased friends family and some of the pics are thumbnails and obviously look bad popping up in a slide show or clicking on them any way to weed out thumbnails that were imported ? I will throw out the thumbnail t album just in case some are in there i have read photos will repopulate the thumbnail folder for all its master images
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Very frustrating i tried that and could not do it and secondly would like the imported ones out of photos library completely. Thank youfor the suggestion. Seems like sorting the library if not photos by size would be a rudimentary task but for the life of me cannot find a free way to do it. Might have to pay for a app.
Patrick
Has your friend been fiddling in the library database.
Yes the originals are gone but is it possible to get the thumbnails off? I can still see them in the Photos app, and when I click on them they are all pixelated (so I know they are thumbnails) but I want to know how to get them off.
I rather suspect you will need to go back into the database to get them, are there a lot.
There is around 800-900, how would I go into the database to do that?
Did you try to drag them to the desktop?
Otherwise, find your iPhoto Library, right/control click on it and select "Open Package Contents", Then root around and find the image files.
Yeah when I go into photos and try to drag a file it states "image can't be found". I can't find the originals in the package contents either, just the codesignature and stuff. Any idea?
Two ideas
1 - password protect your Mac and set up a guest account for stupid friends to use
2- restore your Photos library from your backup from before your "friend" helped you out
at this stage you have a mess that probalby can not be resolved except by restoring your backup
LN
Do you not see the in a folder called Thumbnails, I see mine there. They are organised by date.
Just popped up! Perfect! Thanks!
Look into a smart album. You might be able to get all images below a certain size.
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