referenced files in photos

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referenced files in photos

hello. I have a problem in Photos, I'm trying to check the iCloud Photo Library box in Preferences but it says that I have 61 referenced files that won't be send to iCloud. I tried to find the referenced files (smart album, referenced photo etc etc) but I had 0 results. where are these 61 referenced files? how can I find them? Why the box is unchecked everytime I click it to check it and enable iCloud photo library? Also I repaired Photos but still nothing.

I'm using macOS Sierra, version 10.12.3, MBP mid 2014.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Mar 25, 2017 5:29 PM

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LarryHN

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Mar 25, 2017 5:40 PM in response to deejay nikko

Etc, etc, etc tells us nothing - we actually need exact details

one of two smart albums should tell you what is going on (maybe both) -

1 - photos is unable to upload to iCloud Photo Library

2 - Photo is referenced

what is the exact error message you get

Where is your Photos Library located? If on an external drive what is the drive format?

What has changed since it worked? How large is your library and how much iCloud space do you have?

LN

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deejay nikko Author

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Mar 26, 2017 2:32 AM in response to LarryHN

hello again, you are right I should give more details. I made both smart albums, "unable to upload to iCloud Photo Library" & "Photo is referenced", both showed same result.. 0 photos.

the exact message I get when I'm trying to check the iCloud Photo Library in Preferences is

"61 referenced files in Library won't be sent in iCloud photo library. Choose referenced files in your library, choose Consolidate from File menu to copy the original files in library". I press OK, then it shows that the box is checked and trying to sent all the photos in iCloud but after a while it stops and the box is unchecked.

my Photos Library is located in my internal ssd drive and the format is MACOS EXTENDED (Journaled).

Since it worked the only thing that I did was to check the box in Preferences -> General --> Importing: copy items to the photos library. Then the iCloud Photo Library was unchecked due to Referenced files. I made a smart album, I found almost 400 referenced photos and I delete them. I restart MBP, I opened Photos again, I tried to check iCloud Photo Library and I saw the message 61 referenced photo (previous message I wrote).

My photo library is 23gb and I have 50gb in iCloud.

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