Hi all! After searching for photos by date, I've noticed a huge chunk of my photo library is without thumbnails. This is after upgrading to Photos 2 on OS Sierra. I've already tried repairing the library, but no use.
Sorry, I'm not about to individually open 40,000 photos so I can repair the thumbnails.
Apple, please fix!!
Mac Pro (Late 2013), macOS Sierra (10.12), Photos
My guess here is that my over 40k photo library is simply taking forever to update, but it's been almost a week already. To make things even better, the update dialog leaves no clue to how long is remaining.
I have the same problem. I just tried the old "open application while holding down option-command and clicking the 'rebuild' button" technique. (Actually I don't know if it says "rebuild," since I'm running Japanese.) It's a slow process. I'll let you know if it works. (Since this rarely worked under earlier versions of the OS, I do not have high expectations.)
Well, I got mixed results with the rebuild. There are a lot more thumbnails in People now, but many are still missing. And it's not just People. I assume it's because my photos are saved in iCloud, but any time I scroll back in time, I see blank boxes, but if I stop scrolling, they (usually) fill up--slowly--as I watch. But sometimes they just stay blank. Maybe all the thumbnails will finally be loaded by the time a new version of Photos comes out? đ
Rebuilding the library didn't help, but rotating all of the images (you'd better have a sick Mac for this!) and then undoing (or rotating them back) regenerated the thumbnails after a bit of time.
Hey Chad!
I have a similar issue, I tried rebuilding (did not help), I tried rotating and rotating back to original place, also did not help, I am still missing the thumbnails in my Photos App, and they load very slowly eventually If i let it open on a particular day, or date... etc.
I cannot do this for 45,000 photos, its not doable !
Is there another suggestion to this? another workaround?
Thank you!
I had to leave my Photos app open and running for days for it to regenerate all the thumbnails. It really does take ages.
there are so many posts about this issue now ... i don't understand why apple isn't fixing it - the only thing i did is upgrade to sierra - no cleaning up before that ... and i miss a whole bunch of fotos now. and nobody can tell me what happened and why they've disappeared.
I resolved the problem! All i had to do is rotate them and be patient (18 hours). And rotate them back to place (18 hours). The thumbnails show up normally now!
The generating preview took some time, and thats all!
Mike
ok, i'll try that - but am not happy that we, customers, have to deal with this 36 hours!!!!! ... and apple is not providing help at all.
I know, it ***** right??
GOOD LUCK, Let me know what happens!
Mike
Seriously thinking of taking a class action against Apple, this occurs far too regularly for my liking. Made a habit of storing 40 years of photos on 3 external drives and only using Photos and older iPhotos for the last 10 years. Lost so many photos to poor upgrades. Little or no help from shopfront assistants.
I've done this - several times - and I've rebuilt (several times) and they keep disappearing. I will open an album, be looking at the pictures, and the thumbnails just all disappear. This is driving me crazy.
Here is a short but informative video for the Library of Congress on digital preservation.
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/multimedia/videos/personalarchiving-photos.ht ml
write up:
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/photos.html
R
Good stuff!
I subscribe to the backup rule of three, so my photos are currently in iPhone, Google Photos, and Lightroom (mirrored across two drives and backed up with Crash Plan).
Not exactly cheap (well, Google Photos is free) but gets the job done.
Usually this is a result of iCloud Photo Library trying to download photos from the Cloud into your computer. There might have been an interruption in the process. For a solution, try going into Photos Preferences->iCloud->Unselect iCloud Photo Library. It will prompt you that all photos will be deleted from computer but remain in the cloud. After you accept, quit out of the program, launch the program again, and then enable iCloud Photo Library again. This will kickstart the process again.
Thumbnails missing in Photos 2 on Sierra
